Walid Ebeid Painter Egypt 1970

Walid Ebeid (b. 1970 , Egypt)
The controversial and provocative paintings of Walid
Ebeid range from poignant studies of the female
figure to People We May Know in the Egyptian society.
Tackling difficult issues like sexuality, immigration,
politics and oppression, Walid brings attention to
the sufferings, struggles, and hopes of humanity. His
realistic oil paintings have broken a great deal of social
and moral taboos and challenged different customs
and traditions imposed by society, to defend women
and the oppressed of all categories and social classes.
His searches and experiments went through several
phases to reach his current phase, which he calls
“realistic expressionism.” His artwork resembles him
closely. His art reflects reality and the changes taking
place around us and mainly focus on strange things that we may quickly lose interest in, but leave a lasting
impact.
“My art is for the people. And it is why people can relate to my art as if it is their own, and why they sometimes
ask me to execute certain images, believing that I can express their feelings.”
Walid Ebeid was born in Cairo in 1970 and raised in Yemen during his childhood. Ebeid graduated with
Honors in BFA from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, in 1992. Two years following his graduation,
Ebeid was invited by officials at the Egyptian Ministry of Culture to be part of exhibition held at the Hall of
the Diplomats (1994), an event usually reserved for established painters.
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