Nidaa KADHIM

artists

  • 1939 Artist Neda'a Kadhum was born in Basra, southern Iraq.
  • 1946 - 1956 He completed his primary, middle and secondary school studies in Basra.
  • 1958 – 1962 He studied and graduated from the Department of Sculpture at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad.
  • 1965 Along with other artists such as Salim Al-Dabbagh, Ali Talib, Talib Mekki, Saleh Al-Jumaie and Faik Hussein, founded the "The Innovators Group" shortly after their graduation, and he and Saleh Al-Jumaie proposed the name of the group's "The Innovators" and participated in all their exhibitions in Baghdad, the first of which was in the same year of foundation. Members of the group used to organize their meetings in the Academy of Fine Arts, Al-Baladiya café, or Al-Khiyam café.
  • 1970 He participated in the last exhibition of "The Innovators Group" at the hall of the National Museum of Modern Art in Baghdad and sculpted the statue of the poet Badr Shaker Al-Sayyab and other statues of well-known people.
  • 1974 He participated in the First Arab Biennale in Baghdad.
  • He was employed in the National Museum of Modern Art, after which he became a director in the smelters of the Ministry of Culture and established a sculpture smelter for the Ministry of Youth.
  • 1975 - 1977 He studied medals and coin making and graduated from the Italian Currency House in Italy and obtained a diploma.
  • 1977 - 1980 He studied graphic art and obtained a diploma in Italy, and returned to Iraq.
  • He participated in many art exhibitions inside Iraq.
  • He lives and works full time as a sculptor in Iraq.