Jaber Alwan

Jaber Alwan, a visual artist born in Babylon, Iraq in 1948, graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad in 1970. In 1972 left for Rome, where he began painting in the famous Navona Square. He still lives in Rome. In 1975 he received a diploma in sculpture from the Rome Academy of Fine Arts. Ten years later, the Municipality of Rome awarded him the best artist award, becoming the first foreigner to receive this award. He has many works exhibited permanently in the museums of modern art in Baghdad, Damascus, Qatar and Kuwait, at the Opera House of Culture in Cairo, at the Kalost Museum in Lisbon, at the Palace of Diamony Day in Ferrara, the Academy Museum in Ravina. He also has many works distributed to special groups in many cities in Europe, Russia, Japan and Chile via painting in all his souls, the Iraqi artist Jaber Alwan is known for the dramatic rhythm of his colors and poses taken by his people and the intense use of light, which he says: "The drama in painting is easier, but the difficulty is in discovering beauty in nightmares. I lose control as soon as I grab the paintbrush, and the painting takes the driver's place. "