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:
- 1986 First Prize, Baghdad International
- 1977 Jury Prize, Cagne-sur-Mer International Festival, France
- 1976 Honorary Prize, Fredrikstad Fourth International Graphic Biennial, Norway
- 1964 Honorary Award, Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria
Jury member at the International Graphics, Berlin, Germany, 1987
Artwork in private and public collections world over. Lives and works in Bahrain
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1995, 1980, 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
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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 Biennial, 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