Kamal Youssef
Born 1923 Cairo, Egypt Died 2019, Pennsylvania, USA
Solo Exhibitions (partial)
2016 Sharjah, UAE: Retrospective, Sharjah Art Museum
2014 Loretto, Pennsylvania, US: Retrospective, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
2011 Kamal Youssef: A Retrospective, January 26-April 7. ArtsQuest Center, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US
2008 Kamal Youssef: A Retrospective. Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, California, US
2006 Indiana, Pennsylvania, US: Retrospective, The University Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, US
1998 Kamal Youssef, Franklin G. Burroughs- Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, US
1996 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US: Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh
1981 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US: Pittsburgh Plan for Art
1974 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US: Pittsburgh Plan for Art
1969 Sewickley, Pennsylvania, US: Bird in Hand Gallery
1969 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US: Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
1966 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US: Regent House
1964 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US: Pittsburgh Plan for Art
1963 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US: Regent House Gallery, Pittsburgh
1962 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US: Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Center for the Arts
Group Exhibitions (partial)
2022-23 Hamburg, Germany: Deichtorhallen Hamburg In The Heart of Another Country
2016-17 Paris, France: Centre PompidouMadrid, Spain: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Liverpool, England: Tate Liverpool, Dusseldorf, Germany: Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen 20 (K20)
1994-2016 Indiana County, Pennsylvania, US: Annual Artist’s Studio Tour
1993 Legacies, February 2- March 4, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Seton Hill College, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, US
1992 Legacies, January 11- February 2, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
1969 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US: Group show, Carlow University
1955 Alexandria, Egypt: Mediterranean Biennale
1954 Neuf Jeunes Peintres D’Egypte, Le Group de l’Art Contemporain. Galerie Andre Maurice, Paris, France
1953 Alexandria, Egypt: 4 Peintres Du Caire: Amites Francaises
1952 Kamal Youssef, Group de L’Art Contemporain, March 8-15. Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt
1952 Sao Paulo, Brazil: International Sao Paulo Biennale (represented Egypt)
1950 Venice, Italy: International Venice Biennale
1949 Paris, France: Le Group de l’Art Contemporain show, Pavillon de Marsan
1949 Cairo, Egypt: Le Group de l’Art Contemporain show, YMCA
1946 Cairo, Egypt: Le Group de l’Art Contemporain show, Lycée Français
1940-45 Cairo, Egypt: Exhibitions with Art et Liberte
1939 Cairo, Egypt: First Exhibition
Museums (partial)
Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt
Museum of Modern Art, Alexandria, Egypt
Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University Museum, Indiana, Pennsylvania, US
Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, California, US
Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
Bibliography (partial)
Hassan, Salah M. "Kamal Youssef: Egyptian Surrealism's Time Capsule, A Tribute." Journal of Contemporary African Art, vol. 2021, no. 49, 2021, pp. 228-245, https://read.dukeupress.edu/nka/article-abstract/2021/49/228/294429/Kamal-YoussefEgyptian-Surrealism-s-Time-Capsule-A?redirectedFrom=fulltext. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
Bardaouil, Sam. Surrealism in Egypt. I.B. Tauris & CO. Ltd, 2017, London. pp. 194-196.
Kumar, N.P. Krishna. "Sharjah Retrospective Remaps Surrealism History." The Arab Weekly, 16 Oct. 2016. https://thearabweekly.com/sharjah-retrospective-remaps-surrealism-history
Somhegyi, Zoltán. "The Surrealist Time Capsule | Kamal Youssef." Art Africa, 12 Jan. 2016. https://artafricamagazine.org/the-surrealist-time-capsule-kamal-youssef-by-zoltan-somhegy/
Azar, Amie. L'Eveil De La Conscience Picturale En Egypte. Imprimerie Française, 1954, Cairo.
Catalogs/Monographs (partial)
Kholeif, Omar. In The Heart Of Another Country. Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Sharjah Art Foundation, 2023. pp. 134-137.
Kamal Youssef: Egyptian Surrealism's Time Capsule. Sharjah Art Foundation, 2016.
Diamond, V. Scott, and Cynthia E. Kernick. Wall to Wall Kamal: A Kamal Youssef Retrospective. Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, 2014, Loretto, Pennsylvania.
Cashdollar, Charles, and Robert Zens. Kamal Youssef: An Artist's Journey. The University Museum/ Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2006, Indiana, Pennsylvania.