Mahmoud Obaidi
Mahmoud Obaidi (B. 1966, Baghdad) Is An Iraqi-Canadian Artist Whose Work Has Been Exhibited In Museums And Galleries Around The World. After Leaving Iraq In 1991, He Obtained His Masters Of Fine Arts At The University Of Guelph In Canada, & Completed Diplomas In New Media And Film From Toronto & Los Angeles, Respectively. His Work Has Been Exhibited Extensively, Including At Moma Ps1/ Nyc / British Museum – London / Venice Biennale / Qatar Museums Gallery, Doha / Mathaf: Arab Museum Of Modern Art-Doha / Saatchi Gallery – London / The National Museum Of Bahrain / The Institut Du Monde Arabe – Paris / The National Gallery Of Fine Arts – Amman / Station Museum Of Contemporary Art – Texas & The Musée D’art Contemporain De Baie-Saint-Paul - Quebec, Among Others. His Work Is Part Of The Permanent Collection Of A Number Of Significant Museums, Foundations, & Private Collections. Curated More Than 40 Shows In Different Spaces Around The World Including Saatchi Gallery - Nabu Museum. Architect Of Fire Station Artist In Residency - Doha Qatar & Nabu Museum - Lebanon.
2019 Moma Ps1 Compact Home Project, New York, Usa.
2017 British Museum Group Show(Compact Home)
2017 57th Venice Biennale Grenada Pavilion.
Selected Group And Solo Exhibition
2016 Fragments: An Exhibition By Mahmoud Obaidi,
Qatar Museums Gallery, Katara, Doha
Fair Skies, Project Space, Mathaf: Arab Museum Of Modern Art, Doha
Baghdad Manifesto, Saatchi Gallery, London
2015 The Imposter, 56th Venice Biennale, Venice
2014 The Replacement, Meem Gallery, Dubai And Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait City
2013 Contemporary Arab Art: How Do You Sleep At Night?, Meem Gallery, Dubai And Abu Dhabi Art, Abu Dhabi
Fair Skies – 25 Years Of Arab Creativity, National Museum Of Bahrain, Manama
The Cubes – Hajj: The Journey Through Art, Museum Of Islamic Art, Doha
Dress Code, Abu Dhabi Music And Arts Foundation, Abu Dhabi
Confusionism, Katara Art Centre, Doha
2012 Fair Skies – 25 Years Of Arab Creativity, Institut Du Monde Arabe, Paris
2011 200 Gigabytes Of My Memory – Art In Iraq Today, Meem Gallery, Dubai, And Beirut Exhibition Centre, Beirut
2010 Fair Skies, Agial Art Gallery And Art Dubai, Dubai
They Welcomed Us With Flowers, Bastakiya Art Fair, Dubai
My Homeland, Art Sawa Gallery, Dubai
Beyond The War: Contemporary Iraqi Artists Of The Diaspora, Lthm Gallery, New York
2009 Turtles – Iraqi Artists In Exile, Station Museum Of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas
Modernism And Iraq, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York
2006 Golden Leaves Book, Gallery Jouy, Switzerland, And T Cazacrou Foundation, Frankfurt
2005 Dafatir: Contemporary Iraqi Book Art, University Of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton And Other Locations (Travelling Exhibition)
Improvisation: Seven Iraqi Artists, Bissan Gallery, Doha, Al-Riwaq Gallery, Manama, And 4 Walls Gallery, Amman
Paris–Baghdad: Iraqi Artists, Musée Du Montparnasse, Paris
2003 Iraqi Art Now: Looking Out, Looking In, De Paul Art Museum, Chicago
2002 The Ramona Project, 4 Walls Gallery, Amman
1998 The Dome Project, Zavitz Gallery, Toronto
The Dome Project, Public Art, India
1994 Obaidi, Darat Al Funun, Amman
1990 Cats’ Factory, Museum Of Modern Art, Baghdad