Biography

Usama Saad Photo
Born in Cairo in 1963, Usama Saad has been living in Rome for over thirty years and has worked as an illustrator and printmaker for more than twenty years. Since 1995, he has studied printmaking under Ernesto Nino Palleschi, a professor at the Academy of Pisa. He is currently an active member of the Print Center of New York and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha (Qatar). Since 2011, he has collaborated with the Experimental Printmaking Center, Stamperia del Tevere, Stamperia Ripa69, and Stamperia – Studio D’Arte Caprini.


Among his various projects, in 2021, he collaborated on the Italian pavilion at the Dubai Expo, creating the logo for the show “Due Lune,” organized by the University of Naples “L’Orientale” and the I.U.L.M. of Milan, where seven of his works were used in the set design.

In 2021, he was also selected in the “Pasta Barilla” competition to design a new pasta shape.



Works in Public Collections

2021 Casina delle Civette di Villa Torlonia Rome
2019 Casa della Memoria e della Storia Rome
2016 Q8 Italian Petroleum S.p.a Rome
2014 Holiday Inn Hotel Cairo
2013 Gjalt-Ergo-Fysio, Gjalt Koopmans Sweden
2012 Iraqi Embassy Rome
2011 Museo Civico di Monreale Palermo
2010 Villa Sciarra, Istituto Italiano di Studi Germanici Rome

Solo Exhibitions

2023 Ichthys, Palazzo Orzi Grotte di Castro
2023 Ichthys, Museo Colle del Duomo Viterbo
2022 Alfabeti Riflessi, Museo Colle del Duomo Viterbo
2021 Alfabeti Riflessi, Annex of Casina delle Civette di Villa Torlonia Rome
2019 Concordia Discor – The Many Souls of Geometry, G.A.P. Modern & Contemporary Art Rome
2012 Engraved Calligraphic Works, Pontifical University Rome
2010 Stories of the Soul, Villa Sciarra, Italian Institute of German Studies Rome

Group Exhibitions

2023 Verflechungen/Intrecci – Flexible Elements between Rome and Rothenburg Galerie im Burggarten, Rothenburg, Germany
2023 Like a Stone in the Pond, Stamperia Ripa 69 Rome
2022 Engravings and Visions, Palazzo Ducale Rocca Colonna Castelnuovo di Porto
2022 Great Masters and Young Talents of International Contemporary Printmaking Polveriera Guzman, Orbetello
2022 MIRROR FACE TO FACE – Italian and Dutch Artists Exhibition Club for UNESCO Vicenza, Amstelkerk Amsterdam, Kunstliefde Space Utrecht
2021 Meetings, G.A.P. Modern & Contemporary Art Tallinn, Rome
2020 SHOAH – Perception and the Contemporary Gaze in Photography and Art Graphics Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome
2020 Art Experience – EXPO STREET POPART Salerno
2019 TAROT – The Experience of the Symbol, O’ Vasco Room Gallery Rome
2019 14 Delicacies on a Mirror Plate Galerie im Burggarten, Rothenburg, Germany
2019 Le Signe Parlant, Palazzo di Primavera e Caos Terni
2019 Engraved Readings, Biblioteca Guglielmo Marconi Rome
2019 Tiny Biennale, Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome
2018 Crossroads 2 – International Art Graphics Exhibition Palazzo Chigi, Formello