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Born in Baghdad in 1953, Qasim Sabti graduated from the Baghdad Academy of Fine Arts (1980) and now teaches art in his home city. A painter and a collagist, Sabti's work has been featured in nine solo exhibitions in Baghdad, Paris, New York, Tokyo, and Kyoto. Currently he is the Vice President of the Iraqi Plastic Artists Society, Secretary of the Iraqi Cultural Council, and owner of the Hewar Art Gallery in Baghdad. www.qasimsabti.com.


