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Mohammed Rasim
Iraqi plastic artist
-Autobiography-
- Full-timer artist
- Full name: Mohammed Rasim Kasim
- Artistical name: Mohammed Rasim
- Date of birth & place: 1974-Baghdad
- Specialization (adjective): plastic artist (painter, sculptor and graphic designer).
- Ideology: independent but I believing in liberalism and democracy
- Address: Iraq - Baghdad
- Email: [email protected]
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- Mobile: 09701282518
Membership & Degree:
- Degree: bachelor's degree in fine arts - college of fine arts - Baghdad
- Chairman of Tawasin Cultural Association
- Member of Iraqi plastic artists society
- Member of Iraqi journalists union
- Member of Iraqi union of Artists
- Member of the Iraqi higher council of culture overlooking by Iraqi parliament (as representing for Iraqi plastic artists).
- Practice certificate from Goethe institute-Germany 2005 in cultural management and financing,
Specialization and fields:
1- Plastic art:
- Drawing.
- Sculpture.
- Graphic.
- Designing (websites designer and printing-designer)
2- Civilian active in the concerning of NGOs affairs (culture, human rights, freedom of the opinion, press and beliefs).
3- Management and financing of the cultural projects: where coordinated and organized many artistic, cultural and humanity activities like the arts exhibitions and conferences and evenings and arts workshops inside and out of Iraq.
4- The press:
- Journalist and photographer
- Artistical management
- Designer, and art administration in the field of cultural issues of magazines, newspapers and books.
- Artistic administration in the field of publishing house.
Resume of my field work:
- Working in the plastic arts: painting, sculpture and graphic, and had many individual exhibitions and participations inside and outside Iraq.
- Worked in designing and artistic administration of issue art and cultural (magazines, newspapers, books and posters).
- Worked as an artistic director and designer DPT of Qutoof magazine in the public house of cultural affairs attached to the Iraqi ministry of culture - in Baghdad 2001-2003.
- worked a journalist correspondent with AL Sharq Al Awsat newspaper during 2005-2006.
- Worked as a secretary of editors in the AL ANN newspaper 2005-2006.
- Contribute of cultural publications by designs and paintings inside Iraq and world.
- Worked with human organizations, world childhood organization in Iraq and Italian organization (Bridge to Baghdad). He issued magazine for children.
- Painting and design (our environment is our life) magazine 2003/Baghdad.
- Painting and design (environment and child) magazine 2004/Baghdad.
- Designed many covers of books of story and poetry issues.
- Sharing of found many art groups after collapsing of dictatorial regime in Iraq, one of them "Attitude group" "AL -Tariq group" "Abaad group" in Baghdad after 2003-2005.
- Founder of "Tawasin cultural Society" that includes many of Iraqi artists (plastic artists, poets, actors, writers, musicians) in Baghdad - 2004.
On the plastic art aspect:
Personal fairs:
- On the Gallery "Armando Reveron" in Venezuelan embassy - Baghdad - 2002.
- Individual exhibition in Jordan -2004
- Individual exhibition in Baghdad -2005
- Individual exhibition in Germany-Potsdam -2006
Participations:
- Share of most of local art activities inside and outside Iraq since then 1996 and until now.
- Participate of all permanent plastic exhibitions on the galleries in Baghdad.
- Baghdad day (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000).
- Babylon festival (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001).
- Art day - Baghdad (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2001).
- Mutual exhibition with Iraqi artists on the gallery of Jordan plastic artists. Oman -1999.
- Exhibition of modern art "Hewar Gallery" -Baghdad-2001.
- Art and nature exhibition "Mizan gallery" Baghdad-2001.
- Annual anniversary exhibition "Akad Gallery" -Baghdad- 2002.
- Found and establish exhibition for youth artists (13 artists) "Akad Gallery" - 2002.
- Third international Baghdad biennially - 2002 (honorary certificate).
- Wandering exhibition of graphic art - Paris, London - 2002.
- Mutual exhibition after falling of dictatorial regime on the ruins of the building of youth federation -Baghdad -2003.
- Mutual exhibition of tenth memory for foundation of " Hewar Gallery" - 2004.
- Collective exhibition on "Hewar gallery" -Baghdad - 2004.
- Mutual exhibition in Bahrain - 2004.
- Mutual exhibition in Damascus - 2004.
- Exhibition for four artists in Oman - 2004.
- Mutual exhibition in Maddarat Gallery Baghdad - 2006.
- Mutual exhibition in Iraqi plastic artists association in Baghdad - 2006.
- trained a Mutual plastic art workshop in Germany-Potsdam 2006 for civilian peoples and held an exhibition there in the hall of governor building.
- Trained a many mutual plastic art workshop in Baghdad 2007 for Iraqi youngsters and pupils, and serious quest to the ways and channels to exhibiting their artworks inside and outside Iraq.
- Many of his work are in world wide:
America, Canada, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Vatican, Spain, Australia, Sweden, Holland, Venezuela, Cuba, South Africa, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, India, Malaysia.
On the cultural aspect and nongovernmental organization affairs (Tawasin cultural Society):
1. Prepared and presentation a poetry festival held by Tawasin Cultural Society activities on the hall of the State House of Cultural Affairs/ Ministry of culture on 27/9/2004, under the title "poetics revelation ".
2. Prepared a comprehensive show of Iraqi plastic art on Akaad gallery held by Tawasin Cultural Society activities on 9/1/2005 - Baghdad.
3. prepared and presentation Series of intellectual seminars in democracy culture and woman's rights during October and November / 2004 in many cultural centers in Baghdad such as " Al-ANN " center for democracy culture, Iraqi writer's union, and State House of Cultural Affairs/ Ministry of culture held by Tawasin Cultural Society activities.
4. I participated in A cultural seminar in Berlin- Germany under the title" Culture and sports in the political crisis zone- the cultural solution" on 26 / 05 / 2005, as an invitation by Goethe Institute and Fredrick Ebert Establishment .
5. prepared and presentation submitted a study and research in receptacles of publishing, distribution and printing of Iraqi book on 27/9/2005, at the building of State House of Cultural Affairs/ Ministry of culture, held by Tawasin Cultural Society.
6. Prepared holding a cultural week included many artistic activities such as comprehensive plastic art show, more than 123 females and males artists had participated of different ages and intellectual attitudes, in addition to musical evening, poetry seminar and critical sessions. On the AKAAD Gallery - Baghdad - 29- 05- 2004, held by Tawasin Cultural Society.
7. Prepared and presentation poetical and musical festival titled "The flowers leave in the storm" in which many poets, musicians and theatrical to challenge the terrorism and to remembering the martyr of our society the poet Ahmed Adam, who was one of the society founders, and died as a victim of terrorism. This festival held at Iraqi Writers Union on 20/11/2005, held by Tawasin Cultural Society.
8. prepared and presentation a widely dialogue symposium of the book "The cultural dialogue between the west and the Islamic world"which issued by (ifa) Institute of Foreign Affairs - Germany - Stuttgart with agreement of Goethe Institute - Germany . On 19/1/2006-Baghdad at Madarat Gallery held by Tawasin Cultural Society.
9. Established a workshop for musical instruments fabrication, in 2005, especially Iraqi " Al- Aoud" instrument, intending to qualify the youth, for Tawasin Cultural Society
10. Produced and directed a registry movie a bout plastic arts in Iraq, "Iraq in painting" 2006.
11. contributed in many children papers and magazines, with humanitarian societies in Iraq and abroad, they have good and long experience in this field, such as " The child and Environment" magazine issued by the Reservation of Iraqi Child and Environment Organization, headquarter in London, and " Our Environment is Our Live" issued by Bridge to Baghdad Organization, an Italian organization- headquarter in Rome.
12. Held a plastic arts workshop in Germany - Potsdam during June - 2006.
13. Lectured a symposium entitled " the role of governmental cultural establishments after 2003 and it's relation with Iraqi cultured " in AL- Rafedain club- Berlin 2006-5-20.
14. Prepared and coordinated a concert (a common music activity) between Tawasin Band and Czech Soloist - piano Ms. Natasha Radi - Cimbalova (the Czech Republic). A Musical evening under the title "Music is a language between the nations" by invitation from Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baghdad 29-06-2006.
15. Prepared to established "Tawasin female forum" inside our center in 11-11-2006, and held many symposiums with regard to rights and freedom of women in Iraq.
16. Prepared to established "Tawasin saloon of poetical" inside our center in 11-01-2006, to invite the Iraqi poets from different generations.
17. coordinated and administered a common cultural project between some youngsters from Germany and Iraq, in the field of the cultures dialog between East and West, under the title of "correspondence between youngsters through internet" , that project to look at exchange of views between youngsters and to try to know the life methods for each other. We started in 19-12-2006 and we continual until now.
18. Participated within series of training workshops about freedom of speech and press in the Iraqi constitution, which held by the nongovernmental organization program, in 23-24/02/2007.
19. Prepared and presentation to held poetical and musical symposium titled "poetic songs" many poets participated in it, at its center on 17/02/2007, by Tawasin Cultural Society.