Mostafa Moftah
Egypt

Nominee

"Detail of a Cactus Leaf"

Biography: Mostafa Moftah is a conceptual fine artist born and raised in Cairo, Egypt. He is a painter, a musician, a graphic designer and a self-taught photographer. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Cairo University in 1977. He has exhibited his paintings at many group and solo Art shows. His paintings are in the collections of the National Museum of Contemporary Arts. He studied classical guitar in his teens with an Italian teacher "Salvatore Passaro" and played in a rock band for three years. Mostafa has worked in advertising for 28 years. He was an art director for many...