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Born in 1955 in Doha, Qatar.
Lives and works in Doha, Qatar. |
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EDUCATION |
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| 1976 |
BA in Arts and Education, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt |
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| 1982 |
MFA, Painting Mills College, Oakland, California, USA |
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2012 |
The Shadow of Palm Fronds, Art Space, Dubai, UAE |
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| 2011 |
Pages from History, The St Regis, Doha, Qatar |
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Full Moon Love letters, Almarkhiya Gallery, Doha, Qatar |
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Made in Qatar, Qatar International Exhibition Centre, Doha, Qatar |
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| 2010 |
Qatar International Exhibition Center, Doha, Qatar |
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| 2007 |
The Movement, Doha, Qatar (Exhibition to mark the 30th anniversary of Yousef
Ahmad's first solo exhibition in Qatar) |
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| 2004 |
VCU University Gallery, Qatar, Doha, Qatar |
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| 2003 |
Ahmad Al Adwani Gallery, KNC, Kuwait |
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French Cultural Centre, Doha, Qatar |
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| 2000 |
Qatar Association of Plastic Arts, Doha, Qatar |
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| 1994 |
Gandhir Gallery, Kuwait |
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| 1983 |
Al Khalij Hotel, Doha, Qatar |
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| 1982 |
Washington DC, USA |
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| 1980 |
Buffalo, USA |
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| 1977 |
National Museum, Doha, Qatar |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2013 |
Visual Art Center Gallery (with Abdul Rasul Salman), Doha, Qatar |
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Sharq Gallery (with Amal Al Athim), Amman, Jordan |
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25 Years of Arab Creativity, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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Tasmeem Doha 2013, Virginia Commonwealth University, Doha, Qatar |
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| 2012 |
Mal Lawal, QMA, Doha, Qatar |
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25 Years of Arab Creativity, L’Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France |
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ADC & Building Bridges International Art Exchange (with Amal Al Athem), Santa Monica, CA, USA |
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| 2011 |
Sawalif, Contemporary Qatari Art, Doha, Qatar |
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Contemporary Qatari Art, Dominican Republic |
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| 2010 |
Kuwait Biennale, Kuwait |
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The 18th Seoul International Art Festival Korea – MidEast “PEACE”, Seoul, Korea |
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14th Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| 2009 |
New Territories, Bait Muzna Gallery, Muscat, Oman |
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Signs: Contemporary Arab Art, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY,USA |
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| 2008 |
Istanbul Sculpture Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey |
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| 2007 |
Galeria Metropolitana, Barcelona, Spain |
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| 2006 |
Al Kharafi Biennial for Contemporary Arab Art, Kuwait |
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Exhibitions of Qatari Plastic Arts, Association, Doha, Qatar |
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Language of Desert, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France |
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| 2005 |
Language of Desert, Bonn Museum for Modern Art, Germany |
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Al Majlis Hall, Dubai, UAE |
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| 2000 |
Tehran First International Biennial of Islamic Arts, Tehran, Iran |
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Exhibition of the Arabian Peninsula Artists, Amman, Jordan |
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| 1999 |
Bangladesh Seventh Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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Fifth Periodic Exhibition of Plastic Arts and Calligraphy, Doha, Qatar |
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Sharjah Fourth Biennial, Sharjah, UAE |
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| 1998 |
New Delhi Triennial, Delhi, India |
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Seventh Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt |
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| 1996 |
Sixth Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt |
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| 1994 |
Fifth Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt |
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Dhaka Biannual Exhibitions for Contemporary Asian Art, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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First GCC State's Friends of the Plastic Arts Exhibition, Kuwait |
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| 1992 |
Norway World Engraving Triennial |
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First Exhibition of GCC Artists, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
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Contemporary Islamic Art Exhibition, Barbican Gallery, London, UK |
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Arab Calligraphers-Artists Exhibition, London, UK |
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Havana World Biennial, Havana, Cuba |
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| 1988 |
Second International Plastic Arts Festival, Baghdad, Iraq |
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Ankara Second International Euro-Asian Arts Biennial, Ankara, Turkey |
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First Arab Week Exhibition, London, UK |
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Third Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt |
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| 1986 |
Second Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt |
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Ankara First International Euro-Asian Arts Biennial, Ankara, Turkey |
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First International Fine Arts Festival, Baghdad, Iraq |
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| 1985-1995 |
GCC Art Friends Exhibitions: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Doha, Riyadh, Manama, Jeddah, Kuwait, Jordan, Damascus, Bonne, Washington, Cairo, Tunis, Madrid, Dominican, Muscat |
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| 1984-1990 |
Media exhibitions held by Ministry of Information during the official visits of HH Prince of Qatar to Pakistan, India, South Korea, Ankara, Istanbul, Madrid, London, Paris, Cairo, Damascus |
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| 1984 |
First Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt |
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Arab Calligraphers-Artists Exhibition, Graffiti Gallery, London, UK |
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| 1983 |
Omani Youth Exhibition |
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Arab Calligraphers-Artists Exhibition, Iraq Cultural Centre, London, UK |
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| 1982 |
Second Gulf Exhibition, Baghdad, Iraq |
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| 1980 |
Exhibition of Qatari Plastic Arts Association, Doha, Qatar |
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Sculpture World Conference, Washington, DC, USA |
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First Gulf Exhibition, Doha, Qatar |
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| 1977, 1978, 1980 |
Three Friends Exhibitions |
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| 1978 |
Exhibitions of the Ministry of Culture and Information, London, UK and Paris, France |
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22 February Exhibition, Doha, Qatar |
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Afro-Arab Artists Gathering Exhibition, Tunis, Tunisia |
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| 1976 |
Second General Plastic Art Exhibition, Doha, Qatar |
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Final Year Exhibition at the College of Art Education, Cairo, Egypt |
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Second Arab Biennial, Rabat, Morocco |
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| 1975 |
First Cairo-based Qatari Students Exhibition |
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| 1974 |
Roaming Arab League Exhibition |
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First Arab Biennial, Baghdad, Iraq |
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| 1973–1985 |
Arab Biennial, Kuwait |
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| 1973 |
The General Exhibition, Gulf Hotel |
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Modern Art Exhibition at Al Jesrah Cultural and Social Club, Qatar |
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| 1972 |
Permanent exhibition at Al Jesrah Cultural and Social Club, Qatar |
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PRIZES/AWARDS |
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| 2013 |
Honorary Order of Merit, GCC, for Career and Art |
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| 2010 |
Arab Creativity Award, Paris, France |
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Special recognition award during the Kuwait Biennale, Kuwait |
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Honorable Mention Award during the 14th Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| 2006 |
Referees' Award, Al Kharafi First International Biennial of Contemporary Arab Art, Kuwait |
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| 2004 |
Third prize at Emaar’s Art Assembly, Dubai, UAE |
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| 2000 |
Abha Art Prize, Saudi Arabia, Abha, Saudi Arabia |
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| 1999 |
Gold Palm, Fifth Exhibition of GCC Arts, Doha, Qatar |
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Grand Prize of Seventh International Asian Biannual Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| 1998 |
Referees' Award, Cairo Seventh Biennial, Cairo, Egypt |
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First Prize Competition Qatar National Bank, Doha, Qatar |
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| 1997 |
Special recognition by HH Sheikh Dr Sultan Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah, Sharjah Third Biennial, Sharjah, UAE |
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| 1996 |
Referees' Award, Cairo Sixth Biennial, Cairo, Egypt |
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Gold Palm, Fourth GCC Artists Exhibition, Kuwait |
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| 1994 |
Golden Palm Leaf Award, Kuwait Third GCC States' Plastic Artists Exhibition |
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| 1993 |
First prize, Tourist Exhibition, Doha, Qatar |
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| 1991 |
Gold Palm, Second GCC Artists Exhibition |
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| 1989 |
Gold Palm, First GCC Artists Exhibition |
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| 1986 |
Referees' Award, Ankara International Biennial, Ankara, Turkey |
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Bronze medal, Cairo Second Biennial, Cairo, Egypt |
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First prize, Baghdad Festival, Baghdad, Iraq |
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| 1984 |
Second prize, Gulf Air competition |
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| 1975, 1997, 1985 |
Three Certificates of recognition from the Arab Biennial Exhibition in Kuwait |
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, Abu Dhabi, UAE; British Museum, London, UK; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY, USA; The Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC, USA; Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan; Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE; Kindah Institue, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Contemporary Arab Art Museum Damascus, Syria; International Museum of Engravings, Asilah, Morocco; Sheikh Hasan Bin Mohamed Bin Ali Al Thani, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar; Islamic Studies Centre, Istanbul, Turkey; The Jordanian Museum for Modern Arts, Amman, Jordan; The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan; RasGas, Qatar; Qatar International Bank, Qatar; Ministry of Information and Culture, Qatar; Serious modern art museum-Netherlands |
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