VCUQatar Presents Yousef Ahmad in conversation with Dr. Yasser Mongy

The conversation coincides with the exhibition, ‘Yousef Ahmad: Story of Ingenuity’ (11 November – 14 February 2014) at the QM Gallery, Katara, and will focus on Ahmad’s experience of creating and exhibiting artwork in Qatar.

Yousef Ahmad was born in Doha in 1955 and has received a BA in Arts and Education and an MFA in Fine Arts. He is an art consultant for Mathaf as well as for numerous other galleries across the Arab world. He has been exhibiting internationally since the 1970s and is one of the most celebrated of Qatar’s contemporary artists, having received numerous awards, including most recently the Honorary Order of Merit at the level of GCC in acknowledgement for his outstanding career in art. His work has been represented at biennial exhibitions and art fairs around the world, and is widely collected by museums, government organizations, companies and private collectors alike. Ahmad’s sustained and direct involvement in Qatar’s artistic dialogue throughout his career, as well as his continuing contribution to the development of the art sector, will provide unique insight into the current dynamic developments within Qatar’s artistic and cultural landscape.

Dr. Yasser Mongy is an artist, author and academic researcher. He teaches in the Graphic Department at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo and has been a consultant for Mathaf, where he has also worked on documenting the museum’s permanent art collection. Mongy is a well-published author, and participated in publishing the first Arabic dictionary of art terms. He is also a celebrated artist and has been featured in numerous lectures and exhibitions around the world.

VCUQatar’s Crossing Boundaries Lecture Series reflects the cross-disciplinary nature of the featured speakers who are representatives of excellence in creative and innovative thinking.

‘Art in Qatar: An Artist’s Perspective,” featuring Yousef Ahmad in conversation with Dr. Yasser Mongy, is the first in the series of five lectures and will be presented on 12 November at 6:00 pm at the atrium at VCUQatar. Please note this conversation will be in Arabic with English translation available. The lecture is open to the public.