An abstract painter and printmaker who was born and in Iraq, 1941. Graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad in 1961. Following a number of exhibitions, he was nominated by the Iraqi Artists Association for a scholarship with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation where he spent two years studying graphic art and exhibiting his work for local audiences in Lisbon, Portugal. Participated in many joint exhibitions and solo exhibitions in different parts of the world.