Sami HAQI

artists

  • 1935 Artist Sami Haqi was born in Baghdad – Iraq.
  • 1957 - 1958 He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad.
  • 1972 He received his doctorate in graphic art from Dresden University of Technology in Dresden- State of Saxony -Eastern Germany.
  • 1974 He participated in the cultural festival of Al-Thawra newspaper in Baghdad.
  • 1980 He participated in the seventh party exhibition at the hall of the National Museum of Modern Art in Baghdad.
  • 1981 He held a solo exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art in Baghdad.
  • 1985 He participated in the Contemporary Iraqi Graphic Exhibition at the Al-Orfali Gallery in Baghdad.
  • 1986 He wrote a textbook entitled "Paper Printing Techniques" for the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad.
  • 1992 He wrote another book entitled "Foundations of Design" for the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad.
  • For twenty years the artist was working as a professor in the Department of Architecture at the College of Engineering at the University of Baghdad.
  • 2012 The artist passed away in Baghdad after suffering from chronic illness at the age of seventy-seven, and a memorial ceremony was held for him at the College of Engineering at the University of Baghdad.