Dia' Al-Azzawi CV

• AzzawiBorn: 1939,Baghdad, Iraq.Resides and works in London.

• Worked with the Department of Antiquities, Baghdad, Iraq, 1968-76.

• Art Consultant at the Iraqi Cultural Center in London, 1977-80.

• Art Director of UR: The International Magazine of Arab Culture, London 1978-84.

• Desinge Director of Funun Arabia Art Magazine, London, 1981-82.

• Member of the Editorial Board of Mawakif, London, 1988-94.

• Member of the Editorial Board of Jusoor,Washington DC, since 1992.

• Training1962 Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq, Degree in Archeology.

• 1964 Institue of Fine Arts, Baghdad, Iraq, Degree in Fine Arts.

Exhibitions:

• One Man Shows1965 Al-Wasiti Gallery, Baghdad,Iraq.

• 1966 Gallery One, Beirut, Lebanon.

• 1967 Iraqi Artists Society Gallery, Baghdad, Iraq.

• 1968 National Gallery of Modern Art, Baghdad, Iraq.

• 1969 Sultan Gallery, Kuwait. Gallery One, Beirut, Lebanon.

• 1971 National Gallery of Modern Art, Baghdad, Iraq; Sultan Gallery, Kuwait.

• 1973 Galler Raslan Tripoli, Lebanon.

• 1974 Sultan Gallery, Kuwait. Contact Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.

• 1975 National Gallery of Modern Art, Baghdad. Iraq.

• 1976 Galerie Nadher, Casablanca, Marocco. 

• 1977 Sultan Gallery, Kuwait. 

• 1978 Patrick Seale Gallery, London.

• 1979 Al-Riwaq Gallery, Baghdad, Iraq. 

• 1980 Galerie Faris, Paris; Galerie Centrale, Geneva.

• 1981 Bazil Art Fair (Galerie Faris). FIAC(Galerie Faris), Paris.

• 1982 Intercontinental Hall, Abu Dhabi.1983 National Council for Art and Culture, Kuwait.

• 1984 Alif Gallery, Washington DC. Cairo atler, Cairo.1985 Meridian, Abu Dhabi. Royal Cultural Centre. Amman, Jordan.

• 1986 Galerie Faris, Paris.

• 1988 Galerie Planque, Lausanne.

• 1989 Graphic Gallery, Baghdad, Iraq.

• 1990 Alif Gallery, Washington DC. Nakita Gallert, Stockholm; Vanzaff Gallery, Gothenburg, Galerie des Art, Tunis.

• 1991 Galerie des Art, Tunis.Galerie 50x70, Beirut, Lebanon.

• 1992 Alif Gallery, Washington DC; Gallery Hittite, Toronto.

• 1993 Asilah Festival, Asilah, Marocco; Flandria Gallery, Tangier, Marocco.

• 1994 Al-Manar Gallery, Casablanca. Al-Wasiti Gallery, Casablanca; Marocco. Galerie 50 x70, Beirut, Lebanon; Al-Sayed Art Galley, Damascus, Sayria; Abaad Gallery, Amman, Jordan. 1995 Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris. 

• 1996 Art Center Gallery, Manama,Bahrain. 

• International Exhibitions1965 First International Triennial, New Delhi.

• 1967 Secand Arab Art Biennial,Rabat, Morocco.

• 1975 International Cagne-sur-Mer Exhibition,France; International Summer Acdemy, Salzburg.

• 1976 Exhibition of IAA, National Gallery of Modern Art, Baghdad. Biennale di Venezia.

• 1979 Sao Polo Biennial.Brazil; The Baghdad International Poster Exhibition, Iraqi Cultural Centre, London. National Gallery of Modern Art, Baghdad.

• 1980 Sixth International Exhibiotion of Drawings, Rijeka; Salon deMai, Paris; FIAC(Galerie Faris),Paris; Salon d Automne ( Galerie Espace Cardin), Paris; Salon de Mai, Paris; Third World Biennale of Graphid Art. Iraqi Cultural Centre, London. National Gallery of Moder Art, Baghdad.

• 1981 Salon de Mai, Paris. Seventh International Print Biennial, Bradford, United Kingdoom; First Arab Contemporary Exhibition, Tunis; The Seventh International Print Triennial, Frechen.

• 1985 Musee Hubert drman, Grenoble.

• 1986 Salon de Comparaisons, Grand Palais, Paris.

• 1987 Third International Biennial Exhibition, Taiwan.

• 1988 Olympiad of Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul.

• 1989 Contemporary Art from Islamic World, Barbican Centre, London.

• 1991 Collecting 20th Century Art, British Museum, London.

• 1992 Cairo International Biennial, Egypt.

• 1993 International Print Biennial, Cairo, Egypt.Group Exhibitions.

• 1965 Contemporary Iraqi Art, Galery one, Beirut, Lebanon; Contemporary Iraqi Art -travelling exhibition-Beirut, Roma, Vienna, Madrid.

• 1966 Arab Art Exhibtion, Travalling Exhibition, Cairo, Manama, Kuwait, Baghdad, Amman, Damascuse , Beirut, London, Paris and Rome.

• 1971 Four Iraqi Atrist, National Gallery of Modern Art, Baghdad; Contemporary Iraqi Art, AL-Marbid Poetry Festival,Basra, Iraq.

• 1972 Four Iraqi Atrist, National Gallery of Modern Art, Baghdad; Five Iraqi Atrist, National Gallery of Modern Art, Baghdad; Contemporary Iraqi Art, Nicosia.

• 1973 Six Iraqi and Syrian Artists, National Gallery of Modern Art. Baghdad, Arab Cultural Centre.Damascus.

• 1974 Seven Iraqi Artist, National Gallery of Modern Art.Baghdad.

• 1975 Contemporary Iraqi Art, Iraqi Cultural Centre, Beirut; Collective Graphic Art Exhibition, LÕAtelier, Rabat; Collective Iraqi Graphic Art Exhibition, National Gallery of Modern Art.Baghdad.

• 1976 Contemporary Iraqi Art,Museue of Modern Art, Paris; Venice Biennial.

• 1977 Contemporary Iraqi Art, Doha, Manama, and Kuwiat; Six Iraqi Artist, National Gallery of Modern Art.Baghdad.

• 1978 Contemporary Arab Graphic Art, Iraqi Cultural Centre, London; Seven Iraqi Artist, Iraqi Cultural Centre, London; Art for Palestine, Arab University , Beirut.

• 1979 Collective Arab Exhibition, Tunis; Three Iraqi Artist, Al-Riwaq Gallery, Baghdad.

• 1980 Contemporary Arab Art, Centre du Art - Modern, Le Belvedere, Tunis; Twelve Arab Artists, Faris Gallery, Paris;The Influence of Arabi Calligraphy on Modern Arab Artist, Iraqi Cultural Centre, London.

• 1982 Collective Arab Artist, Graffiti Gallery, London; Collective Arab Artist, Faris Gallery, Paris.

• 1983 Collective Arab Artist, Iraqi Cultural Centre, London; Collective Arab Artist, Graffiti Gallery, London. 1984 Collective Arab Artist, Graffiti Gallery, London. 

• 1985 Collective Arab Artist, Graffiti Gallery, London; Gilgamesh Epic Exhibition, Iraqi Cultural Centre, London; Contemporary Arab Art , Blackman Harvey Gallery,London. 

• 1986 Semitic Museum, Harvard University; Contemporary Arab Art, The Mall Gallery, London.

• 1988 Four Arab Artists, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris; Three Iraqi Artists, Kufa Gallery, London; Presence de la Gravure,Centre du Art - Modern, Le Belvedere,Tunis. 

• 1989 Homage to Jawad Sal;im Exhibition, Kufa Gallery, London; Six Arab Printmakers, National Council for Art and Culture Galler, Kuwiat.

• 1991 Contemporary Iraqi Art, Nevada University, Reno.

• 1992 Access Denied, Group Exhibition, SAW Centre d;artistes conter porain, Ottawa,Ontario. 

• 1993 Four Iraqi Artist, Al-Wasiti Gallery , Casablanca, Marocco.1996 Collection of Modern Arab Art - Institut du Monde Arabe, Al- Wasiti Art Center, Jerusalem.

• 1997 Rhythm and Form:Visual Reflections on Arabic Poetry, Willamette University, University of Arkansas,Worth RyderGallery,University of California, Berkeley.

• 1998 Galerie La Teinturerie, Paris; Collective Arab Art, Soni Gallery, Dall Ege Galley, London.

• 2000 Participation 2000 Exhibition, Oslo.

Collections :

• Vienna Public Collection British Museum, London.

• Vicotria and Albert Museum. London. 

• Gulbenkian Collection, Barcelona. 

• The World Bank, Washington DC.Library of Congress, 

• Washington DC.Institut du Monde Arabe, 

• Paris.Museum of Modern Art, 

• Paris.Bibliotheque National, Paris. 

• Pier Gardin Collection, Paris. 

• Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad. 

• Museum of Modern Art, Damascus. 

• Museum of Modern Art, Tunis. 

• Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha. 

• Adel Mandil Collection, Riyadh. 

• The Saudi Bank, London. 

• Jeddah International Airport, Soudi Arabia. 

• Riyadh International Airport,

• Soudi Arabia.The United Bank of Kuwait, London. 

• Development Fund, Kuwait.Una Foundation, Marocco.

• Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan.

• British Airways Collection, London.

Publications:

• 1972 A Witness of Our Time (Baghdad: Ministry of Information )

• 1973 Drawings from the Land of Oranges (Beirut:Dar al-Muthallath )

• 1974 Poster Art in Iraq ( Baghdad: Ministry of Information )

• 1980 The Bodys Anthem ( Beirut:Dar al-Muthallath )Limited Edition Publications

• 1979 Seven Golden Odes ( 8 images, silkscreen)

• 1980 Bodys Anthem ( 16 images, silkscreen)

• 1981 Homage toBaghdad (10 images,silkscreen)

• 1983 We Are Not Seen But Corpeses (8 images, etching and aqua tint)

• 1986 OneThousand and One Nights (27 images, lithograph and etching)

• 1989 Homage to Jawad Salim (8images,etching) al-Jawahiri Verses (10 images,lithograph)

• 1990 Adonis (5 images, hand-colored lithograph)1991 The Crane (10 images, hand-colored lithograph) Nazahat Zaman (9 images, hand-colored lithograph) Beirut Suite (10 images, hand-colored lithograph) Land of Salt ( 6 images, silkscreen with a book)

• 1993 The Will of Life (6 images, silkscreen with a book)1994 Book of Love (8 images, silkscreen with a book)

• 1996 Majnun Layla ( limited edition book)Selected Interviews- Studio is his House, Intreview by Mahmoud Sharih. Al-Nahar Newspaper, Beirut,29 November 

• 1984.- Investigating Tradition Leads to Progress. Intreview by Aiad al-Nimir,Al-Dastur Newspaper, Jordan, 1 December 1985.- The Painting is a Journey of Thought and Action, Intreview by Khider Naim.Al-Rai Newspaper, Jordan, 1 December 1985.- Abandoning Hurufia After a Long Experience, Intreview by Asaad Orabi , Al-Hayat Newspaper, London, 16 December 1994.