Yaseen SHAKIR

artists

  • 1936 Born in Samarra - Iraq.
  • 1953 Member of the Iraqi Impressionists Group & participated in all exhibitions of the group. 
  • Hold eight solo exhibitions in his life, and participated in many group exhibitions inside and outside Iraq in Budapest, Moscow, London, Beirut, Vienna, Madrid, Tunisia. 
  • 1995 participated in the retrospective exhibition of the Iraqi Impressionists Group.
  • 1996 Participated in the last exhibition of the Iraqi impressionists group at Al-Ina’a Gallery in Baghdad. 
  • He designed seven stamps memories the Iraqi ancient and historic sites in Iraq. 
  • Nominated by Hafidh AL-DROUBI to teach art at the Faculty of Science-university of Baghdad. 
  • He was the head of the Advertisement department in the Department of Resorts and Tourism in Iraqi Tourism Ministry for ten years. 
  • Member of the Iraqi Artists Syndicate.
  • Member of the Fine Artists Association.
  • 2015 The artist passed away at the age of seventy nine and buried in Baghdad.