Artist: Kareem Risan: Work

 
Bio:
Kareem Risan is a painter and book artist who was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1960.  He graduated from Baghdad University’s College of Fine Arts in 1988.  He has had solo exhibitions in galleries and cultural centers in Baghdad and Jordan, and he has participated in many group exhibitions throughout the Middle East, in Europe (including the British Museum’s exhibition Word into Art), and most recently in the United States as part of the traveling exhibition Dafatir.  Risan is the recipient of numerous prizes at exhibitions in Iraq, Egypt, and Tunis.  He currently lives in exile between Jordan and Syria.



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