Jaber Alwan (born 1948 in Babylon, Iraq) is an Italian artist and painter of Iraqi descent.
Biography
Born in Babylon, Iraq, in 1948, Alwan graduated from the Institute of Fine Art in Baghdad in 1970. In 1972 he arrived in Rome and started painting in the famous Piazza Navona.
In 1975 he gained a diploma degree in Sculpture from the Rome Academy of Fine Art. Ten years later the Municipality of Rome awarded him the prize of Best Artist, the first foreigner to receive this prize.
He has works on permanent display in the Museums of Modern Art of Baghdad, Damascus, Qatar and Kuwait, the Opera House of Culture in Cairo, also at the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, the Dei Diameni Palace, Ferrara, and the Academy Museum, Ravenna; and has private collections in many cities in Europe, Russia, Japan and Chile.
Alwan lives in Rome, Italy.
Exhibitions
- 1975 âÂÂLa Giadaâ Gallery Rome Italy
- 1976 âÂÂThe Cross Libraryâ Gallery Rome Italy
- 1977 âÂÂThe Hall of Plastic Artists â Gallery Baghdad Iraq
- 1978 âÂÂStudio Dell Arteâ Gallery Rome Italy
- 1978 âÂÂIpotesiâ Gallery Rome Italy
- 1979 âÂÂLa Perlaâ Gallery Florence Italy
- 1985 âÂÂLeonardo da Vinciâ Gallery Rome Italy
- 1986 An Exhibition at his Studio Presented by âÂÂGiovanni Carandenteâ the Manager of Venice Penaly. Rome Italy
- 1987 âÂÂIl Leoneâ Gallery Rome Italy
- 1988 âÂÂOrninaâ Gallery Damask Syria
- 1988 âÂÂMass Palassâ Museum Vienna Austria
- 1990 âÂÂArtemosâ Gallery Bastogne Ballgame
- 1991 âÂÂKufaâ Gallery London England
- 1992 Liehrmann" Gallery Liege Ballgame
- 1993 Vittorio Caporrella" Foundation Rome Italy
- 1994 Liehrmann" Gallery Liege Ballgame
- 1994 âÂÂLombardiâ Gallery Rome Italy
- 1995 âÂÂGallery Atassiâ Damascus Syria
- 1995 Abaad" Gallery Amman Jordan
- 1995 âÂÂSalaâ College Ronciglione Italy
- 1995 âÂÂGreen Artâ Gallery Dubai The Arabian Emarat
- 1995 âÂÂCommunaleâ Gallery Founainebleau France
- 1996 âÂÂLiehrmannâ gallery Liege Ballgame
- 1996 âÂÂPrivate Collection Artâ Gallery Bahrain Bahrain
- 1997 âÂÂMuseum Loggetta Lombardescaâ Ravenna Italy
- 1997 Magazzino Del Sale" Cervia Italy
- 1998 âÂÂGreen Artâ Gallery Dubai The Arabian Emarat
- 1999 âÂÂArte Contemporaneaâ gallery Foggia Italy
- 1999 â Museum Civico Viesteâ Vieste Italy
- 1999 âÂÂAtassiâ Gallery Damascus Syria
- 1999 âÂÂLeonardo da Vinciâ Gallery Catania Italy
- 2000 âÂÂGreen Artâ Gallery Dubai The Arabian Emarat
- 2000 âÂÂAl-Madaâ Gallery Damascus Syria
- 2001 âÂÂXPOâ gallery Beirut Lebanon
- 2001 âÂÂM-Artâ Gallery Vienna Austria
- 2001 âÂÂBilad Al Chamâ gallery Halab Syria
- 2002 âÂÂLiehrmannâ gallery Liege Ballgame
- 2002 âÂÂM-Artâ Gallery Vienna Austria
- 2003 âÂÂAl-Madaâ Gallery Beirut Lebanon
- 2004 âÂÂGrantâ Gallery Cairo Egypt
- 2004 âÂÂAl-Marsaâ Gallery Tunis Tunis
- 2005 âÂÂMuseum of Artâ Kuwait Kuwait
- 2005 âÂÂLiehrmannâ Gallery Liege Ballgame
- 2005 âÂÂAl-Riwaqâ Gallery Bahrain Bahrain
- 2005 âÂÂGreen Artâ Gallery Dubai The Arabian Emarat
- 2006 A solo exhibition at Dar Al Anda, Jordan
Group exhibitions
- 1977 âÂÂFestival of International Artâ Abbruzzo Italy
- 1977 âÂÂFrom Rome To Tokyoâ Exhibition Japan
- 1981 âÂÂIraqi Artâ Rome Italy
- 1983 âÂÂWomen in Iraq Artâ Regge amilia Italy
- 1984 âÂÂContemporary Iraqi Artâ Brecht center, Milan Italy
- 1984 A group of Iraqi and Iranian Artists for Peace Rome Italy
- 1986 An Exhibition for a group of Italian and Foreign Artists Genezzano Italy
- 1986 âÂÂInternational Galleryâ Rome Italy
- 1986 âÂÂIraqi and Iranian Artistsâ Roma Italy
- 1987 âÂÂSalone del Quotidianoâ Rome Italy
- 1987 âÂÂAnti Racialâ Exhibition Rome Italy
- 1988 âÂÂPunto 8â Gallery Florence Italy
- 1988 âÂÂIraqi Artâ National Museum Damascus Syria
- 1988 âÂÂFar away from the first Skyâ Florence Italy
- 1988 âÂÂPunto Galleryâ Rome Italy
- 1989 âÂÂMass Palassâ Museum Vienna Austria
- 1989 âÂÂPalasso Valentineâ Rome Italy
- 1990 âÂÂBiennale di Bastogneâ Bastogne Ballgame
- 1993 âÂÂIl Torchioâ Gallery Rome Italy
- 1993 âÂÂMass Palassâ Museum Vienna Austria
- 1995 âÂÂLa Bottegaâ gallery Ravenna Italy
- 1996 âÂÂCommunaleâ Museum âÂÂThe Italian Artâ Liege Ballgame
- 1997 Biennale di Rome âÂÂPalasso del Matto to â Rome Italy
- 1999 Bienale di Beirut Beirut Lebanon
- 2003 Biennale di Cairo Cairo Egypt
- 2004 Biennale di Tunis Tunis Tunis
- 2005 âÂÂAdn- Kronosâ Hall Rome Italy
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