Education

1996-2000 Gerrit Reitveld Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1983-1988 BA Ceramics, Baghdad Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad, Iraq

Awards

2011 54th Venice Biennale Iraqi Pavilion, Venice, Italy

2010 Nominee, Sovereign, Art Prize, Hong Kong, China

2003 Sursock Museum prize - Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon

2001 Jury Prize for painting - International Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt

1998 Ceramics Special Mention - Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon

1995 Ceramics Special Mention - Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon

1994 Sculpture Special Mention - Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022 موكب (PROCESSION), Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO

2020 History in the Making, Galerie Brigitte Schenk

2019 Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA

2017 GLASSTRESS 2017, Fondazione Berengo, Venice

2015 Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado USA

2014 Art Basel Hong Kong, XVA Gallery, Hong Kong, China

Art Brussels, Imane Fares Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

Art Paris, Patrice Trigano Gallery, Paris, France

Art Dubai, Imane Fares Gallery, Dubai, UAE

Women, Side by Side Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Art 14 London, Art Space Gallery, London, UK

Secrets of the Store, AB Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland

2013 Eternal Love, Dar Alfunun, Kuwait City, Kuwait; XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE; ART13, London, England

Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA

ARTSPACE, London, UK

2012 Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France

2012 Nuova galleria Morone, Milan, Italy

2012 AB Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland

2012 Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France

2011 Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA

2011 Stux Gallery, New York, USA

2011 Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey

2011 XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2011 NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE

2010 Zoom Middle Eastern Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, Florida, USA

2010 Darat Alfunun, Amman, Jordan

2009 XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2009 Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA

2008 Dar Alfunun Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait

2008 XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2007 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado, USA

2006 XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2005 Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA

2005 Gremillion & Co. Fine Art Gallery, Houston, USA

2005 XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2005 Espace SD Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

2004 Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA

2004 Saifi Village-Quartier des Arts, Beirut, Lebanon

2003 Four Walls Gallery, Amman, Jordan

2001 Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, Leeuwarden, Holland

2000 Fibeitt Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland

1999 Pictura Gallery, Dordrecht, Holland

1997 LEntretemps Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

1996 Parterre Gallery, Sommelsdijk, Holland

1996 L'Entretemps Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

1995 50x70 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

1994 Schauer Gallery, Paris, France

1993 French Culture Center, Amman, Jordan

1992 Baladna Gallery, Amman, Jordan

1991 Baladna Gallery, Amman, Jordan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 45 + PART I, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO

2019 Vicki Myhren Gallery, Ghostly Traces, Denver, Colorado, USA

2016 Eyes Only, Stux Gallery, New York, NY

2015 Between East and West—Chinese and Islamic Contemporary Art, Yinchuan, China

2014 Brafa, Tour & Taxis, Galerie Patrice Trigano, Brussels, Belgium

Women, Side by Side Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Secrets of the Store, AB Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland

2013 Art Aspen, Aspen, Colorado, USA

Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong

2012 Texas Contemporary, Houston, Texas, USA

2011 54th Venice Biennale Iraqi Pavilion, Venice, Italy

Art Miami, Miami, Florida, USA

2010 Pavilion of Art & Design London, London, UK

Art Aspen, Aspen, Colorado, USA

IF Galleria, Paris, France

The New Art Gallery, Walsall, West Midlands, UK

Stux Gallery, New York, USA

Red Line Gallery, curated by Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA

Milan Art Fair, Milan, Italy

Nujoom: Constellations of Arab Art from the Farjam Collection, Dubai, UAE

Peripheral Vision, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE

2009 "Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East", Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

LA Art Show, Los Angeles, California, USA

"Across Borders No 2", Radical Gallery, Zug, Switzerland

Paul Klee Museum, Bern, Switzerland

"Crossings Traversees", Rabat, Morocco

Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong

Bastakiya Art Fair, Dubai, UAE

Arti Campi Gallery, Verona, Italy

Art Abu Dhabi, UAE

2008 Radical Gallery, Zug, Switzerland

"Asian Contemporary Art Fair", New York, USA

"Art Paris", Grand Palais, Paris, France

"Art Paris", Abu Dhabi, UAE

"Fendi Baguette Bag Design", XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

"Dubai Art Fair", Madinat Arena, Dubai, UAE

"Creek Art Fair", Bastakiya, Dubai, UAE

2007 International Design Forum, Dubai, UAE

"Creek Art Fair", Bastakiya, Dubai, UAE

Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA

2006 "Arteclásica 2006 - 3ª Feria de Arte Clásico Contemporáne”,

El Centro Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires, Argentina

"Pinceaux Pour Plumes", Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon

2004 Ceramic Delft, Delft, Holland

2003 "Tegels", Carrosia Cultural Center, Almere Haven, Holland

2001 "International Cairo Biennale", Cairo, Egypt

"Contemporary Ceramics in Lebanon", AU, Beirut, Lebanon

1999 "Ceramic Millenium", Amsterdam, Holland

Pictura, Dordrecht, Holland

1998 "Fleuris-98” , Ede, Holland

Babel Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland

“Global Ceramics 1", Landsmeer, Holland

Art Deco LA FIAD, Beirut, Lebanon

Agial Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

Espace SD Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

1997 Musee des Metiers de Mercure, Larochelle, France

1996 Babel Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland

Parterre Gallery, Sommelsdijk, Netherlands

1995 Salon des Art Decoratif-SAD, Beirut, Lebanon

1994 "Salon d'Automne", Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon

1993 "International Art Festival", Amman, Jordan

Daret Alfunun, Amman, Jordan

Public Collections

Arab Museum of Contemporary Art, Doha, Qatar

United States Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq

Barjeel Art Foundation Sahjah, UAE

Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan

Farjam Foundation, Dubai, UAE

The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Texas, USA

L’Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA), Paris, France

Royal Association of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan

Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong

Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

Weng Art Foundation, Krefeld, Germany

Public Commissions

2002 “Harbour of the Soul” - Bronze Sculpture - Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, Holland

2001 “An Oriental Dream” - Ceramic Mural - Lootsstraat, Amsterdam, Holland