Sattar Kawoosh
Baghdad (Iraq), 1963.
Art Academy Baghdad, 1984 – 1990.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions (25) and group exhibitions (circa 70) in Iraq, Jordan, Italy, United States, Ukraine, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Germany, France and The Netherlands.
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Solo exhibitions (selection):
- Altahreer gallery, Baghdad, 1987
- Art center, Baghdad, 1991
- Karas gallery, Kiev, 1996
- Die Rooiperd gallery, Enkhuizen, 2003
- Van Gogh house, Hoogeveen, 2005
- Kunst in de kop gallery, Groningen, 2007
- Afterdaan gallery, Almere, 2008
- Art center Drenthe, Assen, 2010
- Dar Al-Anda art gallery, Amman, 2012
- Etihad modern art gallery, Abu Dahbi, 2013
- Gallery of De Lawei, Drachten, 2015
Group exhibitions (selection):
- Young artists festival, Baghdad, 1985
- Biennial, Baghdad, 1986
- Alia gallery, Amman, 1993
- Modern Iraqi art, Rome, 1993
- Lavra gallery, Kiev, 1997
- Museon gallery, The Hague, 2002
- Anno atelier, Lübeck, 2004
- Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, 2004
- Kunstkade gallery, Amsterdam, 2005
- Iraqi art gallery, Chicago, 2006
- Unesco center, Paris, 2007
- Green village gallery, La Grasse, 2008
- Qibab art gallery, Dubai, 2009
- Podium Mozaïek, Amsterdam, 2011
- Arabic art festival, Amman, 2013
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Books
– ‘Spectra of Expressionism of Sattar Kawoosh’ by Adnan Ahmed, 2005 (Arabic).
– ‘The Fingers of Kawoosh’ composed by Mowaffk Al Sawad, 2006 (Dutch).
– ‘Mystery of a painter’, foreword by Michel van Maarseveen, 2010 (Dutch, English).
– Biography ‘Kawoosh City’ by Khalid Mutlag, 2014 (Arabic).
– ‘Women of Turquoise’, foreword by Charlotte Huygens, 2015 (Dutch, English).
Other
– Third prize at the exhibition of modern Iraqi art in Baghdad, 1992.
– Main prize at the exhibition of modern Iraqi art in Baghdad, 1993.
– Amnesty International has chosen the painting ‘Whispering’ of Kawoosh for a postcard, 2006.
– Unesco has chosen 25 paintings and drawings of Kawoosh for the book Kitab Fi Jarida, published in 20 Arabic newspapers, 2011.
– Golden Phoenix price for best Iraqi painter in The Netherlands, 2011.