List of Iraqi artists
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The following is a list of some important Iraqi artists:
- Ghassan MuhsenGhassan MuhsenGhassan Muhsen A Career Diplomat, Ambassador Ghassan Muhsen doubled as an artist with over 18 solo exhibitions, over 30 joint shows in four continents ranging from New Delhi to New York, from Dubai to Tunis. Currently Ambassador Ghassan Muhsen serves as Ambassdor to the Kingdom Of Bahrain...
(1945- ), Artist Painter and Ambassador - Modhir AhmedModhir AhmedThe artistic journey of Iraqi-Swedish artist Modhir Ahmed coincided with the sweeping political changes of Iraq and Poland in the mid-1980s and concluded in Sweden, the country that has opened scores of new opportunities for the young determined artist....
(1956- ), visual artist - Layla Al-AttarLayla Al-AttarLayla Al-Attar was an Iraqi artist and painter that graduated from the Academy of fine Arts in Baghdad. Layla, known for her beauty and kindness, had once held five one-women shows in Iraq and took part in all national and other collective exhibitions held in the country and abroad.Layla also took...
( - ), artist and painter - Suad al-AttarSuad al-AttarSuad al-Attar is a renowned Iraqi painter whose work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The British Museum and the Gulbenkian Collection. She has held over twenty solo exhibitions, including one in Baghdad that became the first solo exhibition in the country's history for a...
(1942- ), painter - Bassem Hamad al-DawiriBassem Hamad al-DawiriBassem Hamad al-Dawiri was an Iraqi sculptor and artist. He helped create a Baghdad artist association, called the "Survivors' Group" following the fall of the Saddam Hussein government in 2003.Al-Dawiri was born in Iraq...
( -2007), sculptor and artist - M.J. AlhabeebM.J. AlhabeebMusaddak Jameel Al-Habeeb is an Iraqi American contemporary calligrapher who follows the original traditions in Arabic-Islamic calligraphy...
(1954- ), calligrapher and painer - Husain al-RadiHusain al-RadiHusain Ar-Radi , also known as Hashiim, Ammar, and Salam Adil, was an Iraqi communist politician as well as a poet and painter...
(1924-1963), politician, poet, and painter - Nuha al-RadiNuha al-RadiNuha al-Radi , was an Iraqi diarist, ceramist and painter.She was born into a distinguished Iraqi family which included Mahmoud Shawkat, the last Prime Minister of the Ottoman Empire. In 1919, her father Mohammed Selim al-Radi was one of the first Iraqis to be educated in the USA when he studied...
(1941-2004), diarist, ceramist and painter - Abdul Qadir Al RassamAbdul Qadir Al RassamAbdul Qadir Al Rassam,عبد القادر الرسام), 1952 - 1882), was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He was the first well-known painter in modern Iraq and the leader of realism school in Iraq. He studied military science and art at the Military College, Istanbul, Turkey, from 1904...
(1882-1952), painter - Ahmed Al SafiAhmed Al SafiAhmed Al Safi , was born in Al Diwaniyah, Iraq in 1971.Al Safi studied sculpture at the Fine Arts Academy in Baghdad.He won the Ismail Fatah Al Turk Prize for young sculptors in 2000....
(1971- ), sculptor - Ismail Fatah Al TurkIsmail Fatah Al TurkIsmail Fatah Al-Turk was an Iraqi painter and sculptor from Basra, Iraq.He received degrees in painting and sculpture from the Baghdad Institute of Fine Arts and a degree in sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome....
(1934-2004), painter and sculptor - Ala BashirAla BashirAla Bashir is the most celebrated Iraqi painter, sculptor and plastic surgeon. His works of art have been shown in several international exhibitions in, for example, France , the United Kingdom , Ireland , Austria , Germany , Yugoslavia , Italy , Russia , Qatar , Morocco , Libya...
(1939- ), painter, sculptor and plastic surgeon - Choman HardiChoman HardiChoman Hardi , is a contemporary Kurdish poet, translator and painter. She was born in Sulaimaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan. In 1975 her family fled to Iran after the Algiers Accord but returned to Iraq after a general amnesty in 1979. They were forced to move again in 1988 during the Anfal campaign...
(1974- ), poet, translator and painter - Faeq HassanFaeq HassanFaeq Hassan was a Painter who was born in Baghdad in 1914. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris in 1938.He founded the Painting Department at the Fine Arts Institute in 1939-1940.Founded the Pioneers Group in 1950...
(1914-1990), painter - Toba KhedooriToba KhedooriToba Khedoori is an Australian-born artist of Iraqi heritage, known primarily for highly-detailed mixed-media paintings executed on large sheets of wax-coated paper. Khedoori's works often fill the spectator's entire field of vision; a 'typical' Khedoori painting combines elements of drawing,...
(1964- ), Australian-born artist of Iraqi heritage, known primarily for highly-detailed mixed-media paintings - Paulus KhofriPaulus KhofriPaulus Khofri was an Assyrian composer, lyricist and painter. He was born August 7, 1923 in Baghdad, Iraq and died in Tehran, Iran in May 2000 at the age of 77.-Biography:...
(1923-2000), composer, lyricist and painter - Faisel Laibi SahiFaisel Laibi SahiFaisel Laibi Sahi or simply known as Faisel Laibi is an Iraqi artist from Basra born in 1947, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad in the late sixties, with further studies at the École supérieure des beaux-arts and the Université de la Sorbonne in Paris...
(1947- ), artist - Jawad SaleemJawad SaleemJawad Saleem was an Iraqi sculptor born in Ankara in 1920. He studied sculpture in Paris , Rome and London . After he returned to Iraq, he was appointed head of the Sculpture Dept. at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad, a position he retained until his death in 1961...
(1920-1961), sculptor - Naziha SalimNaziha SalimNaziha Salim was an Iraqi artist and painter, described by the country's president, Jalal Talabani, as "the first Iraqi woman who anchored the pillars of Iraqi contemporary art....
(1927-2008), artist and painter - Haifa ZanganaHaifa ZanganaHaifa Zangana is an Iraqi novelist, author, artist, and political activist. She is most notably known for writing Women on a Journey: Between Baghdad and London. Haifa grew up in Baghdad and graduated from Baghdad University and the School of pharmacy in 1974...
(1950- ), novelist, author and artist - Ayad AlkadhiAyad AlkadhiAyad Alkadhi,Arabic , , is an Iraqi born artist. Alkadhi's work centers on Arabic calligraphy in stylized forms. Calligraphy in the form of caligrams often take shape to support the narrative within his work, expressing the intersection of Near Eastern and Western culture, politics and...
(1971- ), visual artist - Shakir Hassan Al SaidShakir Hassan Al SaidShakir Hassan Al Said , an Iraqi painter, sculptor and writer, is considered one of Iraq's most innovative and influential artists. Born in Samawa, Al Said lived, worked and died in Bagdad...
(1925-2004), painter - Mohammed Ghani HikmatMohammed Ghani HikmatMohammad Ghani Hikmat, was an Iraqi sculptor and artist credited with creating some of Baghdad's highest profile sculptures and monuments. His best known works include the Victory Arch and two statues of Queen Scheherazade and King Shahryar, located on Aby Nuwas Street...
(1929-2011), sculptor.