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Nazir Tanbouli | |
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 portrait with mural, Haggerston London May 2011 | |
| Born | 1971 (age 54–55) Alexandria, Egypt |
Nazir Tanbouli (born 1971) is an Egyptian born artist. He was born and raised inAlexandria, Egypt and studied at theUniversity of Alexandria Faculty of Fine Arts. His uncle is the painter Ibrahim El-Tanbouli (b. 1954) and his great-uncle was the painter and EgyptologistLotfy El-Tanbouli (1919–1982). He works in drawing and painting, especially mural painting.
Born into a family of painters, including painter and EgyptologistLotfy El Tanbouli Nazir Tanbouli was awarded the 1993 Grand Drawing Prize at the National Salon of Youth, Egypt and participated inCairo Bienniale and many other exhibitions in Egypt and abroad. He spent a number of years exclusively inmural painting.[1] In 2002 he moved to theUnited Kingdom. He lived for several years in Nottingham[2] where he was an active artist[3] and educator, and began to exhibit around Europe. In 2007 he moved to London where he lives and works.
In 2010 he completed an MA in Fine Art (Printmaking) atCamberwell College of Arts. He co-founded theartist-run spaceStudio 75Archived 2016-07-01 at theWayback Machine, which creates projects and hosts exhibitions. Tanbouli has received significant awards from theArts Council of England as well as private foundations, and his work is held in public collections in Egypt and a number of private collections in the UK. In 2012 he created the mural project THE KING'S LAND, covering a semi derelict East London housing estate with murals.[4][5][6]
