Employment

1980-present Advertising, Portraits and Caricatures from photographs

Florence, Italy and New York City

1999 Illustrated L’Ortodonzia (the Orthodontist) by Dr. Alberto

Armenio, Poligrafica 2C Publications; Bari, Italy

1998 Illustrated online greeting cards for Amazon.com

1995-1997 Illustrated New York City Get-A-Grip Gripe Book (books 1&2) by Raymond Alvin, Street Beat Publications

1977 Editorial Cartoonist for Iraqi Press including children’s newspapers

Exhibits

Nov 2003 Salute to Poetry: group show: Kufa Gallery, London UK

June 2003 Poetry on the Wall: solo exhibit, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NYC

June 2002 Poetry on the Wall; solo exhibit, Kufa Gallery, London, UK

April 2001 April Fools Day; group show, Fire Patrol #5 Gallery, NYC

2000-2002 Strokes of Genius; traveling exhibit of contemporary Iraqi artists;

London, UK , USA

April 1998 group show, The Emerging Collector Gallery, NYC

March 1997 solo exhibit;

Islington Museum Gallery, Islington, UK

April 1995 Galuba Gallery, Madison Avenue, NYC

1992-1994 Pratt Institute of Professional Studies; NYC

Computer courses in Macintosh, Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop

1981-1984 Florence State Art Institute; Florence, Italy

Degree in advertising, photography, color rep

Date of Birth July 1, 1954 Diwaniya, Iraq