About The Artist

Qais Al-Sindy • Qais Al-Sindy -1967 lives and works in California- USA. Solo Exhibitions: • 2012 Jan., Personal Exhibition (Reconciliation with Oneself), Arts Gallery/ Abduallh Salim- Kuwait. • 2012; Solo Exhibition (Who Knows What the Hoopoe Said?), 4-Walls Art Gallery- Dubai, United Arab Emirates. • 2010 Dec., Solo Exhibition (The Lost Paradise), Orient Art Gallery, Amman-Jordan. • 2009 Aug.-Sep., Solo exhibition (Endless Peace) at United Nation Headquarter in New York. • 2009 May, Solo Exhibition (Secrets of the other half), Cirello Gallery, San Diego, California, USA. • 2008 July, Solo Exhibition (love and peace), Endangered Planet gallery, Laguna beach, CA, USA. • 2007 Solo Exhibition (Letters don’t burn) in Dar Al-Anda Gallery- Amman. • 2006 Faculty member at the college of engineering- Architectural Dep. / Applied Science University-Private/Amman-Jordan, teaching (Free hand drawing and painting). • 2006 Solo exhibition in Fribourg city/ Switzerland, and participated in the conference at University of Fribourg, introducing a lecture about the Iraqi contemporary art. Education: • 2004 MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad university / Baghdad • 2002 Diploma in French language / Cultural French Center / Baghdad. • 2000 BA, Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad University / Baghdad. • 1989 B.Sc, college of Engineering, Baghdad University. Selective Group Exhibitions 2010-2011: • 2011 Nov. ‘Impulses from Iraq’, Group Exhibition- Iraqi Cultural Center, Washington, DC - USA. • 2011 Oct. 13th,‘ Mesopotamia Art and Artists in Diaspora’, Collective Exhibition of five artists. Edgar Varlea Fine Arts (EVFA) Gallery- Los Angeles, CA-USA. • 2011 Oct. 1st. ‘Out of Iraq, Artists in Exile’- Collective Art Show of three Iraqi generations. THE/ Main Gallery, Ohai, California- USA. • 2011 June 5th. Group Art Exhibit at HA Gallery- Museum of Contemporary Art-, Los Angeles, CA- USA. • 2011 June 3th. Home Interrupted: Aircrafts of Iraqi displacement. Michelangelo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA- USA. • 2010 Dec.12th-Feb.12th- 12th International Cairo Biennale, Cairo- Egypt. • 2010 Nov. - Scenery form Memory- three artists’ exhibition with Shakir Al-Alousi and Najwa Al-Amen. Iraqi Cultural Center gallery, Washington DC. • 2010 Sep., Collective show- Annual Chaldean Festival- Ronald Reagan Community Center, El Cajon, San Diego, CA. • 2010 Aug., (Love Stuck), Collective art exhibition on the Playhouse’s Weiss Lawn, art and fashion event with play of (Midsummer Night's Dream). La Jolla- San Diego, CA-USA. • 2010 Aug, Iraqi- American friendship show, at St. Rophael Church Hall, San Diego, CA-USA. • 2010 March, Art and Artist of Mesopotamia- Collective exhibition- Art share Gallery- Los Angeles- USA. • 2010 February- ( Us)- Group exhibition- Qibab Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. • 2010 January- (Small is beautiful), miniature exhibition, Foresight Art Gallery- Amman, Jordan. Professional Memberships: • Museum of the living artist- San Diego Art Institute. • Association International des Arts Plastiques. (AIAP) -UNESCO • Iraqi Artist association. • Iraqi plastic Artists society. www.qaissindy.com qais@qaissindy.com