Ali Ridha Saeed

Born in Diyala, Iraq, in 1957.
Education:
– Diploma in Fine Arts from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad in 1977.
– Bachelor’s degree in Painting from the College of Fine Arts in Baghdad in 1984.
– Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Tunis in 2004.
– Doctorate in Art Sciences and Techniques from the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Tunis in 2013.

– Career:
– Worked as a drawing teacher at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Tunis.
– He has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Sweden, France, and Egypt.

Notable Exhibitions:
– First solo exhibition at Al-Riwaq Gallery, Baghdad, 1988.
– Second solo exhibition at Alia Gallery, Jordan, 1992.
– Third solo exhibition at Ibn Khaldoun Gallery, Tunis, 1993.
– Fourth solo exhibition in Tripoli, Libya, 1993.
– Fifth solo exhibition at Al-Akhbar Hall, Tunis, 1995.
– Thirteenth solo exhibition at Al-Orfali Gallery, Amman, 2020.
– Fourteenth solo exhibition in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, 2022.

– International Participations:
– Baghdad Biennale, 2002.
– Mediterranean Biennale, Tunis, 2002 and 2010.
– Participation in the annual exhibitions of the Tunisian Fine Artists Union since 1998.
– Participation in the International Fine Arts Forum in Tunis in 2013.
– Participation in the first Tunis Biennale in 2013.
– Participation in the first Bait Al Zubair International Art Forum in Muscat in 2017.
– Participation in the fourth “Together for Contemporary Art” Forum in Tunis in 2019.
– Participation in the “Sun of the Arabs” Forum in Paris in 2019.
– The twelfth exhibition at the Nanar Gallery in Malmö, Sweden, in 2019.
– Participation in the sixth Burullus International Forum in Egypt in 2019.
– Participation in the Carthage International Days of Contemporary Art in Tunisia in 2019.
– The thirteenth exhibition “Contemporary Interconnections” at the Orfali Gallery in Amman in 2020.
– Participation in the fourteenth and fifteenth editions of the Al Wasiti Festival in Baghdad in 2019. 2023 and 2024.
– The “Portraits” exhibition at the Orfali Gallery in Amman in 2023.
– The “Merging, Harmony, Interconnection” exhibition at the Babylon Art Gallery in Amman in 2023.
– The “Portraits” exhibition at the Ministry of Culture – Department of Public Arts in Baghdad in 2024.