Born in Baghdad, lives in Sweden and Canada
2009 Master of Fine Art, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1982 Bachelors of Visual Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad, Iraq
Solo Art Exhibitions
2010 "Looking for Oxygen" & "Black Fountain" Two projects, Installation and video art. A Space Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009 "Black Fountain" Two projects, video art, installation, sculpture and painting. Passagen Konsthall, Sweden
2008 "Zones" Painting installation. 2 of 2 Gallery, Toronto, Canada
"Check point X" Project, video art, installation, sculpture and painting. Södertälje Konsthall Sweden
"In Process" Painting and sculpture. Gallery Svalunda, Malmö, Sweden
2007 Konstahallen Trollhättan, Trollhättan, Sweden
YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto, Canada
2005 Video art, installation, sculpture and painting, art project. Stafanstorps Konsthall, Stafanstorp, Sweden
"Check point X" Video art, installation, sculpture and painting. This project was followed with the publication of an art catalogue, containing images and essays written by Dan Jönsson and Clemens Altgård. It was published in Swedish and Danish. Landskrona Konsthall, Sweden
"Landscape" Gallery Svalunda, Malmö, Sweden
Sculpture, lighting installation and painting. Skovhuset Art Museum, Vaerlose, Denmark
2004 Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan
2003 Mösting Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002 Växjö Konsthall, Växjö, Sweden
Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, Sweden
Farum Konsthall, Farum, Denmark
Vänermuseet, Lidköping, Sweden
Valfisken Konsthall, Simrshamn, Sweden
1998 Barbacka Konsthall, Kristianstad, Sweden
1997 Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, Sweden
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 The Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts,Texas, USA
2006 Form Design Centre, Malmö, Sweden
2005 University of North Texas Art Gallery, Texas, USA
2004 Arteeast, The NewSpace, New York, USA
2000 Brunei Gallery, London, England
1997 Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden
1992 Lund Konsthall, Sweden
1988 Museum of Contemporary Art, Cyprus
Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, USSR
1981 Museum of Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
1980 International Biennial of Graphics, Krakow, Poland
Selected Honour Prizes and Grants
2010 Ontario Arts Council, Canada
University of Waterloo Faculty of Arts Graduate Scholarship, Canada
University of Waterloo Faculty of Arts Graduate Enhancement Scholarship, Canada
2009 UW/Faculty of Arts Graduate Scholarship, Canada
2007 Canada Council for the Arts, Canada
2006-2007 Swedish Council for the Arts, the Arts Grant Committee, Sweden
2005 The Swedish National Council for Culture Grant
Copenhagen AMT and Skov Art Centre, International Grant, Denmark
Olle Svanlund Art Grant, Sweden
2004 The Swedish Bank’s Cultures Grant, Sweden
UNESCO Residency Fellowships
2003 The Arts Grant Committee, Sweden
2000 Kultur Utviklingsmidlerna, Farum, Denmark
1999 Kiruna Art Grants, Kiruna, Sweden
1997 Award in Painting, the 5th Wasiti Biannual, Baghdad, Iraq
1996 The Arts Grant Committee, Sweden
1985 Iraqi Art Critics Prize, Baghdad, Iraq
Selected Public Works
2009 Oshawa Courthouse project (short list).
2006 "What about my Garden" Public artwork, Turning Torso Tower, a new building of the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava in Malmö, Sweden. www.turningtorso.com
2005 "Landscape in Progress 1" Turning Torso Tower, Malmö, Sweden
2000-2004 Stage design, International Poetry Days, Sweden
2000 Public artwork, Kiruna Hospital, Kiruna, Sweden
Public artwork, Kiruna City Hall, Kiruna, Sweden
1999 Public artwork, Lomma Library, Lomma, Sweden
1997 Sculptural and painted public artworks, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden
1996 Public artworks for, Malmö General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
1994 Sculptural and painted public artworks for the Municipality of Malmö's project "Reflections", Malmö, Sweden
Selected Collections
HSB Malmö Sweden
Landskrona Art Museum, Sweden
Darat al Funun, The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Jordan
Vänermuseet, Lidköping, Sweden
Rådhusets Art Museum, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Simrishamn Municipality, Sweden
Malmöhus Landsting, Sweden
Ernst & Young, Sweden
Kristianstads Municipality, Sweden
Lomma Municipality, Sweden
Copenhagen AMT, Denmark
Copenhagen T.V, Denmark
Kiruna Landsting, Sweden
Norrbottens Läns Landsting, Sweden
Museum of Contemporary Art Amman, Jordan
Museum of Contemporary Art Baghdad, Iraq
National Museum, Baghdad, Iraq