• b. Baghdad, 1963

EDUCATION

• 1987 BA in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad University, Baghdad
• SOLO EXHIBITIONS
• 1994 Graphic Expiation, Riwaq Gallery, Baghdad
• 2000 French Cultural Centre, Doha
• 2002 Steel and Asphalt Memory, French Cultural Centre, Doha
• 2004 Blocks, Orfali Gallery, Amman
• 2007 Beard Land, Karmin Gallery, Amman
• 2008 Beard Code, Sultan Gallery, Kuwait

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 1985 Fredrickstad Biennale, Fredrickstad
• 1997 Environment and Surroundings in Iraqi Art, Jordanian National Museum, Amman
• Homage to Jawad Salim, Athar Gallery, Baghdad
• 1999 Three Iraqi Artists, Agial Gallery, Beirut
• Fifty Years of Iraqi Graphics, Darat Al Funun, Amman
• 2000 Fredrickstad Triennial, Fredrickstad
• 2001 Six Iraqi Artists, Albareh Gallery, Manama
• 2002 Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka
• 2003 Five Contemporary Artists from Iraq, Green Art Gallery, Dubai
• 2005 Improvisation Exhibition: Seven Iraqi Artists, Alrwaq Gallery, Bahrain and Besan Gallery, Doha
• Contemporary Iraqi Book Art, University of North Texas, Houston, Texas
• 2006 World into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East, British Museum, London
• 2007 Negative Positive to Iraqi Artists, Albareh Gallery, Manama
• 2010 Chair and Painting, Albareh Gallery, Manama
• My Home Land, Art Sawa Gallery, Dubai
• Art in Iraq Today: Part II, Meem Gallery, Dubai

AWAR DS

• 1997 Homage to Jawad Salim, received three artistic awards
• 2004 First Prize in Painting, Emaar, Dubai

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha
• British Museum, London
• Kinda Foundation, Saudi Arabia
• Touch@Art, London
• Station Museum, Houston