
Education: Master’s Degree in Fine Arts – Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Memberships:
Member of the Iraqi Plastic Artists Association
Member of the Iraqi Artists Syndicate
Member of the Iraqi Photographic Society
Projects:
Organizer of Image of the World – IMAGO MUNDI project in Iraq, in collaboration with the Sarenco Foundation (Italy) and the Benetton Foundation. This project introduced Iraqi artists through a collective book published in Italy.
Cultural and Artistic Activities
Participation in the Al-Wasiti International Festival, Baghdad (2010).
Ishtar Competition (2008–2010).
Al-Mirbad Poetry Festival (2004–2019).
Chants Exhibition, Babylon (2011).
Participation in the First and Second Basra Theatre Festival as scenographer (2012–2013).
Agenda Exhibition, Alexandria (2014).
Sumerians Exhibition for Iraqi artists in Egypt (2014).
Contemporary Art Exhibition, Ministry of Culture, Baghdad (2016).
UAE Fine Arts Biennale (2016).
Regular participation in exhibitions of the Iraqi Plastic Artists Association – Basra branch.
Man and Reality Exhibition (2005–2014).
Workshop and Dialogue Exhibition, Basra (2017).
Basra in Baghdad Port Exhibition (2017).
Annual exhibitions of the Iraqi Plastic Artists Association, Baghdad (2017–2019).
Solo exhibition Winter’s Scent – Union of Writers, Basra (2012).
Joint exhibition with artist and poet Mowaffaq Al-Sawad (+1) (2018).
Solo exhibition Between Parentheses – Sulaymaniyah Museum (2018).
Direct Painting Workshop – University of Basra Cultural Center (2019).
Nature Exhibition, Baghdad (2019).
Joint exhibition The Missing – Iraqi Museum of Antiquities (2018).
Solo exhibition – Amsterdam, Netherlands, Out in the Field Gallery (May 4, 2019).
Symposium and painting workshop – Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, with the Kurdistan Artists Syndicate (August 20, 2019).
Solo exhibition Things That Resemble Painting (2020).
Paper Exhibition – Kalimat Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Stage set design for several plays in Basra.
Selected artworks featured in One Hundred Haiku and Haiku by Iraqi poet Abdul Karim Kasid and Moroccan poet Sameh Darwish (2017).
Designed book covers for several Iraqi writers.
Recipient of multiple awards and certificates of appreciation from festivals and exhibitions in Iraq, Egypt, and the UAE.
Joint exhibition Not Zero – Four Basra artists (2020).
Joint exhibition – Four Iraqi artists, Al-Atraqchi Gallery (2023).
Joint exhibition Kafka Centennial – Five Iraqi artists, Baghdad International Book Fair (2024).
Participation in the 27th Kalawiz International Festival, Sulaymaniyah (2019–2024).
Holder of the UAE Golden Residency (long-term).
Solo exhibition Weightlessness – Dar Al-Andaa, Amman (2023).
Joint exhibition Astigmatism – Al-Atraqchi Gallery, Baghdad (2024).
Solo exhibition Village Orchard – French Cultural Institute, Baghdad (2025).