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E D U C A T I O N   

  • 1993 -1994 Arts Management, Art Academy Of Turku Finland
  • 1996 Radio journalism. Turku, Finland
  • 1997 - 1999 MA Degree, Arts Management,
    Sibelius Academy, Helsinki Finland

W O R K   E X P E R I E N C E  

  • 1975 - 1986 Actor, Director and painter in Iraq
  • 1987 - 1990 Street Painter, Pakistan
  • 1992-1997 Decoration designer Children Theatre Turku
  • 1996 Decoration designer of Mailma-pallo TV program
  • 1995 Cultural executive in the Turku City Cultural centre
  • 1994 - 1995 Teacher Arabic language and Culture, University of Turku
  • 1997 Exhibition coordinator: EU-MAN - Project
    (European Union Migrant Artists' Network)
  • 1995 AL-Wifaq Newspaper's correspondent
  • 1999 (11 months) Radio journalism course's teacher, Helsinki
  • 1999 (6 Months) Art Manager, Hyvinkää City Art Museum

S E L E C T E D   C O L L E C T I O N S  

  • M-Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria
  • Museum of Toys, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Museum of Russian Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • CUPORE, Helsinki, Finland
  • Museum of Rundetaarn, Copenhagen, Denmark

P E R S O N A L   E X H I B I T I O N S  

  • 1992 City Cultural Center, Turku
  • 1995 The black Wall, Turku
  • 1997 CAISA, Helsinki
  • 1997 Library of Turku
  • 1999 City of Nermes
  • 2002 EU-MAN Gallery, Helsinki
  • 2006 Käytävä Gallery Cable factory, Helsinki

G R O U P   E X H I B I T I O N S  

  • 1994 City Art Hall of Porvoo
  • 1997 "Art Harmonizes the World", Atelier Kämpe, Turku
  • 1997 International Culture Center of CAISA Helsinki
  • 1997 Library of Turku
  • 1998 EU-MAN 98 Turku Brinkala
  • 1998 Autumn Salon 98 Helsinki S -gallery
  • 1998 Gallery Shambala, Copenhagen Denmark
  • 1999 Autumn Salon STOA, Helsinki
  • 1999 Meetings of Cultures Kabul factory Helsinki
  • 1999 Two Artists show CAISA Helsinki with Martina Cleary
  • 2000 The Mobile, photograph installation, Helsinki, FORUM
    with Adolfo Vera
  • 2000 Autumn Salon, Krakow, Poland
  • 2001 "The outside of the inside", Manege, Petersburg
  • 2001 "The outside of the inside", M-ART Gallery, Vienna Austria
  • 2002 Autumn Salon, Paszkowka, Poland
  • 2002 Faces Festival, Karjaa, Finland
  • 2002 Autumn Salon, Krakow, Poland
  • 2003 Exo-Art, Porvoo, Finland
  • 2003 Faces, Karja, Finland
  • 2003 Dialogue Biennale, S.T. Petersburg, Russia
  • 2003 Collective exhibition, Paszkowka, Poland
  • 2003 Art Goes Camping, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2004 Collective exhibition, Ruskji, Helsinki
  • 2004 My Beloved Iraq, Helsinki, CAISA with Sattar Fartousi
  • 2004 Master Class festival, St. Petersburg
  • 2004 What is SOFA, Cable factory, Helsinki
  • 2005 euman05 Mustasaari, Vaasa, Finland
  • 2005 3 in 1, Malmö, Sweden
  • 2005 Dialogue Biennale, S.T. Petersburg, Russia
  • 2005 Kaapelitaiteljat the Cable factory, Helsinki
  • 2005 Malmö, UR Gallery
  • 2006 Malmö, UR Gallery
  • 2007 The Third Culture exhibition cable factory,
    Helsinki, Finland
  • 2007 The Third Culture Exhibition Rundetaan Museum,
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2007 Nurmes Museum, Finland
  • 2007 Participating the Dialog Biennial, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 2007 Roots Exhibition STOA, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2007 The third culture exhibition Helsinki, Turku and Nurmes
  • Nov 2007 Biennal Internazionale Dell Arte Contemporanea Firenze Italy
  • 2008 Adult art for Children April 2008 Kaapelitehdas Helsinki, Finland
  • 2008 Summer Exhibition July 2008 Kaapeli Taiteljat Helsinki ,Finland
  • 2008 Autumn Salon 1 October-November 2008 Gallery Katto, Sweden
  • 2008 Autumn Salon 2 November 2008 Gallery CAISA Helsinki, Finland
  • 2009 Art without Frontiers, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2009 The first exhibition of the Iraqi Artists Association in the UK, London
  • 2009 Biennale Dialogue, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 2009 Dual Art with Thanos Kalamidas, Vantaa Art Association Finland

A T T R I B U T E S  T O  M Y  W O R K  

  • 1992 Åbo Underettelser 6.6.1992 Bianca Grdsbeck
  • 1992 Turun Sanomat 11.6.1992 Seppo Hänninen
  • 1998 Helsingin Sanomat 7.8.1998 Nina Räty
  • 1997 Thaqafa 11 4.9.1997
  • 1998 Azzaman 21.8.1998 Adnan Hussian
  • 1999 Universal Colours 3/99 Joe Nambiza
  • 2002 Universal Colours 3/2002 Jer Helpin
  • 2002 Helsingin Sanomat 26th October Anne Rouhiainen
  • 2003 Iraqi artist 26.10.2003 Ali Najjar
  • 2003 Dr. Settla Bottai 20.7.2003
  • 2004 Baghdad artist Ali Najjar 12.2.2004
  • 2005 Wujooh an interview by Hashim Matouq 27.10.2005
  • 2005 Dr.Hassan AL-Sudany, Tummus magazine, Sweden
  • 2006 Yousif Abualfauz, Almada newspaper Iraq
  • 2007 Eduardo Alonso, Free magazine
  • 2007 Otso Kantokorpi, Third Culture Catalogue
  • 2009 Alexandra Periera, Free magazine

C O N F E R E N C E S  

  • 1996 AMARC International, Denmark
  • 1998 Power of Culture Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2001 Representing Finland of British Council,
    Journeys in Between Conference Brussels
  • Trans-nationalism in the Arts April 2008 UK
  • Migration in Museums

M E M B E R S H I P S  

  • IAA (International Association for the Visual Arts) UNESCO.
  • EAJ - European Association de Journalists.
  • EU-MAN (Chairperson) European Union Migrant Artists Network.
  • Pand Board Member 2000-2002
  • Member of the Cable Factory Artists
  • Iraqi Artists Union since 1983
  • Iraqi Journalist Union