Himat M. Ali’s (b. Karkuk, 1960) recent solo exhibitions include displays at the Sharif Exhibition Hall, Tunis, 2008, Nabad Hall, Amman, 2010, and Dar Al Funoon, Kuwait, 2010. He has also participated in group exhibitions including Iraqi Artists in Exile, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas, 2008, and Modernism and Iraq, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, 2009. In 2008, he and Japanese poet and writer, Gotaro Tsunezumi worked on a project, titled Flowers from the Sky, together at the 5 Lines Contemporary Art Gallery in Amman.

His awards include the Appreciation Award, Youth Festival, Bagdad, 1983; Award in Graphics, Wasiti Festival, Bagdad, 1985; and First Award, Wasiti Festival, Bagdad, 1989. Ali creates mixed media works on handmade paper based on nature, particularly the motif of the flower. He states: ‘In the flower, I have found my little fairies. They do not utter a sound, yet, they speak all the possible languages.’ In 2008, he created a steel mural, exhibited at Nabad Gallery in Amman. He lives in Paris.