Born in Iraq 1945, began painting at an early age. He developed a rich portfolio which later on qualified him to the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad. In 1966, Al Sheikh graduated, and later on travelled abroad to complete his art studies where he earned an M.A degree in Graphic Arts. By 1970, Al Sheikh completed his PhD in Science of Art from The Union Research Institute in Moscow.

In additional to being an artist, Yahya Alsheikh has worked as a designer, illustrator, and Art Professor since 1972. From 1977 until now he has lived in several countries like Russia, Syria, Libya, Jordan, and finally he settled in Norway. Since 1972, Al Sheikh held 19 solo exhibitions, show casing his graphic works and paintings in Baghdad, Moscow, Tripoli, Muscat, Trondheim (Norway), London, Paris.

Al Sheikh also participated in many international exhibitions in Lubiana, Krakow, Warsaw, Bionic Aires. He is member of: Iraqi Society, Norwegian Artists Union, City of Art / Paris, Tunisian Artist Union and Euman.

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

Born in Al Khobar, 1971, Saudi Arabia.

Art Education Diploma, Art Institute, Riyadh 1989. Lives and works in Qatif.

SSE:

2012 “The Other” Courtyard Gallery, Dubai

2011 Dar Al-Funoon, Kuwait

2010 Courtyard Gallery, Dubai U.A.E

2009 Desert Design Gallery, Khobar, Saudi Aarbia

2008 S, Event Gallery, Manama, Bahrain

2007 Oman Society for Writer & Literates Hall, Muscat, Oman

2007 Cité International des Arts, Paris, France

2005 Cité International des Arts, Paris, France

2005 Arabesque Gulf, Khobar, Saudi Arabia

2002 RIDA Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

2001

• INMA Gallery, Khobar, Saudi Arabia
• Bahrain Art Society, Manama, Bahrain

2001, 1997 Qatif Art Hall – Qatif, Saudi Arabia

2000 Arabesque Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

SGE:

2010 “Nabatt, a Sense of Being” Contemporary Art Exhibition from Saudi Arabia, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, China

2008 Fourth Artists Exhibition, Al-Bareh Café, Manama, Bahrain

2007

• Saudi Culture Days, Algeria
• Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
• Moscow, Kazan, Russia

2005 15 Artists at the Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany

2004 7 Artists Exhibition, Doha, Qatar & Riyadh, KSA

2003

• 9th Cairo International Biennale, Cairo, Egypt (Al-Mansouria Foundation collection)
• 30 Artist from Arab Countries Exhibition by (W. B. G. & IMF), Dubai, UAE

2002 Institut du Monde Arabe Paris, France (Kinda collection)

2001 & 1996 & 1994 Cairo International Biennale, – Cairo, Egypt

2000

• Exhibition selection of the current Saudi Art, London
• Art for All, Al-Mansouria Foundation for Culture and Creativity, Jeddah, KSA, 2000

1999 Exhibition selection of the current Saudi art, Madrid

1999 & 1997 Sharjah International Biennale, UAE

1998

• Expo 98 World Wild Exhibition of Lisbon, Portugal
• Joint Exhibition with Artist Ali Alsaffar, Dammam, KSA
• 3 x 3 Exhibition, Saudi Arts Center, Jeddah, KSA

1997 & 1998 Saudi Culture Exhibition – Germany, Switzerland

1997

• February Exhibition – Kuwait
• Saudi Visions, Al Mansouria Foundation, Jeddah, KSA

1996 to 2006 Qatif Artists Group Exhibition, Qatif, Jeddah, Damascus

1991 & 1992 & 1994 National Art Exhibition, National Museum, Bahrain

Prizes:

• Al Kharafi Biennale Award for Contemporary Arab Art, Kuwait, 2011
• 3rd prize Saudi Contemporary Art Competition, Riyadh, KSA, 2010
• 1st prize of Alsafeer Competition – Riyadh, KSA, 2009
• 3th prize “Kilak Fan “ Competition – Riyadh, KSA, 2008
• 6th prize Al Baha Competition – Riyadh, 2007
• Silver Prize, GCC Competition, Oman, 2006
• Golden Prize, GCC Competition, Kuwait, 2003
• 7th prize Saudi Airline Competition Jeddah, KSA, 2003
• 4th prize of Al-Safeer Competitions – Riyadh, KSA, 2002
• 1st Prize “Golden Malwen” Saudi Airlines Competition – Jeddah, KSA, 2001
• 1st prize General Exhibition of Kingdom Regions, Riyadh, 2001
• Saudi Contemporary Art Competition 5th prize 2001, 3rd prize 2000, 2nd 1979, 5th prize 1996
• Saudi Arabia National Collection Competition, 2nd Prize 1994
• 7th 2000. 3rd Prize Abha Arts Competition – Abha, KSA, 1997
• First prize 8th Arts Exhibition for GCC’s youth artists, Kuwait, 1993

Participation:

• Resided in Cite International des Arts in Paris for two months in 2005 under the auspices of The Al-Mansouria Foundation For Culture and Creativity
• Participated in the Emaar International Arts Symposium in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai – 2006
• Nominated to represent Saudi Arabia in the United Buddy Bear, Berlin, 2007
• Participated in Qatar Diar Art Symposium in Doha, Qatar 2008
• Participated in Jordan arts Symposium, Amman 2009
• Participated in the International Symposium for artists from countries in Asia and Scandinavia in the capital Mumbai, India 2010

Collections:

• The AL-Mansouria Foundation
• The Kinda Foundation
• Ministry of Culture and Information
• Saudi Aramco Company
• League of Arab States
• The Park Gallery
• Emaar International
• Arabesque Gulf
• Sunset Beach Resort
• Al Marrkhiya Gallery
• Burj Khalifa Dubai and many more private clients/organizations not listed

Born Baghdad, Iraq, 1944.

Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad, 1966.

Graphic Design, College of Applied Arts, Cairo, 1980.

Teaching Plastic Arts since 1966.

Founding member of The Innovationists, Shadow Group.

Lives and works in the Netherlands.

Awards:

• First Prize, Baghdad International Festival of Plastic Art, Iraq, 1986
• First Prize, Second Sharjah Biennale, UAE, 1995

SSE:

1997 Arts Centre, Bahrain

1994 50 × 70 Gallery, Lebanon

1993 Balka Gallery, Jordan

1988 Al-Riwaq Gallery, Baghdad

1976 National Museum of Modern Art

1964 Mubarakia Gallery, Kuwait

SGE:

2000 Participation, EU-MAN, Helsinki, Finland

1999 Modern Art, Lebanon

1997 Five Iraqi Artists, Green Art Gallery, Dubai

1995 Second Sharja Biennale, UAE

1994 Four Iraqi Artists, Washington

1993 Four Iraqi Artists, Amman

1992 Two Iraqi Artists, Shoman Foundation, Amman

1990 Seven Iraqi Artists, Shoman Foundation, Amman

1989 Between Tigris and Euphrates, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris

1988

• First International Biennale, Turkey
• Three Iraqi Artists, Kuwait

1987 International Poster Exhibition, Grand Palace, Paris

1986 First Baghdad International Biennale, Saddam Arts Centre

1984 First International Biennale, Cairo

1978 Contemporary Iraqi Art, London

1976

• Contemporary Iraqi Art, Messina, Italy
• Contemporary Iraqi Art, Modern Art Museum, Paris
• Second Arab Biennale, Morocco

1975

• Seventh Cagne-sur-Mer Internaional Festival, France
• Third Indian Triennial, New Delhi

1974 First Arab Biennale, Baghdad

1972 Arab Art, Nicosia, Cyprus

1972 70 First and Second Al-Wasiti Festival, Baghdad

1964 Graphic Art, Aya Gallery, Baghdad

Born Tikrit, Iraq, 1940.

BA Graphics, Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad, 1959.

Further studies include: Graphics in both Peking, China, 1959-63, and Lisbon, Portugal, 1967-9.

Headed the Graphics Department at Institute of Fine Arts.

Awards:

• First Prize, Baghdad International, 1986
• Honorary Prize, Fredrikstad Fourth International Graphic Biennial, Norway, 1976
• Jury Prize, Cagne-sur-Mer International Festival, France, 1977
• Honorary Award, Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria, 1964

Jury member at the International Graphics, Berlin, Germany, 1987.

Artwork in private and public collections world over. Lives and works in Bahrain.

SSE:

1995, 1880, 1977, 1975, 1970 Gallery Sultan, Kuwait

1984, 1979 Al-Riwaq Gallery, Iraq

1983 Gallery Faris, Paris

1981 National Museum of Modern Art, Amman

1976 Gallery Nadhar, Casablanca, Morocco

1973 Gallery Contact, Lebanon

1964 Czechoslovakian Cultural Centre, Iraq

1963 Painting and Graphics, Hong Kong

SGE:

1984 Sixth Inter-Graphic Biennale, Norway

1983 Second Contemporary /Arab Graphic Art, Gallery Graffiti, London

1982

• 80 Fredrikstad Sixth and Fifth International Graphics Bienniale, Norway
• Krakow Seventh International Graphics Biennale, Poland

1979

• São Paolo Fifth Biennale, Brazil
• Contemporary Iraqi Art, Messina, Italy

1978 Czechoslovakia Eight International Graphics Bienniale

1977 Ninth Cagne-sur-Mer International Festival, France

1976 Rabat Second Arab Bienniale, Morocco

1975 68 First and Third New Delhi Triennial, India

1974 73, 71, National Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad

1968 Gravura Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

1967 Iraqi Art, Lisbon

1966 Iraqi Graphics, Berlin

1965 International Graphics, Leipzig, Germany

Born Burri, Sudan, 1936.

Studied at the School of Fine & Applied Arts, Khartoum, 1959.

Fine Arts Academy, Florence, Italy, 1963.

Academy of Fine Arts, Ravenna, Italy, 1966.

Taught at New York University, Columbia University, Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute.

Awards:

Leo Meissner Prize for Printmaking, 2003

First Prize, Inter-Biennale of Cairo, 1993

Bronze Prize, Osaka Triennial, Osaka, 1991

Artwork in private and public collections including:

• Bibliotheque National, France
• Institute du Monde Arabe, France
• Library of Congress, USA
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA
• Lives and works in New York City

SSE:

2004

• Hassan II Center for International Encounters, Asilah, Morocco
• Hakim Gallery d’Art, Asilah, Morocco

2002 Rochan Fine Arts, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

2001 Hunderdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey

1996 Asilah, Morocco

1992

• Alif Gallery, Washington, DC
• Gallery Teinturerie, Paris, France
• Institut de Monde Arabe, Paris, France
• El Waisiti Gallery, Amman, Jordan

1987

• The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
• Marlene Eleini Gallery, London, England

1984 Limited Art Editions, New York, NY

1981

• New School University, New York, NY
• Cinque Gallery, New York, NY

1979

• Basamat Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco
• B.S. Structure Gallery, Rabat, Morocco
• Layla Farawi Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco

Born in Aleppo, Syria 1963.

Studied art special studies. He is a full-time artist.

SSE:

2007 Exhibition Gallery in the Individual Covenants in Riyadh

2006 The Hall of the Levant, Aleppo

2003 2 months residency at the Al-Mansouria Atelier, Cité Internationale des Arts

1998 Exhibition “Last Supper” in the Hall of the Levant, Aleppo

1997

• Exhibition of four artists from Syria in the Glass Hall, Beirut
• Hall in the French Cultural Centre, Damascus
• Mural “Biography of the Ad-Dulayl Bird” in the Hall, the Art World, Beirut

1995

• In the Hall of the Levant, Aleppo
• The Art Gallery of Damascus, Syria

SGE:

1985 Joint exhibition with artist Nihad Lishou in the National Museum of Aleppo

1995 Six Artists Exhibition Hall in the Levant, Aleppo