 Shakir
Hasan Al Said (1925
- 2004)
1925 - Born in the City of Simawa - Iraq.
1942 - Worked in survey department (Maps printing office) Baghdad.
1948 - Graduated from Teachers College - Baghdad / B.A. in social
sciences.
1951 - Contributed with Jawad Saleem in establishing the Group of
Baghdad for Modern Art, and participated in its exhibitions.
1954 - Graduated from the Institute of fine arts / Evening - Diploma
in painting. First personal exhibition in the Institute of fine
arts Gallery - Baghdad.
1955 - 1959 - Studied in the institutes of France (Paris) - Decorative
arts - Beaux Arts.
1961 - First general exhibition / Institute of Fine Arts Gallery
- Baghdad.
1966 - Reflections and Ascensions Exhibition - The National Museum
of Modern Art Gallery / Baghdad.
1968 - 1969 - Taught "painting" in the Saudi Arabia, Emergence
of the idea of "one dimension".
1971 - Established the "One Dimension Group" - First exhibition
- The National Museum of Modern Art Gallery / Baghdad.
1974 - Reflective Visions Exhibition - The National Museum of Modern
Art / Baghdad.
1975 - Participated in the Festival of Cannes Sur Mer - France.
1976 - Venice Biennial - Italy
1977 - Arab Art Exhibition - The Iraqi Cultural Centre / London.
1978 - Personal Exhibition - Sultan Gallery / Kuwait.
1979 - The 15th Sao Paolo Biennial - Brazil.
1979 - 1980 - Personal Exhibition - The Iraqi Cultural Center /
Beirut. An exhibition with Naja Al-Mahdawi, Tunisia.
1982 - Devoted himself to painting and artistic theoretization.
1983 - Member of the International Art Critics Association (IACA).
Reviewing the newest achievements of art in Paris and Venezuela
(Symposium of IACA Caracas).
1986 - New Delhi Triennia - India.
1988 - The Intimacy of Signs exhibition - Institut du monde Arabe
/ Paris / with foreign artists.
1992 - Counselor in Abdul Hameed Shoman establishement / Amman,
Introduced an exhibition.
1992 - Personal exhibition - The Jordanien National Museum Gallery
of modern Art / Amman
1994 - The 4th One Dimension Group Exhibition - Ab'aad Gallery /
Amman. Founded the symposium of Aesthetic Discourse - Saddam Art
Center / Baghdad.
1995 - The Double Painting Exhibition - Baghdad Gallery / Baghdad.
1996 - Personal exhibition of (Double and One Dimension paintings),
the French Cultural Center / Amman. The 5th One Dimension Exhibition
- Ab'aad Gallery / Amman. Personal Exhibition, 50 x 70 Gallery /
Beirut.
1997 - Environment, Surrounding and Ecology in the Iraqi Art - The
Jordanian National Museum Gallery / Amman.
1997 - Personal Exhibition, The French Cultural Center / Baghdad.
1998 - "Doubles and Allusions" Personal exhibition - Artms
Gallery / Tunisia.
1998 - "Doubles and Allusions" Personal exhibition Ar-Ruwaaq
Art Gallery / Bahrain.
1999 - Personal exhibition, the 1990s works of Art - Athar Art Gallery
- Baghdad.
2001 - The General retrospective exhibition - Athar Art Gallery
/ Baghdad.
2003 - Personal exhibition - Biennal Al Chariqa
2003 - Personal exhbition - Dar El Andi, Amman
2003 - Personal exhibition - Gallery Bissan, Al Dawha
2004 - The artist passed away
Awards:
National Appreciation Prize, Cagne-sur-Mer International Festival,
France, 1975; First Prize, International Festival, Baghdad, 1986,
81; SIPA and UIA Honorary Achievement Awards, 1987; Saddam Prize
for Arts, 1986. Artwork in private and public collections including:
SAC; Baghdad International Airport; NMMA; Shoman Foundation, Amman;
Ghazi Sultan Hall, Kuwait; Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris.
One of Al Said
Masterpieces - 34 x 50 Mixed media/ Carton 1983
►► Some
of the artist's Artwork
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