Jamal Bassiouni was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1993. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria, with the Highest Honors and holds a BFA (2016). His graduation project tackled color relations and their impact on modern art. Bassiouni also has an MFA (2019) in Oil Painting and Drawing from the same institution. His thesis revolved around Beliefs in Ancient Egyptian paintings.

He participated in several Youth Salons and General Salons through the Ministry of Culture in Egypt. In 2014, he took part in a videography workshop at the Ecole Superieure d’Art-Aix an Provence and in 2015, exhibited at the Biennale des Jeunes Créateurs de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée. He currently works and lives in Alexandria, where he leads workshop training programs at the Arts School of Bibliotheca Alexandrina.