Ahmed Mourad, born in Cairo in 1976, began his artistic journey in 2020 after a long career in electronics and data communication engineering. That shift wasn’t just a change of field but a migration in thinking — from a world built on systems and precision to one constructed through silence, structure, and contemplation. His work doesn’t shout for attention; it invites it slowly, drawing the viewer inward through what’s withheld rather than what’s declared.
Mourad’s practice revolves around what he calls a language of reduction. Working with acrylic on wood or canvas, he strips visual elements to their core, removing the ornamental and leaving only what is essential. His compositions depend on clean geometries, subtle tonal shifts, and deliberate negative space. This space is never empty — it acts like a pulse beneath the surface, a quiet counterpoint to the visible structure. The viewer is confronted with both presence and absence at once, forced to fill in the silence with their own perception.
This approach gives his work a meditative quality. It operates at the threshold between what we can grasp and what remains out of reach. Mourad is less concerned with depicting the world than with revealing how we experience its gaps. Every line and plane in his paintings is placed with surgical intention, but the effect is fluid, open, and deeply personal to whoever stands before it.
Over the past few years, he has developed a strong exhibition record. His solo exhibition “Absence” at Cairo Gallery established his visual language with clarity and restraint. He later presented “Fragments” at Karim Francis Contemporary Art Gallery, and took part in group shows at Soma Art Gallery, Arcade Gallery, and El Nahda Gallery. Each presentation adds another layer to his ongoing conversation with stillness, geometry, and emotional precision.
He is currently participating in the 2025 edition of Cairo International Art District, organized by Art D’Egypte, representing Cairo Gallery as part of the “Gallery Circle” initiative at Kodak Passage in Downtown Cairo. This event brings together some of the most compelling contemporary voices in the Egyptian art scene, and Mourad’s work stands out for its quiet power — a reminder that absence, when treated with care, can speak as loudly as presence.
