ART SHOWS & AWARDS

SOLO SHOWS


1.      First Exhibition At the University of Baghdad, Iraq in 1981.

2.      Second Exhibition called "From Baghdad To America" at the Harvest Gallery in Glendale (CA) on October 17,2003.

3. Third solo Exhibition called "My Last Thoughts About Iraq" at Infusion Gallery 2006.

4. Fourth Exbitition called "My Iraq...The Destruction and After Math of Mesopotamia from April 13-19, 2007 at the Harvest Gallery.

5. 10/2011 solo show at white Gallery in Montrose

6.   Whites gallery in Montrose California Views in color solo show Sunday Dec 2 -2012

7. 2016 square I gallery in Claremont California solo show -colors of Mesopotamian poems.       

8. 2020 akitu art show at square I gallery Claremont

9. April 2023 solo show at Ahmad Sharriff art gallery in Claremont Art of Mesopotamia

 


GROUP SHOWS

1.      Won first prize for Epic of Gilgamesh in 1980 exhibition in Baghdad.

2.      Joined a group artist exhibition at Viva Gallery (LA) on April 28, 2004.

3.      Five paintings are featured in The Artesian's Gallery in Montrose (CA) in 2002.

4.      One month display at Lulu's Beehive Coffee Shop in 2005

5.      "Bound In Color" Group Show at Infusion Gallery in July 2006.

6.      "Religion, Politics, and Society" group show  from May 19 - July 8, 2007 at the LAGMA gallery. Features article in Mountain Living Newspaper.

7.      "Power of Suggestion" group show from June 14-15, 2007 at Infusion Gallery.

8.      Art show at Assyrian Association of Southern California on August 17, 2007.

9.      Featured at 74th Assyrian International Convention in San Diego from August 30 to September 4, 2007. Took place at Sheraton Marina hotel.

10.  "Enduring Spirit" group art show at Mona Museum of New Art from August 23 to September 15, 2007.

11.  "Pulse point" katalyst foundation for the art in Los Angeles ,group show  May 31-2008.

12.  "Art peace, uniting through struggle" Group show Sep 6, 2008 in NY , Allison Corey fine art .

13. "Collaboration" Katalyst foundation , Dec. 13, 2008 . Group show as well as a series  of Drawing from children in Iraq.

14.  Long  Beach , Los Angeles group show  at phantom Gallery  Feb.2009

15. Guest expert  at Hammer Museum  UCLA April 2009 .     IT IS WHAT IT IS : Conversations about Iraq .      

16.  "Colors of the Arabs world" American service committee Los Angeles international group Art Show

17.   Art share co-organizer of the Art show “It takes a village” featured arts by Iraqi kids and American students to build a bridge of love and peace .

18.  Art share Los Angels 04/26-2010 to May-16 , organized a group show titled “Artists & Art of Mesopotamia in Los Angeles.

19.   Group Art show with Latino artists  sponsored by El Institute cultural Mexicano  on 03/11 titled Migration in LA. International group show

20.  Art show with Faris Al Safar in leventine cultural center in LA on 03/11/2011.

21.  group art show sponsored by Museum of contemporary Arab Art at HA Gallery in Alhambra on 06/05/2011.

22.   Group show titled "Mesopotaina in Diaspora" in EFVA Gallery , LA on 10/13/2011

23.   Group show at whites gallery in Montrose 02/28 2013   Mesopotamian colors

24.   2016 Group show (pop-up palmyra ) at Berkeley university March 12 and April

25.   2017  group show at Assyrian international convention Arizona

26.   2018  group show at Assyrian international convention Arizona

27.   2019  group show at Assyrian international convention Arizona

28.   Group show at Assyrian international convention 2023

29.   Juried art show at Ahmad Sharrif art gallery 01/2024 Claremont

30.   Red on red group show at Squaire I gallery 02/ 2024 Claremont


AWARDS

1. Won first prize for Epic of Gilgamesh in 1980 exhibition in Baghdad.

2. 2nd Place winner for The War in Mixed Media at LA Academy of Figurative Art's Fall Festival on Dec 1/2003    

3. Featured Newspaper Article on "From Baghdad to America" in the LA Times and the Burbank  Leader

4. Featured Newspaper Article on "From Baghdad to America" in the Daily News.

5. 2nd Place Winner for Woman With A Piercing at the Burbank Art Association 2005 Art Exhibit. And Honorable mention for War & Cross.

6. 2nd Place Winner for Woman in Abaya at the San Fernando Valley Art Club's Summer Exhibition at stuart Gallery 2005

7. 1st Place for Bloom of Color at Burbank Art Show Landscape Category 2006.

8. F. Interview with Supreme Master TV, November 2009.

9. featured Newspaper Article in the Burbank Leader on April 14, 2007

10. May 20 intreview with Ashur TV “ Baghdad Based channel

11. Summer 2011 Pauline jewett institute of women's and gender used my painting Trsnformation as a poster for their class Diaspora.

12. My art was published in a volume among 40 artists around the world in art  book titled “the world thorough young eyes in Russia 2001

13. 2023 IMMA Irish museum of modern Art published my painting Assyrian will rise