1910 Artist Akram Shukri was born to a simple and conservative family in Baghdad, Iraq, in an area called Jadid Hassan Pasha.
1922 He completed his primary education from the Al-Mamounia School.
1928 He completed his secondary education, graduated and began working on drawing history books after he was assigned by the Ministry of Education and was appointed as a teacher in the Al-Mamounia School.
1930 - 1931 He traveled to London to study at Slade School College and was the first envoy to travel outside the country to study art. He participated in the Agricultural Industrial Exhibition in Baghdad.
1932 He returned to the country after administrative changes occurred in the Ministry of Education, forcing him to return to Baghdad.
1936 He worked in the Iraqi Museum and stayed there for twenty-seven years.
1941 Friends of Art Association was founded and chaired by the artist and he participated in its first exhibition.
1942 The artist got married for the first time and participated in the second exhibition of the Friends of Art Association and he also participated in a dialogue with Jewad Selim entitled "Art in Iraq today and in the future" at the invitation of the Society for the Protection of Children in Iraq.
1943 He participated in the third Friends of Art Association exhibition.
1944 His first wife passed away and he worked on a tourist advertisement book about Iraq in cooperation with the Ministry of Education.
1946 He participated in the Friends of Art Association exhibition in Baghdad.
1947 He participated in the Iraqi Art Exhibition in Cairo.
1948 He participated in the Iraqi Art Exhibition at the UNESCO hall in Beirut.
1950 The artist remarries, and his wife gives birth to their only son, Shukri.
1952 He participated in the Ibn Sina Art exhibition at the Institute of Fine Arts.
1954 He participated in the Iraqi Art Exhibition in India.
1956 He co-founded the Iraqi Visual Artists Association, was elected vice-president of the administrative board, and participated in the Baghdad Exhibition for Painting and Sculpture at Al-Mansour Club in Baghdad, and held a solo exhibition at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad.
1957 He participated in the Baghdad Exhibition for Painting and Sculpture at Al-Mansour Club in Baghdad and the Contemporary Iraqi Art Exhibition in Beirut.
1958 He participated in the Baghdad Exhibition for Painting and Sculpture at Al-Mansour Club in Baghdad and the Iraq and Britain exhibition at the British Cultural Institute Club in Baghdad. He was elected a member of the administrative committee of the Iraqi Visual Artists Association.
1963 - 1964 He was elected President of the Administrative Board of the Iraqi Visual Artists Association and he got a job as general manager for the trade fairs.
1968 He retired from his job.
1972 He participated in the Al-Wasiti Festival and was honored by the Iraqi Artists Association.
1978 A comprehensive exhibition honoring the artist was held in the hall of the National Museum of Modern Art in Baghdad and was honored by the Ministry of Culture.
1979 He participated in the exhibition of paintings from the fifties in the Al-Mansour Club in Baghdad.
1983 The artist passed away at the age of seventy-three.
