In 1995, to fill the gap in the contemporary art scene in Egypt, Karim Francis Gallery was opened.
Located within a pedestrian area of downtown Cairo, the gallery is a unique venue where paintings and sculptures are exhibited.
While continually discovering, encouraging, supporting and promoting the achievement of Egypt’s artists, past and present, including renowned Egyptians masters who represent important currents in art,
Karim Francis Gallery also aims to highlight contemporary Egyptian artists, in a variety of styles and mediums, by presenting their work nationally, regionally and internationally.
Past Exhibitions
1995
- Group Show: Regards Croises : Nazli Madkour, Golo, Mohamed Abla, Jean Pierre Ribierre and Sonallah Ibrahim - painting, photography, drawing, lithography, ceramics & manuscripts
- Group Show: Estampes d’aujourd’hui : Pierre Alechinsky, Robert Combas, Olivier Debre, Jean Helion, Jean Le Gac, Roberto Matta, Pierre Tal Coat, Gerard Titus-Carmel, Claude Viallat and Jan Voss (France).
- Anna Boghiguian: Memoires d’un voyageur - Painting and installation
- Group Show: Retrospective - Painting and sculpture
- Assem Sharaf - Painting
- Omar El Fayoumi - Painting
- Ida Ghali - Painting
- Ange Khalil Helou - Engraving (Lebanon)
1996
- Hassaan Ali Ahmed - Painting (Sudan)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser - Sculpture
- Bassem Kahwagy - Painting (Lebanon)
- Hazem El Mestikawy - Sculpture
- Group Show: Miniatures : Abdel Hadi El Gazzar, Adel El Siwi, Adam Wanly, Al Hussein Fawzy, Assem Sharaf, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ghada Amer, Hassaan Ali Ahmed, Hazem El Mestikawy, Hussein Shariffe, Ibrahim Al Haddad, Mohamed Abla, Nabil Tag, Nahima Saad, Omar Fayoumi, Seif Wanly, Sherif Abdel Badie and Sobhy Guirguis - Painting and sculpture
- Group Show: Retrospective - Painting and sculpture
- Amre Heiba - Painting
- Omar El Fayoumi - Painting
- Assem Sharaf - Painting
- Hassaan Ali Ahmed - Painting (Sudan)
1997
- Jean Pierre Ribiere - Photography (France)
- Sherif Abdel Badie - Painting
- New Talents : Dina El Gharib and Mohamed Abdel Moneim - Painting
- Hisham El Zeiny - Mixed media and painting
- Hussein Shariffe - Painting (Sudan)
- Ghada Amer - Thread and painting on canvas
- Group Show: Retrospective - Painting and sculpture
- Sobhy Guirguis - Sculpture
- Omar El Fayoumi - Painting
- Group Show: Silvia Baechli and Eric Hattan - Painting (Funded by Pro Helvetia, Arts Council of Switzerland)
- Assem Sharaf - Painting
1998
- Kamal Khalifa – Painting (Funded by Medina Magazine)
- Sherif Abdel Badie - Painting
- Hazem El Mestikawy - Sculpture
- Adly Rizkallah - Painting
- Ramses Younan - Painting (Funded by Cultural Development Fund, Egyptian Ministry of Culture & The French Center for Culture and Cooperation)
- Adam Henein - Painting and sculpture (Funded by Cultural Development Fund, Egyptian Ministry of Culture & The French Center for Culture and Cooperation)
- Group Show: Retrospective - Painting and sculpture
- Mohamed Hagrass - Sculpture
- Ghada Amer - Thread and painting on canvas
- Moritz Berger - Sculpture in the garden of the Embassy of the Netherlands (Funded by the Royal Netherlands Embassy)
- Omar El Fayoumi - Painting
1999
- Bernard Guilliot - Drawing, painting and photography (France)
- Sherif Abdel Badie - Painting and sculpture
- Sobhi Guirguis - Sculpture
- Group Show: Sobhy Guirguis, Sherif Abdel Badie and Hazem El Mestikawy - Sculpture
- Group Show: Retrospective - Painting and scultpture
- Waguih Wahba - Painting
- New Talents - painting
2000
- Founded First Downtown Cairo Festival of Arts, Al Nitaq - Visual arts, music and performance
- Group Show: Retrospective - Painting and sculpture
- Group Show: You Can Touch - Painting and sculpture
- Group Show: You Can Touch - Painting and sculpture
- International conference organized by Association Française D’Action Artistique (AFAA), French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris - Program Afrique en Creation
- Mohamed Abla, Moataz Nasr El Dine, Mira Shihade, Liz Washburn - Painting and sculpture - La Bodega Lounge
- Ahmed Nosseir, Karem Mahrous, Maher Ali - Painting - Flux bar restaurant
- George Bahgoury - Painting - Greek Club bar restaurant, La Bodega bar restaurant, Philosophy Gallery, Espace Karim Francis
- One week of daily musical events, Greek Club restaurant-bar
- Group Show coordinated by Mark Divo – Installation - Funded by Pro Helvetia, Art Council of Switzerland
2001
- Hazem Taha Hussein - Painting and installation
- George Bahgoury - Painting - Sobhy Guirguis - Sculpture - La Folie restaurant bar, Lido Iberotel, Sharm el Sheikh
- George Bahgoury - Painting - L’Ossobuco bar restaurant, Alexandria
- Hugh Sowden - Painting (Scotland) - La Bodega restaurant
- Maher Ali - Painting - Cairo Jazz Club bar-restaurant
- Founded Second Downtown Cairo Festival of Arts, Al Nitaq - Visual arts, music and performance
- Ahmed Nosseir - Painting
- Karem Mahrous - Painting and objects - Flux bar restaurant
- Maher Ali - Painting and objects
- Marilyn Batte - Painting (Canada) - La Bodega bar restaurant
- Group Show: Ahmed Nosseir, George Bahgoury, Hanafi Mahmoud, Hazem Taha Hussein, Hossam Sakr, Karem Mahrous, Maher Ali, Mustapha El Meslemany, Nermine El Ansary, Said el Kattan, Sanaa Moussa - Painting and objects
- International Visitor Program, U.S. Department of State Public, Democracy Bureau, Washington, Sante Fe, Los Angeles, Springfield and New York.
- Sanaa Moussa - Painting - Karim Francis Gallery, Zamalek, Cairo
- Sobhy Guirguis, Ahmed Nosseir, Mohamed Abla - Painting and sculpture - Karim Francis Gallery
- Mohamed Taman - Painting - Espace Karim Francis, Downtown Cairo
2002
- Huda Lutfi - Painting and sculpture - Karim Francis Gallery
- Hanafi Mahmoud - Painting - Espace Karim Francis
- Britt Boutros-Ghali - Painting - Karim Francis Gallery
- Group Show: You Can Touch - Sculpture, painting, video art - Espace Karim Francis
- Moataz Nasr - Painting - Karim Francis Gallery
- Nora Baraya - Painting - Espace Karim Francis
- Mohamed El Ganoubi - Painting - Karim Francis Gallery
- Group Show: Ayman El Semary, Hisham El Zeiny, Karem Mahrous, Moataz Nasr, Mohamed Taman, Nora Baraya, Sabah Naim, Sanaa Moussa - Painting - Karim Francis Gallery
- Group Show: Ahmed Nosseir, Assem Sharaf, Mohamed Abla, Omar El Fayoumi, Sherif El Azama, Xavier Puigmarti - Painting and video art - Espace Karim Francis
- Dina El Ghareib and Maher Ali - Painting - Karim Francis Gallery
- Group Show: Huruf - Painting, sculpture and installation - Hazem Taha Hussein, Huda Lutfi and Hisham El Zeiny - Karim Francis Gallery
- Arabic Calligraphy - Painting - Karim Francis Gallery
- Veronique Audergon - Photography (Switzerland) - (Sponsored by Pro Helvetia, Art Council of Switzerland) - Espace Karim Francis
2003
- Heiba Farid -Photography - Estoril Bar Restaurant
- Karem Mahrous and Nora Baraya - Painting - Flux Bar Restaurant
- Hassaan Ali Ahmed and Mohamed Abou El Naga - Painting - Karim Francis Gallery
- Group Show: Hanafi Mahmoud, Hani Rashed, Karem Mahrous, Maher Ali, Mohamed Abdel Moneim, Sabah Naim, Sherif El Azama - Painting and video art - Seattle and Karim Francis Gallery
- George Bahgoury, Hanafi Mahmoud and Sabah Naim - Painting - Petit Swiss Chalet Bar Restaurant
- Walid Ebeid - Painting - Karim Francis Gallery
- Hazem El Mestikawy - Sculpture - Espace Karim Francis - Sponsored by Pro Helvetia, Arts Council of Switzerland
- Group Show: Ahmed Nosseir, Amr Heiba, Assem Sharaf, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Hazem Taha Hussein, Hisham El Zeiny, Mohamed Abla, Omar El Fayoumi - Painting and sculpture - Seattle and Karim Francis Gallery
- Fathy Afifi and Omar Abdel Zaher - Painting - Karim Francis Gallery
- Group Show : Art Stock - Painting and sculpture - Espace Karim Francis
- Nermine El Ansary, Mohamed Shoukry and Mahmoud Refaat - Video and sound installation - Seattle and Karim Francis Gallery
- Karem Mahrous - Painting - Mint Restaurant
- Dina El Ghareb and Maher Ali - Painting - Flux Restaurant Bar
- Hassaan Ali Ahmed, Moataz Nasr and Hazem Taha Hussein – Painting - Petit Swiss Chalet
- George Bahgoury, Hassan Rashed, Fathy Afifi, Omar Abdel Zaher, Ahmed Askalany - Painting and sculpture - Karim Francis Gallery
- Karem Mahrous and Reem Hassan - Painting - Karim Francis Gallery
- Hesham Labib Ballade of the South - Photography - Espace Karim Francis.
2004
- Hazem Taha Hussein and Hisham El Zeiny - Painting - Karim Francis Gallery
- Fathy Afifi - Paintings - Karim Francis Gallery
- Ashraf El Zamzamy, George Bahgoury, Hazem Taha Hussein, Hiba Hafez, Islam Zaher, Maher Ali, Reem Hassan and Walid Ebeid - Painting - Don Quichotte restaurant
- Mohamed Taman - Drawings - Karim Francis Gallery
- Walid Ebeid: Offended..Humiliated - Painting - Karim Francis Gallery
- Assem Sharaf, Fathi Afifi, Hani Rashed,Hiba Hafez, and Mohamad Abla - Painting - Don Quichotte Restaurant.
- Group Show: Adel El Siwi, Hazem Taha Hussein, Hisham El Zeiny, Islam Zaher, Karem Mahrous, Mohamed Abla, Mohamed Taman - Paintings and drawings - Karim Francis Gallery
- Adel El Siwi, Ahmad Askalany, Ali Hassaan, Hazem El Mestikawy, Heiba Farid, Huda Lutfi, Lara Baladi, Mohamed Abu El Naga, Raouf Raafat & Sobhy Gurguis - Paintings, photography and sculpture - Furniture by Karim Mekhtigian, Alchemy - Karim Francis Gallery
- Adel El Siwi, Dina El Gharib, George Bahgoury, Hassaan Ali and Reem Hassan - Painting - Don Quichotte Restaurant
- Claude Stemmelin and Joseph Guirguis - Photography - Estoril Restaurant
- Fathi Afifi, Hanafi Mahmoud, Hoda Lutfi, Karem Mahrous, Maher Ali and Mohamad Abla - Painting - Petit Swiss Chalet
- Fathi Afifi – Paintings - Don Quichotte Restaurant
- Claude Stemmelin - Photography - Mint restaurant-coffee shop
- Nabil Boutros - Photography - Espace Karim Francis
- Group Show: Adel El Siwi, Dina El Gharib, George Bahgoury, Hisham El Zeiny, Omar El Fayoumi, Shadi Noshokaty and Mohamad Abla - Painting - Don Quichotte Restaurant
2005
- Karem Mahrous - Paintings - Karim Francis Gallery
- Nermine Hammam: Apotheosis - Photography - Karim Francis Gallery
- Dina Al Adeeb, Photography. Espace Karim Francis
- Dina El Gharib, George Bahgoury, Hani Rashed, Hoda Lutfi, Omar El Fayoumi, Said El Kattan - Painting - Don Quichotte Restaurant
- Islam Zaher : Out of Vacuum - Paintings and sketches - Karim Francis Gallery
- Ali Hassaan - Painting - Mint restaurant-coffee shop.
- Adel El Siwi, George Bahgoury, Hoda Lutfi, Islam Zaher, Karem Mahrous, Nermine Hammam, Omar El Fayoumi - Karim Francis Gallery
- Christain Voigt, Hani Rashed, Karem Mahrous, Moataz Nasr, and Nora Baraya - Painting - Don Quichotte Restaurant
- Hisham Labib - Photography - Petit Swiss Chalet
- Christian Voigt: The Story Teller - Paintings - Karim Francis Gallery
- Omar El Fayoumi - Paintings - Karim Francis Gallery
- Huda Lutfi Making Faces - Paintings - Karim Francis Gallery
- Sabhan Adam - Paintings - Karim Francis Gallery
2006
- Sabah Naim - Painting - Espace Karim Francis
- Hisham El Zeiny - Painting and objects - Espace Karim Francis
- Ahmed Nosseir - Painting - Espace Karim Francis
- Adel El Siwi: My Stars - Painting - Espace Karim Francis
- Group Show: Art Stock featuring works by Ahmed Nosseir, Adel El Siwi, Dina el Gharieb, Georges Bahgoury, Hany Rashed, Hassan Ali, Hisham El Zeiny, Islam Zaher, Karem Mahrous, Lara Baladi, Moataz Nasr, Nermine el Ansari, Omar Fayoumi, Sabah Naim - Painting - Espace Karim Francis
- Amal Kenawy: You Will Be Killed - Video animation - Espace Karim Francis
2007
- Mohamed Abla - Painting - ArtSpace, Dubai, Funded by EFG
- Adel El Siwi - Painting - Artspace, Dubai, Funded by Gargash enterprises
- Occidentalism - In The Eyes of Egyptian Artists | The West seen from The East - Adel El Siwi, Ahmed Nosseir, Amal Kenawy, Hany Rashed, Hazem El Mestikawy, Hazem Taha Hussein, Heba Farid, Hisham El Zeiny, Huda Lutfi, Islam Zaher, Khaled Hafez, Lara Baladi, Mohamed Abla, Mohamed Taman, Nader Sadek, Nermine El Ansari, Sabah Naim, Shady El Noshokaty, Magdy El Sayed, Ahmed Basiouny, Hossam Hodhod, Youssef Ragheb, Sherif El Azama
2008
- Group Show: Art Stock featuring works by Adam Henien, Adel El Siwi, Ahmed Nosseir, Fathy Afifi, Gamil Shafik, Hamed Abdalla, Hisham El Zeiny, Omar El Fayoumi - Painting and sculpture
2009
- Hamed Abdalla: Selected Works – Paintings, gouaches
- Omar El Fayoumi - Kalam Harim – Paintings
- Group Show: Art Stock featuring works by Adam Henien, Adel El Siwi, Ahmed Nosseir, Fathy Afifi, Gamil Shafik, Hamed Abdalla, Hisham El Zeiny, Omar El Fayoumi - Painting and sculpture
- Fathy Afifi – Painting
2010
- Galila Nawar - Photo Album - Painting
- Islam Zaher - Intuited Happiness – Painting and drawing
- Mohamed Taman - Baroque - Painting
- Hazem Elmestikawy - Systemic objects & Issues of reeducation - Sculpture
2011
- Georges Masry Isaac - Painting
2013
- Director & member of the board of trustees @ Adam Henein Museum
2014
- Opening of Adam Henein Museum - Director & member of the board of trustees
- Adam Henein & Hamed Abdalla - Art Dubai Art Fair - Sculpture and painting
- Hamed Abdalla - Paintings - Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt
- Sobhy Guirguis - Sculptures & Paintings @ Zamalek Venue - 6th Floor
- Nabil Boutros - Photography
- Adam Henein - Sculpture
2015
- Abdel Badie Abdel Hay, Hamed Abdalla - Sculpture & painting
- Mohamed Radwan - Sculpture
- Sobhy Guirguis - Sculpture & painting
2016
- Hamed Abdalla - Painting - Ofok One - Mahmoud Khalil Museum
- Adam Henein - Art Dubai Art Fair - Sculpture
- Hassan Kamel - Sculpture
- Ahmed Nosseir - Painting & drawing
2017
- Maged Mekhail - Sculpture
- Hassan Kamel - Sculpture
2018
- Contemporary Art Group 1946 - Abdel Hadi El Gazzar, Hamed Nada, Samir Rafi, Maher Raef - Art Dubai Art Fair - Painting
- Hassan Kamel - Sculpture
- Mahmoud Mousa & Esmat Dawestashy - Sculpture
2019
- Adam Henein, Hazem El Mestikawy, Ahmed Askalany, Nihal Wahby - Abu Dhabi Art Fair - Sculpture and painting
- Adam Henein, Hassan Kamel, Mohamed Radwan, Ahmed Nosseir - Beirut Art Fair - Sculpture and painting
- Ahmed Nosseir - Painting & drawing
- Adam Henein, Sobhy Guirguis, Mohamed Radwan, Hassan Kamel, Maged Mekhail - Tamara Building - Sculpture and painting
- Hisham El Zeiny - Al Fustat - Painting
2020
- Maged Mekhail - Sculpture
- Sobhy Guirguis - Sculpture & painting
2021
- Nihal Wahby - Floating Hope - Instalation
- Dahlia Abdeliah, Miska Mohammed, Yasmeen Abdullah, Yasmin ElNour - Fragrance of Sudan - Painting - Curated by Heba El Moaz
- Nehad Saeed - Painting - Curated by Heba El Moaz
- Maged Mekhail - Sculpture
2022
- Amado AlFadni & Hani Rashed - Monoprint - Akaa - Curated by Heba El Moaz
- Ahmed Nosseir - Painting & Drawing
- Ulla Gerdes - Secret Gardens - Photography
- Amado AlFadni - What i See.. From Here - Monoprint - Curated by Heba El Moaz
2023
- Mustafa El Husseiny - Memory Flow - Painting - Curated by Heba El Moaz
- Ahmed Mourad - Fragments - Painting - Curated by Heba El Moaz
- Hatem Moussa - Architecture’s Skeleton - Installation - Curated by Heba El Moaz
- Maged Mekhail - Sculpture
2024
- Pance Ahmed & Omar Senada - Clash - Painting - Curated by Heba El Moaz