Technical name: Dr. Omar Al-Muttalabi

– An Iraqi visual artist and academic, born in Baghdad in 1968.

– I graduated from the College of Fine Arts / University of Baghdad – Department of Fine Arts / Drawing Branch 1992

  – I got a master’s degree. 1999. His tagged message (dramatic expression in contemporary Iraqi painting) 

– I hold a PhD in Fine Arts Philosophy / Drawing – Aesthetic Leadership in Modern Iraqi Painting (2008).

– She was awarded the title of Professor of Fine Art in 2017

Graduate of the American Museum Study Program from George Washington University 2012

I held a joint exhibition and a photography exhibition in July 2012, Washington.  

– She held the position of Director General of the University House for Printing, Publishing and Translation – Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. 

– She joined the university to teach since 2006 – Al-Mustansiriya University. I was head of the Art Education Department in 2011

– I have worked as a print designer in many institutions since 2004.   She designed many magazines and books     

– I participate in designing and implementing hand puppets within puppet theater and children’s arts. He contributed to the design and implementation of theatrical decoration from 1988 until the end of the nineties. 

– I have been a member of the Iraqi Artists Syndicate and the Iraqi Plastic Artists Association since 1993. 

– I have participated in more than fifty art exhibitions inside and outside Iraq since 1988

– I held a personal painting exhibition in Lebanon in November 2010, entitled “Land of Bodies.”

– A joint exhibition at the Ministry of Culture 2018, several exhibitions of the Fine Artists Association, and many annual exhibitions 

– In memory of Faiq Hassan, I held a personal exhibition (A Touch of Color) in the capital, Amman, in April 2019.

In light of the Corona pandemic, the fourth personal exhibition (electronic) was held in Kalimat Hall in Istanbul. 

– I have participated in the international drawing workshop. In Türkiye for the years 2018-2021-2023

– I write and research in the field of artistic and visual criticism. 

– He has received many awards and certificates of appreciation. For his artistic contributions. For more than three decades

She participated in the Al-Wasiti Painting Festival from the late 1980s until 2024

I held my fifth personal exhibition (Meaning Without Meaning) at the French Cultural Institute, Baghdad, October 2022

I held the sixth personal exhibition in the Bronze Arts Hall (Iraqi Breezes) in Baghdad, April 2024.

– Participation in the exhibition of contemporary art at the Association of Iraqi Fine Artists, the Sulaymaniyah Symposium and Painting in Turkey, and two exhibitions at the Ministry of Culture during 2025.