Born in Cairo in 1967, Lotfy graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in 1990 and embarked on a three-decade-long artistic journey.

He participated in over 40 exhibitions in Egypt and worldwide and organized five solo exhibitions in Egypt since 1998.

Lotfy’s artwork encompassed impressionism, cubism, realism, symbolism, abstract, and semi-figurative.

A large body of his works was deeply influenced by Egyptian heritage, particularly the ambience of Upper Egypt.

Unorthodox!
 

"The most striking thing about Ehab's work is that he doesn't always directly depict the environment," visual artist Mohamed El-Nasser wrote about Lotfy in Al-Ahram's Nesf El-Donia magazine in 2011.

"For instance, he might not present you with a complete painting reflecting specific popular scenes."

"Instead, he might use an element like a tree or a palm tree, which you can instinctively tell is from Upper Egypt or an oasis, even if the entire painting doesn't explicitly reveal the subject or location," wrote El-Nasser.

“Ehab seems so imbued with the Egyptian spirit that even when he paints any boat on any river, he doesn't explicitly show you that this boat is on the Nile River, but he makes you feel it just by looking at the painting,” he added.