1947 Born in Ur in the city of Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq.
1954 - 1964 Completed his primary, middle, and high school studies in Iraq.
1968 - 1972 Studied and graduated from the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad and obtained a Bachelor's degree.
1971 - 1972 Worked as a painter at the Cinema and Theater Department, drawing and designing puppet shows.
1972 - 1975 Worked in the montage section of Al-Jumhuriya newspaper.
1972 - 1994 Participated in all exhibitions of the Iraqi Artists Association.
1974 Graduated from the Interior Designers course held by Iraqi TV in Baghdad.
1975 Worked as a decorator for Iraq TV, accomplishing many decorations for Iraqi series, plays, programs, and songs.
1976 Held his 1st solo exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
1977 Obtained a certificate of specialization in television decoration design from the German Democratic Republic. He participated in Contemporary Iraqi Art exhibitions in Paris, France, London, UK, and Moscow, Russia, where one of his paintings was acquired by the Russian Parliament, and Russian newspapers wrote about his painting ‘Salt Collectors’.
1978 Held his 2nd solo exhibition at Al-Alwiya Club Hall, Baghdad.
1983 Obtained a master's degree from the University of Hartford and held his 3rd solo exhibition, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
1984 - 1994 He participated in most of the exhibitions of the Wasiti Festival.
1985 Worked as head of the Decoration Department at Baghdad TV and participated in the Contemporary Iraqi Art exhibition in Morocco and Tunisia.
1986 - 1990 Worked as a lecturer on the subjects of "Print Poster Design" and "Research in Space" in the Department of Design and Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts, the University of Baghdad, after his return from the USA.
1987 - 1994 Participated in all exhibitions of the International Babylon Festival.
1988 Designed decorations and accessories for the Museum of Popular Heritage, which is currently called the Baghdadi Museum.
1990 - 1994 His services were transferred from the Ministry of Culture and Information to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and he became a faculty member at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Baghdad. He also participated in all teaching exhibitions of the Academy.
1991 Co-authored the book ‘Print Design’ for students of the Design Department for the first and second stages at the Institute of Applied Arts.
1992 Participated in the Spring Exhibition, the Youth Exhibition, and the exhibition ‘From the Inspiration of the Artist Faik Hassan’ at the Arts Center, Baghdad.
1993 Participated in the exhibition of Iraqi artists in Muscat, Oman, and in Amman, Jordan, and participated in the exhibition of the Ministry of International Education and Scientific Research for art colleges in Iraq.
1994 Held his 4th solo exhibition at the University of Jordan, Amman. Participated in the ‘Donation for the Children of Iraq’ exhibition at Alia Gallery, Jordan.
1995 - 2001 Worked as a professor in the Fine Art Department at the Faculty of Architecture and Arts at Omar Al-Mukhtar University in Derna, Libya.
1999 - 2000 Headed the Fine Arts Department at the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad.
2000 Designed decorations entitled ‘Country of Tayoub’ for the Libyan satellite channel.
2002 - 2006 Worked as a professor in the Art Education Department at the Faculty of Education at Dhamar University in Yemen.
2002 Held his 5th solo exhibition at the Hall of Foreign Artists (STILBA), Sofia, Bulgaria. Participated in a competition to design a monument to the World Trade Center towers in New York, and its design is preserved in the Municipality of New York, USA.
2006 - 2013 Worked as a professor in the sculpture branch in the Fine Art Department at the College of Fine Arts at Salahuddin University in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.
2006 Designed the set for the play ‘Al-Qaa’ by the Iraqi director, Dr. Faisal Abed Odeh, at the Cultural Center Theater in Sana'a, Yemen.
2007 Held the 6th solo exhibition entitled ‘The Dirt Road’ at the Media Art Gallery, Kurdistan, Iraq.
2009 Held his 7th solo exhibition at Madarat Gallery, Al-Waziriya, Baghdad, in which he displayed 29 oil paintings. Participated in an exhibition of Iraqi artists managed by Madarat Gallery, Paris, France, and the Al-Mada Al-Thaqafia Exhibition in Akkad Gallery, Baghdad.
2015 Held his 8th solo exhibition at the Rayko Aleksiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Won several artistic awards inside and outside Iraq.
Designed many covers of literary books.
He lives and works as a professor of art at the College of Fine Arts at Salahuddin University in Erbil, Iraq.
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1947 ولد الفنان في أور في مدينة الناصرية، محافظة ذي قار، العراق.
1954 – 1964 أكمل دراسته الابتدائية والمتوسطة والثانوية في العراق.
1968 - 1972 حاز على شهادة البكالوريوس من فرع الرسم في أكاديمية الفنون الجميلة، جامعة بغداد.
1972 - 1975 عمل في قسم المونتاج في جريدة الجمهورية.
1975 عمل مصمماً للديكور في تلفزيون العراق منجزاً العديد من ديكورات المسلسلات والتمثيليات والبرامج والأغاني العراقية.
1977 حصل على شهادة اختصاص في تصميم الديكور التلفزيوني من جمهورية ألمانيا الديمقراطية.
1983 حصل على شهادة الماجستير من جامعة هارتفورد، ولاية كونيتيكت، الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية.
1986-1990 عمل أستاذاً محاضراً لموضوع "تصميم البوستر الطباعي" و"البحث في الفضاء" في قسم التصميم والفنون التشكيلية في أكاديمية الفنون الجميلة، جامعة بغداد بعد عودته من الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية.
1995-2001 عمل أستاذاً في القسم التشكيلي في كلية العمارة والفنون في جامعة عمر المختار في مدينة درنة، ليبيا.
1999–2000 ترأس القسـم التشكيلي في أكاديمية الفنون الجميلة في جامعة بغداد.
2002 – 2006 عمل أستاذاً في قسم التربية الفنية بكلية التربية في جامعة ذمار في اليمن.
2006 – 2013 عمل أستاذاً في فرع النحـت في القسـم التشكيلي في كلية الفنون الجميلة في جامعة صلاح الدين في أربيل، كوردستان العراق.
أقام عدة معارض شخصية واشترك في العديد من المعارض الفنية داخل وخارج العراق.
فاز بعدة جوائز فنية داخل وخارج العراق.
صمم العديد من أغلفة الكتب الأدبية.
يعيش الفنان ويعمل أستاذاً للفن في كلية الفنون الجميلة في جامعة صلاح الدين في أربيل، العراق.
