DR.
MOHAMED YOUSIF ALI
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH
1953, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
* Master of fine
Arts, Webster University, Missouri, USA (2000)
* Bachelor of fine
Arts, college of fine Arts, Cairo, Egypt (1978).
* PhD of art, rangchy
university, India, (2005)
EMPLOYMENT
* Head of the Department of Cultural
Activities and Youth Camp Festivals at the General
Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare.
* Head, Arts Activities Section,
Ministry of Education and Youth, UAE (1990-1995).
* Deputy Director, Department of
Educational Materials, Ministry of Education, Abu
Dhabi, UAE (1998).
* Head, Models and Sculpture Section,
Ministry of Education, UAE (1986-1988).Head, Ceramics
Section, Ministry of Education, UAE (1978-1985)
* Fine Arts Teacher, Ministry of
Education, UAE (1978).
WORK EXPERIENCE
* Founded and served as President
of the Emirates Fine Arts Society (1979-2004).
THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE:
* Member of the socio-cultural committee
of AGCC Youth Drama programme.
* Actor in ‘Al Sura Tiq Al Waqie’,
a drama written by H.H. Shaikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed
Al Qassimi, Supreme Council Member & Ruler of
Sharjah.
* Designed a number of stage settings for
many dramas, Sharjah National Theatre.
* Several acting roles in plays presented
by the UAE National Theatre, Ministry of Information
and Culture, inside and outside the UAE
.
* Playwright for some plays presented by
Sharjah National Theatre.
TRAINING WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:
* Time Management Workshop.
* Decision making and problem solving
workshop.
* Behavior and human relations workshop.
* Administrative skills for arts
professionals.
* Workshop related to art and technology,
USA.
* Many courses in management.
CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIUMS:
* Represented UAE at the signing
of the first agreement on fine arts between the UAE
and the Soviet Union, Moscow (1989).
* Chaired the judging committee
at the ‘Biennial’, an international art
exhibition held every two years, in Sultanate of Oman
(1990).
* Served as the Head of the UAE
delegation of Fine Arts to the Moscow exhibition (1990).
* Represented the UAE Ministry of
Education at several educational exhibitions in Iraq,
Kuwait and Qatar.
* Participated in several children’s
play and puppet shows.
* Supervised many school plays in
several education zones in the UAE.
* Supervised all puppet shows at
the Kuwait Consulate, Dubai.
* Participated in second Emmar international
Artist workshop in Dubai 2005.
* Participated in desert language
- Bonn-Germany 2005
* Participated in the 8th periodical
Exhibition of the fine Arts and Arabic calligraphic
for the Artist Gulf cooperation council ,Muscat -2006
RESEARCH AND WRITING:
* Study of colours between land
and sea, and the village and the city.
* The fine arts movement in the
UAE before the establishment of the emirates Fine
Arts Society.
* The fine arts movement in the
GCC: History and Pioneers
* From Nature (Master’s thesis)
* Nature between Buddhist people
and Muslims ( PHD research) .
EXHIBITIONS:
* Participated in all exhibitions
of the Emirates fine Arts Society (1979-2006).
* Participated in the fifth biennale
exhibition -New Delhi) India 1982
* Participated in many plastic art
exhibitions in Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman Morocco
Syria, India, Japan, Italy, France, Spain, Lebanon,
and Jordan, etc.
* Exhibited together with artist
Mr. Abdul Rahim Salem (UAE) in the French Cultural
Centre in Dubai (2001).
* Attended and participated in many
international forums and conferences.
* Took part in several international
artistic workshops and installation works, and magnified
activities of different art workshops in the field
of environmentmaterials at the Ministry of Education
and Youth (2001-2006).
* Participated in the languages
of the desert ( Bonn-Germany-2005)
* Participated in the languages
of the desert (Paris- France-2006)
AWARDS:
* First UAE artist to win an honorary
award at the Arab Artist Exhibition (1979).
* Youth Exhibition Award (1980).
* Distinguished Award from Sculpture
from the Emirates Fine Arts Society.
* Several awards from UAE Arts Society,
Ministry of Education, Ministry of Information and
Culture, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Sharjah
Department of Culture and Information, and Dubai Police
etc.
* First prize in sculpture division,
Emirates Fine Arts Society’s 12th exhibition.
* Gold Medal, Bangladesh Biennial
Fine Arts Exhibition (2004).
* Silver Medal, 8th periodical Exhibition
of the fine Arts and Arabic calligraphic for
the Artist Gulf cooperation council -Oman (muscat)
2006
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
* Member, Arab Artists’ Union.
* Member, ART St.Louis.
* Member, St.Louis Art Museum.
* Member, Galleries Group, USA.
* Member, Al Jidar Fine Arts Group.
* Chief Editor, Fine Arts Magazine,
a publication of the Emirates Fine Arts Society.
* Head of Jury Member, Sharjah International
Art Biennial (1994).
* Editor, Caricature magazine, Emirates
Fine Arts Society.
* Editor, Al Rolla Magazine, Sharjah
National theatre.
* Jury member Sharjah Internal Art
Biennial (1999).
* Parallel Solo exhibition Sharjah
Internal Art Biennial (1999). |
