Education

2000 – Independent Study, Art Students League of New York, NY
1993 – Degree in Restoration, Institute of Monument Restoration, Qena, Egypt
1992–1993 – Workshop & Training, Ancient Egyptian Art, Luxor, Egypt

Group Exhibitions

2016 – Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Art Show, Memphis, TN
2004 – Pavilion Art Gallery, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Burlington County, NJ
2001–2013 – Open Studio Exhibition, Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, NJ
2000–2001 – National Sculpture Society Annual Exhibition, NY & NC
1997 – Aswan International Sculpture Symposium, Aswan, Egypt
1995–1996 – The Extra Gallery Exhibition, Cairo, Egypt

Permanent Collections

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX – Grant Recipient & Exhibiting Artist (2013–Present)
North Texas Coptic Museum, Dallas, TX – Permanent Limestone Reliefs (2022–2023)
El Gouna Museum, Hurghada, Egypt – 5 Ancient Egyptian Reliefs (1998)
The Sculpture Foundation, NJ – Fish Chase, Grease Marble (2007)
Private Collections – Worldwide (1995–Present)

Key Commissions & Projects

2022–2023 – Limestone Reliefs, North Texas Coptic Museum, TX
2007 – Fish Chase, Grease Marble, The Sculpture Foundation, NJ
2006–2007 – The Sailing, Vermont Gray Granite
2006 – My Homeland, Pennsylvania Black Granite
2002 – Foundation Stone, Coptic Orthodox Church – Archangel Michael, Howell, NJ
1998 – Sad Woman, Life-size Black Granite, Public Sculpture, Aswan, Egypt
1998 – Five Relief Sculptures (3 Limestone, 2 Schist), El Gouna Museum, Egypt

Selected Personal Works

2023 – Everlasting Love, Lüder Limestone (Obeliskism Series)
2022 – The Divided Obelisk, Lüder Limestone
2023 – Woman Playing Guitar, Lüder Limestone – Michelangelo Prize
2013 – LOVE, White Marble
2007 – The Whirlwind, Pennsylvania Black Granite
2002 – The Partner, Black Granite
1999 – The Life Will Rise From The Stone, Black Granite
1999 – Fall Season, White Granite
1998 – Duck Romantic, Black Granite – Hassan Heshmat Award
1998 – Quarter-Scale Sad Woman, Red Granite
1998 – The Farmer Boy and His Dog, Black Granite
1997 – Ogan, Life-size, Black Granite
1996 – The Temple Priest, Life-size, Black Granite
1996 – Three Blind Mice, Basalt – Herk Ven Tongeren Memorial Sculpture Award

Awards & Grants

2023 – Michelangelo International Prize, Rome, Italy
2023 – Artistic Career Award, Effetto Arte Foundation, Italy
2013 – Exhibition Grant, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX
2003 – George and Helen Segal Foundation Grant
2001 – Herk Ven Tongeren Memorial Sculpture Award, Johnson Atelier, NJ
1998 – Hassan Heshmat Award, Fine Art Society, Cairo, Egypt

Professional Affiliation

Member – National Sculpture Society

Artistic Philosophy/ Details

Obeliskism: Obeliskism is the use of the geometry of the obelisks shape to create art, often abstractly.
Materials: Granite, basalt, limestone, marble.