Baqer AL-SHAIKH

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1975 Born in Baghdad, Iraq.
1982-1992 Completed his primary, middle, and secondary school studies in Baghdad.
1992-1996 Studied and graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad and obtained a diploma.
2004-2008 Studied and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad and obtained a bachelor's degree in arts, majoring in drawing.
2008 Held a solo exhibition entitled "Body Memory" and participated in the Ishtar Festival of the Iraqi Artists Association and won its prize.
2010 Held a solo exhibition entitled "Aesthetics of Darkness" and participated in the exhibition "Contemporary Iraqi Art" at the UNESCO Hall in Beirut, Lebanon, and an artistic symposium in Beirut.
2011 Participated in an exhibition at Hiwar Hall in Baghdad.
2012 Held a solo exhibition at Dar Al Anda in Amman, Jordan.
2013 Participated in the first Arab Plastic Art Festival at Ishtar Hall in the National Library in Amman, Jordan.
2015 Held a solo exhibition entitled “Faces from Memory”.
2019 Participated in the exhibition "Contemporary Artists from Iraq" at Ras Al-Ain Gallery in Amman, Jordan, Norrbotten Foajen Gallery, Luleå Art Exhibition and Gällivare Art Exhibition.
2020 Held a solo exhibition entitled “From the North” at Galler Re in Sweden.
2022 Participated in the young artists' mentor program in Sweden.
2023 Participated in the exhibition "Black 2023 White," at Överkalix Art Gallery and the young artists’ mentor program in Sweden.
He works full-time in art in Gällivare, Sweden.
Member of the Iraqi Plastic Artists Association.
Member of the Iraqi Plastic Artists Syndicate.
Member of "Artists in Norrbotten - KIN - Konstnärer I Norrbotten" in northern Sweden.