Born in Baghdad, Iraq. Lives in Sweden and Canada
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 "Looking for Oxygen" & "Black Fountain" Two projects, Installation and video art. A Space Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009 "Black Fountain" Project, video art, installation, sculpture and painting. Passagen Konsthall, Sweden
2008 "Check point X" Project, video art, installation, sculpture and painting. Södertälje Konsthall Sweden
"In Process" Sculpture and painting. Gallery Svalunda, Malmö, Sweden
2007 "Check point X" Project, video art, installation, sculpture and painting. Trollättan Konsthall Sweden
2005 "Check point X" Project, 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 Konsthallen, Landskrona, Sweden
Video art, installation, sculpture and painting, art project. Stafanstorps konsthall, Stafanstorp, Sweden
Sculpture, lighting installation and painting. Skovhuset konsthall, Vaerlose, Denmark
2004 "Beyond 100 °C" Installation, sculpture and painting. This project was followed with the publication of an art catalogue. Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan
2003 Rådhusets konsthall, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Installation, sculpture and painting project. Mösting Hus, Copenhagen, Danmark
2002 "Beyond 100 °C" Installation, sculpture and painting. This project was followed with the publication of an art catalogue, containing images and essays written Clemens Altgård, Adonis and olle lindboe. It was published in Swedish and Danish. Växjö konsthall, Växjö, Sweden
Installation, sculpture and painting. This project was followed with the Adonis lecture. Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, Sweden
"Beyond 100 °C" Installation, sculpture and painting. Farum konsthall, Farum, Denmark
"Beyond 100 °C" Installation, sculpture and painting. Valfisken konsthall, Simrshamn, Sweden
Installation, sculpture and painting, art project. Vänermuseet, Lidköping, Sweden
1998 "Maha & Ibrahim" Project, installation, sculpture and painting. Barbacka Konsthall, Kristianstad, Sweden
1997 Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, Sweden
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Al Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates UAE
2004 Arteast, The NewSpace, New York, USA
2000 Brunei Gallery London, England
1997 Malmö Museum, Sweden
Selected Honours, Prizes, and Grants
2010 Ontario Arts Council
2008 Toronto Council for the Arts
2007-2008 Swedish Council for the Arts, the Arts Grant Committee, Sweden
2007 Ontario Arts Council
Canada Council for the Arts (travel grant)
2005 The Swedish National Council for Culture Grant, Sweden
2004 The Swedish Bank’s Cultures Grant, Sweden
UNESCO Residency Fellowships
2003 Skåne Culture Grants, Sweden
2002 BUS Grants, Sweden
2000 Kultur Utviklingsmidlerna, Farum, Denmark
1989 First Prize: Sculpture, Wasiti Biannual, Baghdad, Iraq
1987 First Prize: Ceramics, Wasiti Biannual, Baghdad, Iraq
Selected Public Works
2008-2011 Concord CityPlace, Toronto, Canada
2008 Spidana Underpass, Toronto, Canada
2007 Fort York National Historic Site, public art competition, Toronto. (Short list)
2006 "Around me" 600x150 cm, Art public works, monumental sculpture, aluminum in Turning Torso, a new building of the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, Malmö, Sweden. www.turningtorso.com
2005 "I'm Waiting" and " I'm Here" Art public works, monumental sculpture, aluminum in Torning Torso, Malmö, Sweden
2004 Art public works "Pavilion" Installation 1000x1200 cm at Folkets Park, Malmö Municipality, Sweden
2000 "Lighted fountain". Kungsparken, Malmö, Sweden
1999 Public Art Works, monumental sculpture "Blue Boat" 500x150 cm wood and mixed technique in the Central Library, Lund Municipality, Sweden
1996-1997 Public Art Works in Malmö General Hospital, sculptures, copper and wood, 1200x 300 cm, Sweden
1994 Art public "Three Sails with The Sun". 400x350 cm, concrete. Art public works, monumental sculpture, Lomma, Sweden