Rafa JASIM

artists

  • 1939 The artist was born in Baghdad - Iraq.
  • 1955 He participated in the first exhibition of drawings with a group of classes in his school for juniors, which was held in the Social Center in Baghdad.
  • He traveled to India to see some landmarks of Indian art and wall decoration.
  • 1966 He was sent to the Arab Republic of Egypt to participate in the eleventh session of the Arab Television Institute and obtained a degree of excellence in the field of design and decoration
  • 1968 He worked as a painter and decorator for Iraq TV and lasted for about forty continuous years.
  • 1969 He was delegated to Libya to work as an interior designer for Libyan TV.
  • 1976 Received the Medal of Appreciation from Iraq TV in the field of decoration.
  • 2000 Received a certificate of television creativity in the field of decoration from the first festival of Iraq TV.
  • 2000 He won the second prize from the Iraqi Contemporary Art Exhibition.
  • 2000 He was awarded the Art Medal by the Artists Syndicate.
  • He got excellent recognition for being passed in the Arab Design Course at Cairo TV.
  • 1969 Held eleven solo exhibitions and two joint exhibitions with artist Najat Haddad at the German Cultural Center.
  • 1969 Hold Exhibition at Al-Irshad Hall in Basra.
  • 1971 Hold Exhibition of the Fine Artists Association.
  • 1974 Hold Exhibition of the French Cultural Center.
  • 1976-1977-1978-1979 & 1994 Hold Al-Olwiah Club exhibitions.
  • - 1984 Hold Exhibition in the hall of the National Museum of Modern Art and the Artists salon Hall.
  • 1992 Hold Exhibition at Al-Riwaq Gallery.
  • Participated in dozens of seasonal and cultural exhibitions held inside and outside Iraq in Poland - Germany - France - Austria - Pakistan - Libya - Jordan - Lebanon - Kuwait - the United Arab Emirates - Sultanate of Oman – Palestine, and Gaza.
  • Member of the Fine Artists Association since 1968.
  • Member of the Iraqi Artists Syndicate since 1971.
  • 2010 The artist stopped painting due to the severe visual impairment he had suffered for a long time.
  • 2017 The Fine Arts Department held a retrospective exhibition for the artist entitled (Artistic Biography between loneliness and Decoration) at Ishtar Hall in the Center of the Ministry of Culture.