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SADDAM AL JUMAILY SADDAM AL JUMAILY

SADDAM AL JUMAILY, Iraq (1974)

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Saddam al Jumaily was born in Basra in 1974. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, Basra University in 2000 in visual arts (painting). He eventually became a lecturer at the college but had...

Saddam al Jumaily was born in Basra in 1974. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, Basra University in 2000 in visual arts (painting). He eventually became a lecturer at the college but had been accused and threatened with his life for promoting atheism, which led him to flee to Amman. Best known as a painter, al Jumaily is also involved in many Arabic publications as a writer and proficient graphic designer. He was an art editor of Iraq's Manara magazine for a while.

Saddam's work is best described as nostalgic, considering his disturbing past in Iraq and his uprooting from location to another. He chooses to depict the chaos and confusion around him with his surreal animal-shaped subjects, that act as Iraqi symbols of harshness as a result of two decades of the region's turmoil.

He currently still resides in Amman, Jordan, and has held several exhibitions around the Middle East.

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CV

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022

“I’m possible”, Porvoon Taidehalli, Finland

2021

Todellisuuden röntgen/Reality X-ray, Lapinlahti Käytävä Galleria, Helsinki, Finland

2020

“My mother's name”, with Kholod Hawash, Galleria Ars Libera, Kuopio, Finland

2018

مجرد اسم ،, عرض في منزل مهجور, Amman, Jordan
ما يحدث دائما, Boushahri Art Gallery, Kuwait

2017

Inkography, Dar Al-Anda Gallery,Amman,Jordan

2016

Secret Cards, Art Dubai, via Royal College of Art, Dubai, UAE

2015

Dialogue Degree Zero II, Art Sawa, Dubai, UAE

2013

Dialogue Degree Zero, Art Sawa, Dubai, UAE
Daily Life, Orfali Gallery, Amman, Jordan

2011

Household Tunes, Dar Al-Anda Gallery, Amman,Jordan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023

Sharjah Biennale, 2023, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
UNTITLED Abstractions, Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon

2022

Menart Art Fair, Paris, France

2021

Middle East project, Theatre Academy, University of the Arts, Finland

2019

Objects of imagination, Jordan National Gallery, Jordan
Mass memory machine, Rankka gallery, Finland

2013

Iraqi Art -Qatar center, Al Ain, UAE

2012

Contemporary Iraqi Art,Sultan Bin Ali Owais Establishment, Dubai,UAE

Awards

2015-
2016

Recipient of the Rescue Fund Scholarship, Awarded by The Institute of International Education, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

2008

Expert young artists’ awards, Iraqi Plastic Artists society-Baghdad, Iraq
The annual contest of Ishtar -Young Artists, Plastic Art Iraqi Association– Baghdad, Iraq

2001

State Incentive Award, Ministry of culture.Baghdad, Iraq

Collections

Ramzi & Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
Ibrahimi Collection, Iraq
Ruya Foundation, Iraq

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Press
صدام الجميلي يرسم الكوابيس
صلاح حسن
almadapaper.net, Arabic, 2013
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"Helsinki welcomes Saddam Jumaily as their first ICORN artist-in-residence "
icon.org, English, 2019
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التشكيلي العراقي صدّام الجميلي وسؤال الألأصالة في الفن العربي المعاصر
أوس يعقوب
geroun.net, Arabic, 2017
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In sadness or anger, Iraq is a country many do not want to go back to
Suha Ma'ayeh
thenationalnews.com, English, 2018
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صدام الجميلي: التعقيد والعفوية خلاصة ما يسعى الفن إليه
عمان أحمد زين
sauress.com, Arabic, 2011
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التشكيلي العراقي صدَّام الجميلي: الحفر مهمة الفنان والتجريب دوره الأول
alquds.co.uk, Arabic, 2014
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Painter Saddam al Jumaily on strange visions and growing up in Basra
ruyafoundation.org, English, 2014
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This Organization Is Rescuing Artists and Scholars from Syria and Iraq
Anna Wallace-Thompson
artsy.net, English, 2016
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THE WORLD IS STRANGE AND BORDERS THE FANTASTIC: AN INTERVIEW WITH SADDAM JUMAILY
Elena Stanciu
petrieinventory.com, English
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معرض "كائنات المخيال" للخزف العربي المعاصر في المتحف الوطني الأردني للفنون الجميلة
Ibrahimi Collection, Arabic, 2019
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رسوم صدام الجميلي: الكائن الغريب الذي يملأ حياتنا
حاتم الصكر
diffah.alaraby.co.uk, Arabic, 2017
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خلال معرض أقيم في قاعة بوشهري للفنون صدام الجميلي... يواجه الحروب بـ«فنتازيا» المرئيات والبصريات التشكيلية
يحيى سويلم
alraimedia.com, Arabic
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صدام الجميلي.. حياة سريّة أكثر قرباً
alaraby.co.uk, Arabic, 2018
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معرض صدّام الجميلي عن اسمه: أنا الدكتاتور في أسوأ أوقاته
حسين البندر
ultrasawt.com, Arabic, 2018
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وجوه صدام الجميلي
almadapaper.net, Arabic, 2018
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معرض جديد في عمّان للتشكيلي العراقي صدام الجميلي
خالد سامح
addustour.com, Arabic, 2017
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"في معرضه الجديد في عمان: العراقي صدام الجميلي: العمل الفني كيان قائم بذاته يحتاج أن نقطعه عن واقعه "
صفاء ذياب
aljasrah.net, Arabic, 2017
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الحروب حين تأكل قماشة اللوحة
alquds.co.uk, Arabic, 2014
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صدام الجميلي يعرض "حياة يومية" في عمّان
iraqhurr.org, Arabic, 2013
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معرض الرسام صدام الجميلي في صفحات جريدة (تاتو) الثقافية تأسيسُ بنيةٍ بصَريةٍ
خالد خضير الصالحي
tatoopaper.com, Arabic, 2013
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Videos
Interview Saddam Jumaily, DRIK Magazine, Artist at Art Sawa Gallery Dubai SD
معرض الفنان العراقي صدام الجميلي عمان الاورفلي 2013
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Exhibitions
DIALOGUE DEGREE ZERO | SADDAM JUMAILY
DIALOGUE DEGREE ZERO | PART II | SADDAM JUMAILY

SADDAM AL JUMAILY Artwork

Prediction

SADDAM AL JUMAILY, Iraq, 2013
120 x 120 cm

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SADDAM AL JUMAILY, Iraq, N.D.
21 x 53 x 15 cm

Query

SADDAM AL JUMAILY, Iraq, 2013
120 x 120 cm

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SADDAM AL JUMAILY, Iraq, N.D.
16 x 34 x 14 cm

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SADDAM AL JUMAILY, Iraq, 2013
20 x 59 x 16 cm

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SADDAM AL JUMAILY, Iraq, N.D.
7 x 15.5 x 15 cm

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