SADIK KWAISH ALFRAJI
born in Baghdad, Iraq, 1960.
In 1982, Sadik Kwaish Alfraji received a diploma in painting from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad. In 1987, he received a BA in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad. In 2000, he earned an advanced diploma in graphic design from the CHK Constantijn Huygens, the Netherlands. Sadik is a visual artist, printmaker, and designer, and has studied both art and philosophy. He has participated in group exhibitions in The Hague, Vilnius, Sofia, Washington, DC, Amsterdam, London, St. Petersburg, Vienna, Helsinki, and Seoul, among other international venues. His work has been presented in solo exhibitions in London, Amman, and Baghdad; in Kampen and Sommelsdijk in the Netherlands; and in Dearborn, Michigan. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Khalid Shoman Foundation-Darat al Funun, the National Gallery of Fine Arts, and the French Cultural Center in Amman, Jordan; the Novosibirsk State Art Museum in Russia; and the Cluj-Napoca Art Museum in Romania. Sadik currently lives in Amersfoort, The Netherlands.