Ibrahim El Dessouki’s painting style is defined by his unique treatment of paint, accentuated by his ability to create subtle changes in its texture; his unusual use of negative space; and his deft manipulation of shadow and light. While the artist’s genres encompass portraiture, landscape and still life, El Dessouki’s subject matter is very much Egypt-centric, and captures his own unique and hypnotic perspective of the soul and essence of Egypt.

El Dessouki descends from a family of artists; his father, Fahmi El Dessouki, and mother, Atyat Sayed, were well-known and established Egyptian expressionist painters and free-thinking intellectuals, and both greatly influenced the artist that El Dessouki is today. Some of El Dessouki’s many exhibitions include 14.05.09 UNDERCURRENT – CONTEMPORARY EGYPTIAN ART, Art Sawa, Dubai (2009); 11th Cairo International Biennial, Cairo (2008); Trilogy of the Mediterranean: Greece, France, Egypt, Palais des Arts, Marseille (2008); and Stars of the Day, Horizon One Gallery, Cairo (2006).