Ismail Azzam – is a well-known Iraqi curator and artist with extensive experience and knowledge of working with museums and galleries. He moved from Iraq to Doha in 1996 to work as a painter for the Arab Museum of Modern Art, the National Council of Culture, and most recently at QM as curator at the Orientalist Museum Collection.
Azzam is one of the most important contemporary portrait artists, renowned for his outstanding skills in painting prominent regional figures. Azzam’s works have been exhibited both locally and internationally, and he has taught art in several countries. He is also an important member of the Artists Syndicate and Association in Iraq.
