Born Baghdad, Iraq, 1960.
BA Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad, 1988.
Memberships:
- Iraqi Artists Association
- International Association of Fine Arts (UNESCO)
- Canadian Union of Iraqi Artists
- Propeller Centre for the Visual Art (Canada)
Awards:
- Recognition Prize, First Youth Show, 1985
- Second Prize, Al-Wasiti Festival, 1987
- Faiq Hassan Silver Prize, 1987
- Referee Award, International Biennale, Cairo, 1988
- First Prize, Ain Gallery, Amman, Jordan, 1994
Artwork in private collections: Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, South Africa, Tunisia, Sweden, USA, Germany, London, Spain, France, Portugal.
Artwork in public collections: Darat al-Funoun, Amman, National Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad.
Lives and works in Canada.
SSE:
2009 Gallery Hittite, Toronto
2005 Al Riwaq Art Gallery, Bahrain
2004 Dar-Alanda Gallery, Amman
2002, 1996 Hewar Gallery, Baghdad
1998 French Cultural Center, Baghdad
1997 Dar Al Mashriq Gallery, Jordan
1994 Nadhar Art Gallery
1992 National Museum of Modern Art
SGE:
2010
- “My Homeland” Objects Exhibition for Seven Iraqi Artists, Art Sawa Gallery, Dubai
- “Beyond the War” Exhibition for Seven Iraqi Artist, Millan Heller Gallery, New York
2009 Modern Art in the Iraq, Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York
2008 Iraqi Artists in Exile, Museum of the Station, Houston, Texas
2005-2007 Art Books Exhibition for Iraqi Modern Artists, Texas University Gallery, Minnesota University Gallery, Art Books Center, New York
2006 Iraqi Modern Art, Montparnasse Museum, Paris
2003
- “Now, Before, After” Deluxe Galley, London
- Five Iraqi Contemporary Artists, Green Art Gallery, Dubai
- “The Broken Letter” Arab Contemporary Artists, Kunst Gallery, Darmstadt, Germany
2002 Seven Iraqi Artists, Al Bareh Gallery, Bahrain
2002 Contemporary Perspective for Arab Art, Arab World Institute, Paris
2001 Iraqi Contemporary Art, China International Museum, China
2000
- Iraqi Contemporary Art, Tunis
- Iraqi Contemporary Art, Modern Art Museum, Caracas, Venezuela
- Seven Iraqi Artists from Embargo Generation, Arab World Institute, Paris
- Mesopotamia, Dar Al Funoun, Amman
1999
- Iraqi Graphic, Dar Al Funoun, Amman
- 3rd Egyptian International Print Triennial, Egypt
1998, 1992 Muhres International Exhibition, Tunis
1997 Four Iraqi Artists, Cultural House of Foreigners, Shambela Art Gallery, Denmark
1994 Chair, Arab Contemporary Artists, Dar Al Funoun, Amman