Italian Consulate in Alexandria Hosts Aya Aziz's New Art Exhibition

The Soft Power Production, headed by the novelist Dr. Mona Zaki, organized a new art exhibition for the young artist, Aya Aziz, at the Italian Honorary Consulate in Alexandria, Egypt.

The event was inaugurated by the Consul of Alexandria Mario De Pasquale and held in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute and its director Davide Scalmani.

The art exhibition was attended by Scalmani, who also serves as Deputy Italian Ambassador and is responsible for cultural relations at the embassy, as well as a number of public figures, and a large presence from the Alexandrian art-loving community.

The event was held after the success of the artist's first exhibition, which was hosted last March at the Italian Cultural Institute.

It is worth mentioning that Aziz is an Egyptian-Canadian Artist born in Cairo. She is best known for her highly rendered oil painting, highly detailed ink drawings, and expressive graphite work.

She studied at McGill University in Canada and had followed her passion and traveled to Italy after graduation, where she studied under the tutelage of Michael John Angel at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence.

Aziz graduated after she learned to draw and paint the human figure, as well as still lives of different textures.

Later, she studied under the tutelage of Charles Cecil at the Charles Cecil studios in Florence and was a student of Robert Hale Gammel whose lineage of Artist teachers includes Jean Leon Gerome, who was an exceptional artist in the 19th Century.

Aziz spends her days painting in Oil and drawing in graphite, charcoal, and ink.