Born in 1954 Diwaniya, Iraq

EDUCATION
          
1992-1994 Pratt Institute of Professional Studies, New York, NY
                  Computer courses in Macintosh, Quark, Illustrator, and Photoshop
1991-1993 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1989-1991 Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy
1981-1984 Florence State Art Institute, 1995-1997, Florence, Italy
                  Degree in advertising, photography

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008
My Roof is in Ruins; I draw in the Light; solo show, Pomegranate Gallery, New York, NY

2007
Abstract Narratives; group show, Agora Gallery , New York, NY

2006
IRAQ: group show, Pomegranate Gallery, New York, NY

2003
Poetry on the Wall, solo, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
Salute to Poetry,group, Kufa Gallery, London, UK

2002
Poetry on the Wall, solo, Kufa Gallery, London, UK

2000-2002
Strokes of Genius, traveling exhibit of contemporary Iraqi artists, London, UK

PROJECTS

1995-1997
Illustrated New York City Get-A-Grip Gripe Book , (books 1&2)
by Raymond Alvin, Street Beat Publications

MEMBERSHIPS

2007-present
SCBWI - Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators