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Ghada Amer

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Ghada Amer (Arabic: غادة عامر; May 22, 1963, in Cairo, Egypt) is a contemporary artist; much of her work deals with issues of gender and sexuality. Her most well-known work involves layered embroidered paintings of women's bodies, referencing pornographic imagery. She lives and works in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Ghada Amer is the 1,981st most popular painter (up from 1,988th in 2024), the 558th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 559th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Egyptian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ghada Amer ranks 1,981 out of 2,023. Before her are Hablot Knight Browne, Charles Marion Russell, Arthur Wesley Dow, John Sell Cotman, Vajiha Samadova, and George Luks. After her are John Crome, Gertrude Abercrombie, Stephen Wiltshire, Ali Divandari, Wayne Thiebaud, and Israel Tsvaygenbaum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Ghada Amer ranks 587. Before her are Michael Chabon, James Marsh, Pavel Řehák, Lisa Rinna, Lysette Anthony, and Gert-Jan Theunisse. After her are Liu Huan, Paweł Kukiz, Kayhan Kalhor, Maritza Martén, Liliya Nurutdinova, and Charlot Salwai.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ghada Amer ranks 558 out of 642. Before her are Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892), Bassem Youssef (1974), Kim Min-seok (null), Sylvain Sylvain (1951), Ahmed Shobair (1960), and Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh (1905). After her are Magdi Abdelghani (1959), Princess Rym Ali (1969), Leila Aboulela (1964), Essam Abdel-Fatah (1965), Angham (1972), and Hisham Abbas (1963).

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Among PAINTERS In Egypt

Among painters born in Egypt, Ghada Amer ranks 4. Before her are Antiphilus (-400), Inji Aflatoun (1924), and Amasis Painter (-550). After her are Fathi Hassan (1957).

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