Khudair AL-SHAKARJI

artists

  • 1937 Artist Khudair Al-Shakarji was born in Baquba, Iraq.
  • 1944 - 1954 He completed his primary, middle and secondary school studies.
  • 1955 - 1959 He studied and graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad.
  • 1960 - 1964 He studied and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad.
  • 1965 He held a solo exhibition with artist Lotfi Najm El Din at the hall of the Teachers Syndicate in Diyala.
  • 1972 He participated in the Contemporary Iraqi Art Exhibition at the Hall of the National Museum of Modern Art in Baghdad.
  • 1973 He held a solo exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art in Baghdad and participated in the fifteenth exhibition of the Fine Artists Association in the hall of the Plastic Artists Association and the retrospective Iraqi art exhibition at the hall of the National Museum of Modern Art in Baghdad.
  • 1974 He participated in the cultural festival of Al-Thawra newspaper and the first Arab Biennale exhibition in Baghdad.
  • 1978 He participated in the July 17 Group exhibition in Baghdad.
  • 1979 He participated in the July 17 Group exhibition in Baghdad.
  • 1980 He participated in the July 17 Group exhibition at the Hall of the National Museum of Modern Art in Baghdad, the first Gulf Exhibition in which he won the Appreciation Award, and the seventh anniversary of the ruling party exhibition at the Hall of the National Museum of Modern Art in Baghdad.
  • 1981 He participated in the July 17 Group exhibition in Baghdad.
  • 1982 He participated in the July 17 Group exhibition and the Second Al-Wasiti Festival in Baghdad.
  • 1986 He participated in the International India Biennale in India and the Baghdad International Festival for Plastic Art at the Saddam Art Center in Baghdad.
  • 1987 He participated in the Cairo Biennale in Egypt and won the Bronze Prize.
  • 1989 He held an exhibition with the artist Keder Gergeis at Saddam Art Center in Baghdad.
  • 1990 He participated in the Iraqi Contemporary Art Exhibition in Cyprus.
  • 1992 He held an exhibition with the artist Keder Gergeis at Alia Gallery in Amman and participated in an exhibition by four Iraqi artists at the Ain Art Gallery in Baghdad.
  • 1993 He held his fourteenth solo exhibition at the Al-Orfali Gallery in Baghdad, in which he exhibited 32 works.
  • 1994 He held an exhibition with the artist Keder Gergeis at the Al-Orfali Gallery in Amman.
  • 1998 He participated in the Contemporary Iraqi Art Exhibition in Tunis.
  • 2000 He participated in the Contemporary Iraqi Art Exhibition in Caracas, Venezuela, the Contemporary Iraqi Art Exhibition in Gaza, the Exhibition of Contemporary Iraqi Art in the Al-Mizan Hall in France, and the exhibition "The Magic of Moments in Nature and Place" at Gallery Art in Baghdad.
  • 2002 He participated in an exhibition by four Iraqi artists entitled "Traditional Rhythms" at Al-Riwaq Hall in Baghdad.
  • He held more than twenty solo exhibitions and participated in many art exhibitions inside and outside Iraq.
  • 2005 He passed away at the age of sixty-eight in Iraq, following a heart attack.
  • 2005 His works were exhibited in an exhibition entitled "Peace for Baghdad" in Baghdad.
  • He was a member of the Baghdad Group for Modern Art.
  • He was a member of the Iraqi Plastic Artists Association.