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Ghada Amer

1963 - Today

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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 notable body of work involves highly layered embroidered paintings of women's bodies referencing pornographic imagery. Amer had previously emigrated from Egypt to France at the age of 11 and was educated in Paris and Nice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ghada Amer has received more than 82,914 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ghada Amer is the 1,988th most popular painter (down from 1,700th in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 523rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Egyptian Painter.

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  • 48.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ghada Amer ranks 1,988 out of 2,023. Before her are Louise Rayner, Thomas Hill, Chéri Samba, Stephen Wiltshire, Tom Roberts, and Jacob Lawrence. After her are George Peter Alexander Healy, Ernest Townsend, Hablot Knight Browne, Ali Divandari, William Hart, and Henry Ossawa Tanner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Ghada Amer ranks 581. Before her are Lisa Ann Walter, Daniel Roebuck, Peter Stamm, Yevgeny Alexeyevich Fyodorov, Uwe-Jens Mey, and Nicu Vlad. After her are Damian Chapa, Natalie Merchant, Igor Ashurbeyli, Zina Garrison, Nadia Hasnaoui, and Maritza Martén.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ghada Amer ranks 559 out of 642. Before her are Pope Peter II of Alexandria (null), Rawya Ateya (1926), Abu Hamza al-Masri (1958), Maggie Gobran (1949), Ahmed Shobair (1960), and Taher Abouzeid (1962). After her are Karam Gaber (1979), Amr Warda (1993), Mohamed Elneny (1992), Mohamed El Shenawy (1988), Ayman Nour (1964), and Ahmed Fathy (1984).

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Among PAINTERS In Egypt

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

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