AMER AL OBAIDI

Amer Al-Obaidi – was born in 1943 into a large family based in Najaf, where he was the fourth of six children. His creative spark was evident from a young age, creating his first sculpture at the age of 10-11 – After winning local art contests as a young boy, his family encouraged him to pursue art further. He enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts, focusing on painting, and graduated in the late 1960s. He enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts, focusing on painting, and graduated in the late 1960s. After graduating, al-Obaidi moved to Saudi Arabia, where he taught painting for three years. He returned in the early 1970s to begin a role at Iraq’s Ministry of Culture, designing posters, books and magazines. Following this, he became Director of the National Museum of Modern Art, a role with great prestige and responsibility, especially as Iraq’s art scene was extremely busy in the 1970s.,