Khalid El-Wakiel
About The Artist
Khalid El Wakiel is an Egyptian artist and graphic designer, who was born in 1998. Based in Cairo, he actively uses all forms of design to create artistic work of sheer depth and true impact. He is constantly inspired by daily life events, along with the endless questions and topics that pop in his mind. They could be difficult to talk about in words, but through design, he interprets them with lines and basic shapes.
He finds harmony by narrowing the gap between the chaos that revolves within him and the ground reality. Khalid believes in the power of design & art to influence opinion, change behavior, delight people, and create ways to talk about what is happening in ways that are deeper than words.
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How did you get started with creating art?
I started creating art when I realised that there are questions inside me that I can’t find answers to, and other things happened to me that I want to talk about, but can’t express them with words.
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How would you describe your artistic style? Has it changed?
I think that my artistic style is something that is still under construction. Some may see that I have an artistic style, but I still don’t see that I do. I do what is required of me, and so far I haven’t found the appropriate artistic style for me. Intellectual evolution is needed in order to mature and become a little clearer.
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Where do you usually find inspiration for your works?
Most of the time I find inspiration from what I go through in my life and what my eyes see in things that may seem normal to others but I see them differently. Many times I find inspiration in people’s stories and what they go through. I talk about what is inside me and what I see inside people.
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What do you hope your audience will get from your work?
I want people to know what I think or what my eye sees. I think that I present something that one group of people may see in one way while another group sees it in another way, in turn, each seeing it differently to how I see it. I believe that each of us has his/her own vision. I like to associate my works with things that one sees with his/her own eyes or expresses what goes on inside.