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ALI JABBAR ALI JABBAR

ALI JABBAR, Iraq (1963)

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Born in Iraq in 1963, Ali Jabbar is a contemporary painter, sculptor, and designer. He lived in Denmark from 1992-2009 before moving to London, where he currently resides. He completed his studies...

Born in Iraq in 1963, Ali Jabbar is a contemporary painter, sculptor, and designer. He lived in Denmark from 1992-2009 before moving to London, where he currently resides. He completed his studies at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad, in 1987, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad, in 1990. Jabbar continued his art education at the KADKA  School of Design in Copenhagen, Denmark, and graduated in 2002. He taught fine art at Copenhagen High School and lectured at the Omani Arts society and Aria Gallery in Tehran. He contributed to numerous symposiums and significant conferences.

The multi-disciplinary artist created bronze statues in Iraq, and other stone and stainless steel monumental abstract sculptures all over the Middle East. Moreover, he produced pop like figurative paintings that linger between fiction and non-fiction. Jabbar formulates his figures with intertwined bold shapes and decorative patterns applied in vibrant hues. Although hollowed in vision, they are dominant and present in his large scale canvases. Jabbar’s most remarkable work is a series of minimalist illustrations of public figures. The iconic images of celebrities and politicians were reduced to shapes and colors but still remained recognizable.

Jabbar participated in the Baghdad International Biennial, the Cairo Painting Biennial, the Tehran Painting Biennial, the Grand Palais Biennial in Paris, the Sharjah International Biennial, and the X Florence international Biennale.  He also participated in numerous group exhibitions across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. He held more than eleven solo exhibitions distributed between Denmark, Germany, Jordan, Spain, and London. In 2015 one of his monumental sculptures was installed at the sculpture park in Guangzhou, China.

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CV

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011

Karim Gallery, Amman, Jordan

2010

Hay Hill Gallery for Master Works and Contemporary Art, London, United Kingdom

2005

Herning Museum of Art , Herning, Denmark

2002

Torre Vella Museum, Salou, Spain

1997

Gallery Project, Copenhagen, Denmark

1996

Gallery Nodada, Copenhagen, Denmark

1996

Citizen Culture House, Copenhagen, Denmark

1995

DFH, Copenhagen, Denmark  

1994

KM235 Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

1993

Gallery Nærum, Nærum, Denmark

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019

Contemporary Artists from Iraq, Ras Al-Ain Gallery, Amman, Jordan

2013

The Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2012

Art in Iraq Today, Exhibition Center, Beirut, Lebanon

2015

Artists From Iraq,Hay Hill Gallery for Master Works and Contemporary Art, London, United Kingdom

2014

Padedah International Sculpture Symposium, Mashhad, Iran

2011

Art in Iraq Today: Part V, Meem Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2011

Art in Iraq Today: Conclusion, Meem Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2010

Westminister City Hall, London, United Kingdom
Painting and Sculpture Symposium, Penza, Russia

2009

Fiumano Fine Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Mersin Stone Sculpture Symposium, Mersin, Turkey

2008

Izmir International Sculpture Symposium, Izmir, Turkey
Culture Festival, World Cultural Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

2007

Tehran International Painting Symposium, Tehran, Iran
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran 
Iraqi Culture Festival, World Culture Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

2005

Tehran International Biennial, Tehran, Iran
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2004

Hacettepe University Symposium, Ankara, Turkey
Emaar International Sculpture Symposium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2003

Exo Art, Art Hall, Porvoo, Finland 
Bahrain Sculpture Symposium, Manama, Bahrain

2002

First Dubai Sculpture Symposium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Paszkówka Palace, Kraków, Poland
The 1stTehran International Biennial, Tehran, Iran
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
Roskilde Museum, Roskilde

2001

Muscat Sculpture Symposium, Muscat, Oman
The 15thCairo International Biennial, Cairo, Egypt
Per Kirkeby Museum, Aas City, Denmark
Frederiksberg Art Hall, Copenhagen

2000

Artists from Denmark, Prague City Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
Drammen Museum, Drammen, Norway
Turku Cultural Center, Turku, Finland
The International Sculpture Symposium, Aley, Lebanon
Tehran International Biennial, Tehran, Iran
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
The Autumn Salon, Kraków Palace, Kraków, Poland

1999

Gallery Shambala, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gallery D, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
National Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
National Art Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

1998

Holmen Architecture School hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
EU-MAN, Turku Cultural Center, Finland
EU-MAN, Gallery Shambala, Copenhagen, Denmark

1996

Gallery Shambala, Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
Øksnehallen Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Autumn Salon, Den Frie Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
Baghdad Group, Citizen Culture House, Copenhagen, Denmark
The 2ndSharjah International Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Terra Nova Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark
New Under the Sun, Exhibition Tour, City Halls of Viborg, Viborg, Denmark
New Under the Sun, Exhibition Tour, Silkeborg, Denmark
New Under the Sun, Exhibition Tour, Vejle, Jutland, Denmark
New Under the Sun, Exhibition Tour, Kolding, Jutland, Denmark
New Under the Sun, Exhibition Tour, Esbjerg, Jutland, Denmark
New Under the Sun, Exhibition Tour, Nykøbing, Denmark

1995

Meridian Hotel Art Gallery, Baghdad, Iraq

1991

Reno University Hall, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

1990

Alia Gallery, Amman, Jordan

1987

Artists Society Hall, Tunis, Tunisia

1986

Le Grand Palais, Paris, France

1985

Al-Wasiti Fifth Festival, Baghdad, Iraq

1984

Modern Iraqi Art,Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad, Iraq

Collections

Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
Ibrahimi Collection of Iraqi Fine Art, Amman, Jordan
The John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

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Press
Ali Jabbar: The Blind Mask
English, 2015
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منحوتات الفنان العراقي علي جبار تثير دهشة العالم باسرارها الشرقية دلا لات إيحائية تفجر كوامن الحجر
محسن الذهبي
www.IraqiArt.com, Arabic, 2009
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الفنان التشكیلي علي جبار: بدون الثقافة والفنون لا یمكن لدولة أن تستمر
سمیرة علي مندي
www.iraqhurr.org, Arabic, 2012
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الفنان علي جبار.. نحات التكوينات الغريبة
كريم النجار
Arabic, 2014
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علي جبار وقناعه الأعمى
فيء ناصر
www.ahewar.org, Arabic, 2015

عن معرض الفنان علي جبار الأخير

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لوحة لفنان عراقي على غلاف أهم مجلة فن في بريطانيا..علي جبار: أعمل على معرض للرسم والنحت في العام المقبل
عامر مؤيد
www.almadapaper.net, Arabic, 2018
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علي جبار.. من التجريدية إلى التعبيرية ومن الواقعية إلى السريالية
فيء ناصر
Arabic, 2015

كل من لوحاته كائن مكتمل يفسر العالم ومعضلاته على هواه

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Videos
Iraqi Cultural Centre in London - Ali Jabbar Art Exhibition
THE NUDE Part 1 Divinity
THE NUDE Part 2 Sexuality
THE NUDE: BETWEEN DIVINITY, SEXUALITY, AND CONFLICT

ALI JABBAR Artwork

Blind Mask

ALI JABBAR, Iraq, 2015
100 x 100 cm

From Where Are We And Where Are We?

ALI JABBAR, Iraq, 2015
250 x 247 cm

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