RAFA NASIRI
www.rafanasiri.com

Born in 1940.
1956 - 1959 Studied  painting in The Institute of Fine Arts - Baghdad. 1959 - 1963.  Graphic art in The Central Academy of Fine Arts - Beijing, and 1967 - 1969 in The Gravura - Lisbon (Scholarship from The Gulbenkian Foundation).
 Now he lives and works in Amman. Jordan.

One Man Show:

1963 - I.T.U Gallery - Hong Kong.
1965 - Czechoslovakian Cultural Center - Baghdad.
1966 - Gallery IA - Baghdad.
1969 - The Society of Iraqi Artists - Baghdad.
1970 - Sultan Gallery - Kuwait.
1973 - Contact Gallery - Beirut.
1975 - Sultan Gallery - Kuwait.
1976 - Gallery Nadhar - Casablanca.
1977 - Sultan Gallery - Kuwait.
1979 - Al- Riwaq Gallery - Baghdad.
1980 - Sultan Gallery - Kuwait.
1981 - The National Museum of Fine Arts - Amman.
1983 - Gallery Faris - Paris.
1984 - Al-Riwaq Gallery - Baghdad.
1985 - Sultan Gallery - Kuwait.
1986 - Al-Riwaq Gallery - Baghdad.
1989 - Central Art Gallery - Beijing.
1989 - 1990 - 1992 - Nasiri Graphicstudio - Baghdad.
1993 - Gallery 50x70 - Beirut.
1994 - The French Cultural Center - Amman.
1996 - The Art Center - Manama.
1997 - The Sharja Museum of Arts - Sharja
1999 – Bahrain National Museum - Manama
1999 - Atelierhaus Eglau - Kampen, Germany.
2001 - Rochan Gallery, Jeddah.
2002 – Al- Riwaq Gallery, Manama.
2002 – 4 Walls Gallery, Amman.
2004 – 4 walls Gallery – Amman.
2004 – Atassi Gallery – Damascus.
2004 – Green Art Gallery – Dubai.
2006 – Al- Riwaq Gallery – Manama.
2007 – Sultan Gallery – Kuwait.
2008 – Green Art Gallery – Dubai.

Group Exhibitions:

1966 - Iraqi Graphic Art Exhibition - Berlin.
1967 - Collective Exhibition for Three Iraqi Artists - Gravura Gallery - Lisbon.
1969 - Exhibition for Three Iraqi Artists - Gallery One - Beirut.
1971 - Exhibition for Four Iraqi Artists-The National Museum for Modern Art- Baghdad.
1972 - Exhibition of Arab Art - Nicosia.
1972 - Exhibition for Four Iraqi Artists - National Museum for Modern Art-Baghdad.
1972 - Exhibition for Three Iraqi Artists - Gallery One - Beirut.
1973 - Joint Exhibition of Six Iraqi and Syrian Artists - National Museum for Modern Art-Baghdad. The Arab Cultural Center and The Archaeological Museum-Damascus.
1974 - Group Exhibition of Seven Iraqi Artists - The National Museum of Modern
 Art- Baghdad.
1975 - Exhibition of Iraqi Graphic Artists - Iraqi Cultural Center - Beirut.
Graphic Exhibition for Three Iraqi Artists - The National Museum of Modern Art - Baghdad.
1976 - Exhibition of Iraqi Contemporary Art - Modern Art Museum - Paris.
1977 - Exhibition of Seven Iraqi Artists - Iraqi Cultural Center - London.
1978 - Arab Graphic Exhibition - London.
1979 - Iraqi Contemporary Art - Messina - Italy.
1982 - Contemporary Arab Graphic Art - Gallery Graffiti - London.
1982 - Exhibition of 12 Arab Artists - Gallery Faris - Paris.
1983 - 2nd Contemporary Arab Graphic Art - Gallery Graffiti - London.
1983 - Iraqi Graphic Exhibition - Iraqi Cultural Center - London.
1984 - Contemporary Arab Art - Tunisia.
1985 - Contemporary Arab Art - Blackman & Harvy Gallery - London.
1985 - Assila Festival - Morocco.
1986 - Contemporary Arab Art  - The Mall Gallery - London.
1988 - Azzawi, Jumaie, Nasiri - Exhibition - Kufa Gallery - London.
1989 - Between Tigris and Euphrates - Arab World Institute - Paris.
1989 - Contemporary Art from the Islamic World - Barbican Center - London.
1989 - Arab Graphic Art - Kuwait.
1990 - Exhibition of Seven Iraqi Artists - Nasiri Graphic Studio - Baghdad.
1991 - Exhibition of Iraqi Contemporary Art - University of Nivada - U.S.A.
1992 - Joint Exhibition: Ali Talib & Rafa Nasiri - Shuman Art Gallery - Amman.
1993 - Exhibition of Four Iraqi Artists - Al-Wasiti Art Gallery - Casablanca.
1994 - Exhibition of Four Iraqi Artists - Alif Gallery - Washington  - U.S.A.
1997 - Collective Exhibition of 3 Graphic Arab Artists - Darat Al-Funoun - Amman.
1997 - Collective Exhibition of Four Iraqi Artists - Green Art Gallery - Dubai.
1998 - Joint Exhibition: Suad Al-Attar & Rafa Nasiri - Al-Riwaq Gallery - Manama.
1998 - Joint Exhibition - Azzawi & Nasiri - Gallery La Teinturerie - Paris.
1999 - Iraqi Graphic Art Exh. Darat Al Funoun, Amman.
2005 – Improvisation – Al-Riwaq Gallery – Manama
2005 – Dafater : Contemporary Iraqi Book Art – University of North Texas – USA
2008 – Iraqi Artists in Exile – Station Museum for Contemporary Art – Houston, USA
2010 – My Homeland – Art Sawa Gallery – Durai.

International Exhibitions:

1965 - International Graphic Exhibition - Leipzig.
1968 - 1975 - 1986 - India 1st, 3rd, and 6th. Triennale - New Delhi.
1969 - First International Graphic Biennale - Liege - Belgium.
1972-1976 -1978 -1980-1984 -1989 -1992 -1995-1998 - International Graphic Biennale   (Triennale) - Fredrickstad - Norway.
1972-1974-1976-1977- 4th, 5th, 6th. And 6th.  International Poster Biennale - Warsaw.
1974 - 1976 - 4th. International Biennale for Drawings - Rijeka.
1976 - 2nd. Arab Biennale - Rabat.
1977 - 9th. International Painting Exhibitions - Canne-Sur-Mer.
1977 - 12th. International Graphic Exhibition - Lijubeliana.
1978 - 8th. International Graphic Biennale - Brno.
1978 - Arab Graphics Exhibition - London.
1979 - 15th.  Biennale Sao Paolo - Brazil.
1979 - Baghdad International Poster Exhibition - London and Baghdad.
1980 - 8th.  International Graphic Biennale - Krakow - Poland.
1982 - 7th. Graphic Biennale - Bradford.
1984 - 7th. Mini Print Biennale - Seoul.
1986 - Salon de Comparisons - Grand Palais - Paris.
1990 - Intergrafik - Berlin.
1993 - International Graphic Triennale – Cairo
1998 – Euro Art, Geneva, Switzerland.
2000 - International Graphic Triennale – Cairo
2006 – World into Art – British Museum –London.

International Prizes:

1974 - Honors Prize - International Summer Academy - Salzburg - Austria.
1977 - The Jury Prize - International Painting Exhibition  - Canne-Sur-Mer - France.
1978 - Honors Prize - Fourth International graphic Biennale - Fredrickstad - Norway.
1986 - First Prize - Baghdad International Festival of Art - Baghdad - Iraq.

International Juries:

1980 - Jury member - The Third World Graphic Biennale - London - U.K.
1982 - Jury member - Baghdad International Poster Biennale - Paris - France.
1987 - Jury Member - Intergraphic  - Berlin.
1995 - Jury Member - International Graphic Triennale - Fredrickstad - Norway.
1997 - Jury Member - International Graphic Triennale - Cairo - Egypt.

Limited Edition Prints:

Portfolios

1981 - Variations on the Horizon, The Print Center, London.
1982 -  Beyond the Horizon, The Print Center, London.
1989 - The Oriental Quintet, The Print Center, London.
1989 -  Homage to Baghdad, Nasiri Graphicstudio, Baghdad.
1994 -  The Oriental Quintet 2, Darat Al-Funoun, Amman.
2006 - Homage to Al Mutanabi , Al Muhtaraf, Amman.
2007 - From that distant land – Poetry by May Muzaffar - Al Muhtaraf – Amman.
2008 – A Library Set on Fire - Poetry by Etel Adnan – Al Muhtaraf -Amman.
2009 – Almond Blossom – Poetry by Mahmoud Darwish – Al Muhtaraf -Amman.
2009 – Bab Al Yemen – Al Muhtaraf - Amman.

Books :

1997 -  Books Contemporary Graphic Art, published by Al-Mou'asassa Al Arabia Lildirasat Wal Nashr, Beirut.
2005 - Afaq wa Maraia, published by Al-Mou'asassa Al Arabia Lildirasat Wal Nashr, Beirut