Artist Biography
Amged Higazi is a Muscat based Sudanese painter, illustrator and graphic designer. Amged was born in Omdurman, the national city of Sudan, The major corpus of Amged’s work are explorations of his artistic legacy, cultural heritage and Sudanese traditions. His works are full of references to the ancient Nubian architectural designs, calligraphic motifs, urban and rural Sudanese landscapes and African mask like figures among many others.The Show is his first in the UK and includes some of his older artistic adventures before looking forward to his current artistic stage. Amged has previously held exhibitions in India. Oman and Sudan among other locations, both as an individual artist and in group exhibitions.
Education
• Professional Diploma in Multimedia - Graphic Design, Media Convergence, Web Design and Advertising (Bangalore, India)
2001 –2001Arena Multimedia - Aptech
• BA Fine and Applied Art
1994 –1998 Sudan University College of Fine and Applied Art
• BA Fine and Applied Art
1994 –1998 Sudan University College of Fine and Applied Art
• Sudanese High Secondary School Certificate (Omdurman, Sudan)
1991 –1994 Al-Mo'Tamar High Secondary School
Workshops
• Millennium Watercolour Workshop: French Cultural Centre- Khartoum
• College of Fine and Applied Art
• Times of Oman - Al Shabiba Newspaper. Muscat. Oman, Part-Time Designer
Exhibitions
• Soulo Exhibition Whispers of the river in Chameleon Gallery Birmingham UK December 2009,
• Group Exhibition Sudanese National Day Muscat January 2009
• Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath (College of Fine Art) Bangalore, India 2001*
• Holiday Villa Hotel 2001
• Home Show Exhibition 2000*
• National Corporation of Culture 2000*
• Water colour Exhibition College of Fine Art 2000*
• American Club Exhibition* 1999
• Friendship Hall 1999
• First Street Exhibition –Khartoum 1999
• Hilton Hotel-Khartoum 1998
• One Day Show – Al-Ahfad University* 1997
• College of Fine and Applied Art* 1996
* Indicates event was a one-man show. The other shows were with groups of artists. The Holiday
Amged Higazi is a Muscat based Sudanese painter, illustrator and graphic designer. Amged was born in Omdurman, the national city of Sudan, The major corpus of Amged’s work are explorations of his artistic legacy, cultural heritage and Sudanese traditions. His works are full of references to the ancient Nubian architectural designs, calligraphic motifs, urban and rural Sudanese landscapes and African mask like figures among many others.The Show is his first in the UK and includes some of his older artistic adventures before looking forward to his current artistic stage. Amged has previously held exhibitions in India. Oman and Sudan among other locations, both as an individual artist and in group exhibitions.
Education
• Professional Diploma in Multimedia - Graphic Design, Media Convergence, Web Design and Advertising (Bangalore, India)
2001 –2001Arena Multimedia - Aptech
• BA Fine and Applied Art
1994 –1998 Sudan University College of Fine and Applied Art
• BA Fine and Applied Art
1994 –1998 Sudan University College of Fine and Applied Art
• Sudanese High Secondary School Certificate (Omdurman, Sudan)
1991 –1994 Al-Mo'Tamar High Secondary School
Workshops
• Millennium Watercolour Workshop: French Cultural Centre- Khartoum
• College of Fine and Applied Art
• Times of Oman - Al Shabiba Newspaper. Muscat. Oman, Part-Time Designer
Exhibitions
• Soulo Exhibition Whispers of the river in Chameleon Gallery Birmingham UK December 2009,
• Group Exhibition Sudanese National Day Muscat January 2009
• Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath (College of Fine Art) Bangalore, India 2001*
• Holiday Villa Hotel 2001
• Home Show Exhibition 2000*
• National Corporation of Culture 2000*
• Water colour Exhibition College of Fine Art 2000*
• American Club Exhibition* 1999
• Friendship Hall 1999
• First Street Exhibition –Khartoum 1999
• Hilton Hotel-Khartoum 1998
• One Day Show – Al-Ahfad University* 1997
• College of Fine and Applied Art* 1996
* Indicates event was a one-man show. The other shows were with groups of artists. The Holiday
