Ahmed Dafrawy

"Cairo Nights" Abstract Painting 39" x 28" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy

2024

Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion from the Faculty of Art Education located in Zamalek Cairo, Egypt. Granting him his first appearance during 2015, in the Faculty of Art Education exhibition at El Sawy Culture Wheel Centre located in Zamalek. Ever since, Dafrawy’s artworks have been exhibited, noticed, and recognized by collectors, artists, and curators with an early certificate of recognition from the minister of culture Emad Abu Ghazy at Lamasatt Art Gallery located in downtown, Cairo, during the same year. Born in 1982, the Egyptian artist started exploring art at an early age. At the age of 11, he won the Princess Nouf award at a drawing competition in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA and was granted a letter of recognition by the Egyptian embassy where he studied and lived for 8 years. In 1995, he won the Egypt Japan national drawing competition and was hosted on the Egyptian satellite channel Nile TV with the prominent artist Salah Taher when he returned to his homeland to continue his high school years.