Education
- MFA Fine Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway, 2014
- Semester, Fine Art, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2014
- Art as Text, Text as Art Course, Göteborgs universitet, Valand Academy, Göteborg, Sweden,
2013
- MArch Architectural Design, The Bartlett, University College London, London, UK, 2011
- Fine Art Research and Production Program, Jan Van Eyck Academy, Post academic institute,
Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2005
- BA Fine Art, College of Fine Arts, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, 2002
Solo Exhibitions
- <flowers are not always tulip>, NAC, Neringa, Lithuania, 2015
- <It assumed that he has left but he took There with him>, Verein Symposion Lindabrunn,
Austria, 2015
- <Home is not Pink>, Contemporary Art Centre, Baghdad, Iraq, 2014
- <We don’t need another hero>, European Ceramic Work Centre (ekwc), Den Bosch, The
Netherlands, 2013
- <Ceci n’est pas mon cheval>, Art Omi, NY, USA, 2012
- <How to redecorate the white house>, Gallery ATASSI, Damascus, Syria, 2011
- <How to make an exhibition for people who won’t come?>, Hedah art center, Maastricht, The
Netherlands, 2009
- <And after/ Exhibition>, Agial Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon, 2009
Selected Group Exhibitions
- <Waterlines>, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, UK, 2017
- <Climbing Invisible Structures>, group show, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, Norway, 2017
- <Climbing Invisible Structures>, 1st part– Water Reservoir, Vilnius, 2nd part-NAC, Neringa, 3rd
part Žeimiai, Lithuania, 2016
- <Campos Alterados>, MAC Museu de Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo, Brazil, 2015
- <Forecast>, The Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, 2015
- <Walls>, Si Said Museum, Marrakech, Morocco, 2015
- <Art in front of my door>, BAC Art Center, Tunis, Tunisia, 2014
- <Turning Point>, Tashkeel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2014
- <Group Exhibition>, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway, 2014
- <REVERSED>, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway, 2013
- <Passage of time>, Stenstrupsgate Gallery, Oslo, Norway, 2013
- <Neither Here Nor There>, JAMM, Belgravia House, London, UK, 2013
- <As The Land Expands>, Al Riwaq Art Space, Manama, Bahrain, 2012
- <Reporting the City>, Weltechto, Chemnitz, Germany, 2012
- <5th International Sculpture Symposium>, National Gallery, Amman, Jordan, 2012
- <Self, Fashion and Self-fashioning>, Chelsea Space, London, UK, 2011
- <IN FOCUS>, Contemporary Art Platform, London, UK, 2011
- <Undo>, The Dazed Gallery, London, UK, 2011
- <Green Zone/Red Zone, GEMAK Centre for Art and Politics, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2011
- <Bremer förderpreis für bildende kunst>, städtische galerie, Bremen, Germany, 2010
- <Skulptur-Biennale Munsterland - Kreis Borken>, Germany, 2009
- <The International Cairo Biennale>, Cairo, Egypt, 2009
- <St’art, contemporary art fair>, Strasbourg, France, 2008
- <The Painting Biennial>, Tehran, Iran, 2008
- <Berliner Kunstsalon>, Berlin, Germany, 2008
- <The Third Culture>, Kaapelitehdas-Puristamo, Helsinki, Finland, 2007
Awards and Residencies
- Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea, 2018
- Digital Arts Studios International Residency, Belfast, Irland, 2018
- Faber, the Arts, Sciences and Humanities Residency, Olot, Spain, 2018
- Artists in Residence, Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow, Germany, 2017
- Gasworks’ International Fellowships Programme, 32° East residency, 2017
- Ugandan Arts Trust, Kampala, Uganda, 2017
- Arxiu Comarcal de l’Urgell (Urgell’s Archive) Residency projects, Tàrrega, Lleida, Spain, 2017
- BeMA Artists-in-Residence programme, Jezzine, Lebanon
- Trevor basin artist in residency, Wales, UK, 2016
- The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) Project Grant, Beirut, Lebanon, 2016
- Nida Art Colony of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, Neringa, Lithuania, 2016
- Verein Symposion Lindabrunn Laboratorien experimenteller Kunst und Architektur, Enzesfeld-
Lindabrunn, Austria, 2016
- Scholarships for Artists at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig-Braunschweig
PROJECTS, Germany, 2015
- rural.scapes – lab in residence program, São José do Barreiro, São Paulo, Brazil, 2015
- MAM - Maroc Artist Meeting - Intercultural Exchange Residency, Marrakech, Morocco, 2015
- Work stipend, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2015
- UNESCO-Aschberg Bursay for Artists residency, the Centro Colombo Americano of Medellin,
Colombia, 2014
- ICI Curatorial Intensive Programme, Zoma Contemporary Art Center (ZCAC), Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, 2014
- Fellowship Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, Berlin, Germany, 2013
- Cultural Management Training Program, Geothe Institute, Berlin/Hamburg, Germany,
2013
- Curatorial research residencies programme, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle,
Warsaw, Poland, 2013
- BKH kunstnerstipend (Artist stipend), Kunstfond, Oslo, Norway, 2013
- KUNO Curatorial Workshop, Venice, Italy, 2013
- Artist-in-residence programme/Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbertide, Italy, 2012
- Artist-in-residence programme/European Ceramic Work Centre, Den Bosch, The Netherlands,
2012
- Art Omi International Artist Residency, New York, USA, 2011
- AWIA contemporary workshop, Aley, Lebanon, 2011
- Work stipend, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2011
- Artist-in-residence programme/Kunstlerhauser Worpswede, Worpswede, Germany, 2010
- Artist-in-residence programme/Kunstlerdorf Schopingen, Schopingen, Germany, 2010
- Artist-in-residence programme/Kunstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany, 2009
- Wasla contemporary workshop, Nuweiba, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, 2009
- First prize, Competition of covering Jaakontori-square in Kemijärvi, Finland, 2009
