NAJIB YOUNIS

Younis Najib is an artist who was born in Mosul, Iraq in 1930. He received his Degree of Honor from the College of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1954 and has participated in many exhibitions both in Iraq and abroad. Some of these exhibitions include:

·         1955 Al Mansur Exhibition, Baghdad.

·         Exhibition of Iraqi Plastic Art Society 1956, 1957, 1958.

·         1958 personal exhibition, Mosul.

·         1963 personal exhibition, Mosul.

·         1963 Mosul's Artists Exhibition.

·         All of Fine Arts University of Mosul's exhibitions.

·         1985 Honoring comprehensive exhibition that includes 250 paintings, Baghdad.

·         1985 Honoring exhibition, London.

·         1998 personal exhibition, Bahrain.

·         2001 personal exhibition, Bahrain.

·         2001 personal exhibition U.A.E, Abu Dhabi.

In addition to his own work, Najib has been organizing art study courses since 1954, which have helped to produce many famous Iraqi artists. In 1965, he founded Mosul's University Studio, which served as the base for the university museum and contained various works of Iraqi art. He also established the Painting and Ceramic as well as Arabic Calligraphy and Arabesque sections in the Fine Art Institute of Mosul in 1978, where he served as the head until his retirement in 1983. Najib's work has largely focused on his surroundings and on depicting “the object” in great detail. He has also created many paintings that reflect historical and emotional subjects. In 1996, he was recognized with the Medal of Iraqi Art Pioneers by the Ministry of Education and has been a member of the Iraqi Artists Union and a founding member of the Iraqi Plastic Art Union.