AHMED AL BAHRANI


AHMED AL BAHRANI

Born in 1965 in Babel. He lives and works in Qatar.

Ahmed Al Bahrani is a contemporary Iraqi artist and sculptor. After graduating from the Fine Arts Institute in Baghdad in 1988, he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1992-94. Relocating to Qatar in 1998, he co-founded Mimar Gallery with architect Hazem Abu Naba’a and has exhibited regularly throughout the Middle East and internationally. In recent years, he earned a significant following in the Gulf art scene, where he has been featured in some of the region’s most prominent commercial art spaces, such as artsawa in Dubai and Albareh Art Gallery in Bahrain.
He has been commissioned for a number of public works in Iraq, Qatar and across the Middle East. He has also been profiled in several publications, most notably in Canvas Magazine and Al Hayat Newspaper. Constantly evolving his artistic approach, he works across different mediums, including painting, printmaking and reliefs.