Amar Dawod (b. Baghdad, 1957) has held solo exhibitions in Sweden, Poland and Jordan including Gallery Linjen, Västervik, Falun City Library, Falun, Art Academy, Lodz, and Karim Gallery, Amman. He has participated in numerous international group exhibitions including Graphics Triennial 11, Krakow, 1986; Relief, Plan, Images, Centre de la Gravure et de L’image imprimée, La Louvière, 1994; A propos de ‘La Résurrection’ de Piero della Francesca, Musée du Petit format, Sansepolcro, Tuscany and Viroinval, 2003; Contemporary Iraqi Book Art, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas, 2005; and Contemporary Iraqi Art, Pomegranate Gallery, Soho, New York, 2007.

Dawod studied at the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad and received an MA from the Art Academy, Lodz, in 1987. He has also studied Animation at the Animations House in Eksjö. His awards include Mention Honorifique, Krakow, 1984; Mention Honorifique, Krakow, 1986; and Graphics Triennial Award, Fredrikstad, 1989. Regarding his art, Dawod states: ‘Painting…is a kind of liberation and thrilling road, even if that road is sometimes bumpy.’ He lives in Västervik.