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iyad al mosawi

A Canadian- Iraqi artist with over thirty years of experience in art with specialization in the field of visual art and Arabic and Islamic Architecture.

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Al Mosawi worked as a writer and critic in Al Siyasah Newspaper and Al Watan News Paper in Kuwait between 1973 - 1982. He published many studies and art related articles about the arabic modern art and pioneer arabic artists. His publications in various topics spread across the arab world in Al Arabi, Kuwaiti magazine and Arabian Arts Magazine (London). Up until 2012 Al Mosawi's work was exhibited in private galleries and art shows around the world: Montreal, Toronto, Alberta, New York, London Amesterdam, Amman, Kuwait, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Morocco and Sharjah.• Rousseau et Vermette scholarship, artist in residence, The Banff Centre; Banff, Alberta, Canada.

• Print making, Studio art, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

• Art & Culture Festival, Artist in Residence, Studio Art, Asilah, Morocco.

• Over Eighteen solo art exhibitions in many cities worldwide, Kuwait, Morocco, Canada, UK, Tunisia, Iraq, and the UAE.

• His art work was collected by Mercedes Benz world-wide and used for advertising campaign by Mercedes Benz.

• His art work was collected by The Canada Council Art Bank and Museum, Ottawa, Canada.

• Studied both art history and art criticism as an independent scholar for over thirty-five years.