1964

Born in Cairo, Egypt.

1969

Moved to Toronto, Ontario.

EDUCATION

1983

O.S.S.D. - George Vanier Collegiate Institute, Toronto.

1984-1988

A.O.C.A. - Ontario College of Art, Toronto.

AWARDS

1987

Stanley Furnival Tuition Scholarship, Ontario College of Art.

1992

1st Place Portraiture, National Fine Art Competition.

1997

People's Choice Award, Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel.

EXHIBITIONS

1984-1986

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto.

1987

An Exploration of Painting at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto.

1988

Protorealism I, Gallery Moos, Toronto.

1989

3rd Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto.

1989

Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto.

1990

Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto.

1991

Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto.

1992

Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto.

1993

Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto.

1994

Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto.

1996

Group Exhibition, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, USA.

1997

Here's Looking At Me, Kid, Artists Look At Themselves, Art Gallery of North York, Toronto.

1997

High Resolution Hyper-Realism, Low Art Gallery, Toronto.

1997

Group Exhibition, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, USA.

1999

Annual Holiday Special: Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario.

2002

International Art Convention Airbrush Show, Milan, Italy.

2002

Wildlife: Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Art Callery of Ontario.

2002-2003

From Fine Art to Kitsch: A Celebration of CNE Art Since 1879, Market Gallery, South St. Lawrence Market, Toronto.

2003

Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto.

2004

New Realism II, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, USA.

2004

Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto.

ART RENTALS

Artwork Exhibited In Art Gallery of Ontario Rental and Sales Gallery.

LECTURES/SEMINARS/TEACHING

2002

Don Valley Society of Artists

1999-2002

Art Starts Community Centre

2002-2003

George Brown College

2004

Toronto School of Art

COMMISSIONS

1993

Six Murals for Artist Frank Stella At the Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto.
Painted over 100 murals in Toronto and beyond.

1997

Mural for Artist Rebecca Baird, Queen West Health Centre, Toronto.

2002

Mural for Artist Rebecca Baird, Greater Toronto Airport Authority, Toronto.

PUBLICATIONS

Cohen, Joel H. "Larger Than Life." Airbrush Action June 1996: 18-23.

Hume, Christopher. "None of This is Really Real." The Toronto Star 24 April 1997:C14.

Withers, John P. "The Painting On the Wall" Signs of the Times November 1999: 98-99.