1968 Artist Serwan Baran was born in the capital, Baghdad, Iraq.
1975 - 1985 He completed his primary, middle and secondary school studies in Baghdad.
1986 - 1990 He studied and graduated from the College of Fine Arts at the University of Babylon.
1990 He won the first youth award.
1991 He held a solo exhibition at Al-Riwaq Gallery, Baghdad.
1994 He participated in the Contemporary Iraqi Art Festival in Baghdad and won the second prize.
1995 He participated in the Contemporary Iraqi Art Festival in Baghdad and won the Gold Award.
1997 He held a solo exhibition at Zaman Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon.
1999 He held a solo exhibition in Cairo, Egypt and participated in the Cairo Biennale and won the Appreciation Medal.
2000 He held a solo exhibition at Dar Al-Anda in Amman and participated in the exhibition "The Magic of Moments in Nature and Place" at Gallery Art in Baghdad.
2001 He participated in the September Summer Academy held by the House of Arts in Amman.
2002 He participated in the third Baghdad International Biennale in Baghdad and won the prize of appreciation and the Al-Mahres International Festival in Tunisia and won the Golden Medal.
2003 He left Iraq and traveled to live and work in Amman, Jordan and held a solo exhibition in the Dominican Republic.
2005 He participated in the Modern Iraqi Art Exhibition in Syria.
2006 He held a solo exhibition at Al-Orfali Gallery in Amman, Jordan.
2007 He held a solo exhibition at Tche Wa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2008 - 2009 He participated in the "10X10" exhibition at Al-Orfali Gallery in Amman.
2010 He held a solo exhibition at Gallery Art House in Damascus, Syria.
2011 He held a solo exhibition at Saradam Gallery in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, a solo exhibition at Gallery Dohuk in Iraq, and a solo exhibition entitled "Whispers" at Al-Orfali Gallery in Amman, and participated in the Kuwait Biennale in Kuwait.
2012 He participated in an exhibition at Al-Bareh Gallery of Fine Arts in Bahrain and Qatar, and the first Casablanca Biennale in Morocco.
2013 He held a solo exhibition entitled "Elected" was held at Matisse Gallery in Marrakech, Morocco, a solo exhibition entitled "On The Edge" at the Nabadh Gallery in Amman. He left Jordan and traveled to settle and work in Beirut, Lebanon.
2016 He participated in the exhibition "Iraqi Painters" of the Iraqi Plastic Artists Association and the Lebanese Association of Painting and Sculpture in Beirut.
2018 He held a solo exhibition entitled "Canines" at Ajyal Gallery in Beirut.
2019 He held a solo exhibition entitled "Fatherland" in Venice and participated in the 58th Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy.
2019 – 2020 He participated in an exhibition "Objects of Imagination – Contemporary Arab Ceramics" in Jordan National Museum Gallery with the participation of forty Arab artists from different Arab countries in Amman.
2020 He held a solo entitled "An Indelible Memory" was held at the Egypt Art Gallery in Cairo, and a solo exhibition entitled "A Harsh Beauty" at Saleh Barakat Gallery in Beirut.
He held several solo exhibitions and participated in many art exhibitions inside and outside Iraq.
He lives and works full-time in art in Beirut, Lebanon.
