Abstract painter Riham El-Adl inaugurated her first solo exhibition, “The Journey,” in the Netherlands in the presence of over 200 figures: diplomats, art pioneers, entrepreneurs, artwork collectors, public personalities, exhibition curators, and art lovers from seven Arab and European countries: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Spain, Germany, Romania, and America, according to the “SEE” website.
The inauguration celebrated the first Egyptian and Arab visual artist to hold an exhibition at the historic PARC Broekhuizen Palace in Leersum, the Netherlands, as part of the cultural program “Art at the PARC.”
The figures who attended the inauguration of the exhibition include Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Hatem Abdelkader, founder of an international fashion house and Cultural Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Princess Noura bint Faisal bin Saud bin Mohammed Al Saud, world-renowned visual artist Britt Boutros Ghali, who is one of the most prominent Norwegian artists and an iconic abstract artist, artist Ramzi El-Adl, Emy Mowafy, and Deputy Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yazid Al-Dahlan.
During her speech, El-Adl thanked the attendees and shared the story of “The Journey” exhibition with them.
She pointed out that she presents her personal life journey through the exhibition, which totally changed five years ago when she decided to quit her job in the communications field, which had lasted for over 18 years. As an abstract painter, she held several solo exhibitions in Egypt.
El-Adl also won the first prize in the International Biennale of Contemporary Arts “V Biennale Della Versilia,” an eminent international art exhibition held in Florence, Italy, every two years. It was the first time for El-Adl to take part in a competition outside Egypt. Two of her paintings, “Sun Shining Day” and “Promised Land,” are displayed at an art exhibition in Florence for a whole year.
“The Journey” exhibition, which will continue until May 25th, includes 30 paintings that took El-Adl a year and a half, between Cairo and Amsterdam, to finish.
It’s Riham’s first solo exhibition outside Egypt. She presented two solo exhibitions in Egypt: “Fiesta” in October 2020 and “Moving Forward” in January 2022.
