Mahmoud Obaidi

Mahmoud obaidi (b. 1966, baghdad) is an iraqi-canadian artist whose work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. After leaving iraq in 1991, he obtained his masters of fine arts at the university of guelph in canada, & completed diplomas in new media and film from toronto & los angeles, respectively. His work has been exhibited extensively, including at moma ps1/ nyc / british museum – london / venice biennale / qatar museums gallery, doha / mathaf: arab museum of modern art-doha / saatchi gallery – london / the national museum of bahrain / the institut du monde arabe – paris / the national gallery of fine arts – amman / station museum of contemporary art – texas & the musée d’art contemporain de baie-saint-paul – Quebec/ Cairo biennale- Egypt, among others. His work is part of the permanent collection of a number of significant museums, foundations, & private collections. Curated more than 40 shows in different spaces around the world including saatchi gallery – nabu museum. Architect of fire station artist in residency – doha qatar & nabu museum – lebanon.

2019 MoMa ps1 compact home project, new york, usa.

2017 British museum group show(compact home).

2017 57th Venice biennale Grenada pavilion.

2016 Fragments: an exhibition by mahmoud obaidi, Qatar museums gallery, katara, Doha.
Fair skies, project space, mathaf: arab museum of modern art, Doha
Baghdad manifesto, saatchi gallery, London.

2015 the imposter, 56th Venice biennale, Venice.

2014 the replacement, meem gallery, Dubai and contemporary art platform, Kuwait city.

2013 contemporary arab art: how do you sleep at night?, meem gallery, Dubai and Abu Dhabi art, Abu Dhabi.
Fair skies – 25 years of arab creativity, national museum of bahrain, Manama
The cubes – hajj: the journey through art, museum of islamic art, Doha
Dress code, abu dhabi music and arts foundation, Abu Dhabi
Confusionism, katara art centre, Doha

2012 fair skies – 25 years of arab creativity, institut du monde arabe, Paris

2011 200 gigabytes of my memory – art in iraq today, meem gallery, Dubai, and Beirut exhibition centre, Beirut

2010 fair skies, agial art gallery and art Dubai, Dubai
They welcomed us with flowers, bastakiya art fair, Dubai
My homeland, art sawa gallery, Dubai
Beyond the war: contemporary iraqi artists of the diaspora, lthm gallery, New York

2009 turtles – iraqi artists in exile, station museum of contemporary art, Houston, Texas
Modernism and Iraq, wallach art gallery, columbia university, New York

2006 golden leaves book, gallery jouy, switzerland, and t cazacrou foundation, Frankfurt.

2005 dafatir: contemporary iraqi book art, university of North Texas art gallery, Denton and other locations (travelling exhibition)
Improvisation: seven iraqi artists, bissan gallery, doha, al-riwaq gallery, Manama, and 4 walls gallery, Amman .
Paris–Baghdad: iraqi artists, musée du montparnasse, Paris.

2003 iraqi art now: looking out, looking in, de paul art museum, Chicago.

2002 the Ramona project, 4 walls gallery, Amman.

1998 the dome project, zavitz gallery, Toronto
The dome project, public art, india.

1994 Obaidi, darat al funun, Amman.

1990 cats’ factory, museum of modern art, Baghdad.