MAHMOUD AL-OBAIDI
born in Baghdad, Iraq, 1966.
Mahmoud Al-Obaidi received a BFA from the Baghdad University in 1990, a diploma in film producing from the HIF Film Academy, Los Angeles in 1996, a certificate for new media from Ryerson University, Toronto in 1996, a diploma in film directing from the HIF Film Academy, Los Angeles in 1998, and a MFA from the University of Guelph, Ontario in 1999. He has participated in group exhibitions in Toronto, Copenhagen, New York City, Tunis, Amman, The Hague, Delhi, Quebec, and Epsom. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions in New York City, Amman, Toronto, and Tunis. He was a participant in the international 1,000 Journals Project, which called for artists around the world to contribute to and pass along artist notebooks. He has artwork in private collections in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, as well as public collections in the Mahras Museum of Art, Tunisia; the National Museum of Modern Art, Amman; the Sharja Museum, UAE; and the Quebec Museum of Modern Art, Canada. He has taught courses and workshops in Canada and India. He lives alternately in Canada and Qatar.