Resmi Al Kafaji
He was born in Diywania, Iraq. There he earned a degree in art from the Institute of Fine Arts of Bagdad, then later from the Accademia di Belle Arti of Florence, Italy.
He partecipated in various exhibitions in Iraq until 1977 when he moved to Italy.
Solo exhibitions
2023 Cypresses -welcome and tenderness – galleria Immaginaria, Florence2023 Cypresses -welcome and tenderness – galleria Immaginaria, Florence
2023 Cypresses- weicom and tenderness-gallery immaginaria Florence
2019 Pathways. Albareh Art Gallery, Manama, (BH)
Pathways 2, Wadi finan Gallery, Amman,(JO)
2018 Earth and moon, Studio 38 Contemporary Art Gallery, Pistoia, (IT)
2017 Two memories, Zetaeffe Gallery, Florence, (IT)
2016 other homelands 1, Orfali Art Gallery, Amman, (JO)
other homelands 2, Albareh Art Gallery, Manama, (BH)
other homelands 3, Artspace Hamra, Beirut, (LB)
2014 Autunno, Galleria Immaginaria, Florence, (IT)
2012 Canti Andalusi, Galleria Immaginaria, Florence, (IT)
2008 Thirty years of distance, Zinc exposities galerie, Bergen, (NL)
1999 Stadsbiblioteket, Goeteborg (S);
L’albero della vita, Galleria La Spirale, Prato, (IT)
1997 Galleria La Spirale, Prato, (IT)
1996 Tamuz Gallery, Bruxelles (B
1996 Konst Ustalling, Goeteborg
1993 Polivalent Hall, Montemurlo, Prato, (IT)
1989 Galleria Alfa, Milano, (IT)
1984 Gallery of the Town Hall, Rignano sull’Arno -Florence, (IT)
1983 Municipal Gallery, Troghi, Florence, (IT)
Participation in Art Fair
2022 Aafamsterdam-fair-Amsterdam2022 Aafamsterdam-fair-Amsterdam
2023 Egypt Art Fair
2022 Egypt Art Fair
2022 Affordable Art Fair,Amsterdam
2020 Jameel Prize, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2020 padova Art fair -Italy
2015 Art London; London (UK)
2015 Beirut Art Fair, Beirut (LB)
2017 Art Abu Dhabi
2017 Wopart, Lugano (CH)
2016 Art Dubai, Dubai (AE),,
2011 The Mystical Self VideoArtVerona,(IT)
2011 La rincorsa della lepre, Brolo,Messina; Festart
VideoArtFestival (IT)
– Festart VideoArtFestival – Forum di Ancona Culture as resource and value, teatro delle Muse- Ancona,(IT)
– 2011 Videoarte, Neon campobase, Bologna,(IT)
– VisualContainer, Milano; Ars gratia artis,
1018 Art-karlusruhe, Karlusruhe (D),
1983 Fiera d’Arte, Messine (IT), 15th Biennal International of
Fair Arts, Ljubljana (SLO)
1998 Etruria Arte, Venturina –Leghorn (IT)
2011 Videoarte, Neon campobase, Bologna,(IT)
2010 3rd Bagasbas Beach International Eco Art Festival, The
Philippines.
2010 – Magmart Festival, PAN, Palazzo delle arti, Naples and Museum of contemporary art of Casoria, Casoria, (IT)
Group exhibition
2023 Two Shores ,with Baldin Ahmad & Qassim Alseady, Museo Civico mediovale, Bologna- (IT )
2023 Two Shores ,with Baldin Ahmad & Qassim Alseady, gallery piano nobile, Pistoia
2022 Two Shores ,with Baldin Ahmad & Qassim Alseady, Gallery Immaginaria, Firenze
2019 Gallery Immaginaria
2018 Astrattismo-Sguardi, curated by I.Gualtieri e I.Magni, Borghetto di Bagnolo, Montemurlo (
– Bagdad mon amour, curated by Morad Montazami, Institut des Cultures d’Islam, Paris (F);
– Selection|Cultural Narratives,Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, (AE)
2017 Locura Follia, curated by L.Gensini, Biblioteca Lazzerini, Prato, (IT)
– Mosaico, Gallerie ZetaEffe, Firenze, (IT)
– Palazzi d’arte, Studio38contemporary art, Pistoia (IT)
2016 Tandem in tandem, curated by G.Giusti, case d’arte-via d. mattonaia, Florence, (IT )
2014 Oltrevisore-Albume convivial art project, Cuneo, (IT)
2013 21 Cuori, Atelier Giardino Colgante, Prato,(IT)
– ALTER EGO Ex-chiesa di San Giovanni Gerosolimitano. Prato ,( IT)
– Il linguaggio universale dell’arte, C.A.O.S Museum,
Palazzo Primavera, Terni, (IT)
2012 Dove Sta “Za”? 110 Artisti Per i 110 Anni di Zavatini, Quadro 0,96, Fiesole, (IT)
– Dialoguing Textures. ex-chiesa Di San Giovanni Gerosolimitano, Prato, (IT)
– Incontro. Artisti K0, Auditorium – Centro per l’ arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato,(IT)
2011 Galleria La Corte, Florence, (IT)
2010 Visioni irachene, videoart, Sala Altana, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence;
– FestArt VideoArt Festival, Macro Testaccio, Museum of
contemporary art of Rome, Rome,(IT)
– Ravello LAB, Torre Maggiore di Villa San Rufolo, Ravello, (IT)
– Magmart Festival,,PAN, Palazzo delle arti, Naples
– Museum of contemporary art of Casoria, Casoria,(IT)
2009 Sulla propria pelle, Villa Vogel, Florence; Galleria Roos, Greve in Chianti, (IT)
2008 15 artisti x 111 sms, Andrea Del Sarto, Florence, (IT)
2005 Il Cassero, Prato (IT)
2003 Artisti del Novecento pratese, Santa Caterina, Prato (I); Kufa Gallery, London (UK)
2002 Theatre of Utrecht, Utrecht (NL)
2001 Company Gallery, Utrecht (NL); Mokum Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2000 Brunei Gallery, London (UK)
1996 Konst Ustalling, Goeteborg (S)
1995 Galleria CEPAC, Prato (IT)
1993 Galleria La Spirale, Prato (I), I colori del mondo, S.Bartolo a Cintoia, Florence (IT); I colori del mondo, Galleria DEA, Florence (IT)
1989 L’arte che non esiste, Palazzo Valentini, Rome (IT)
1988 Galerie Nuovo Aleph, Milan (IT)
1984 Circolo Brecht, Milan (IT)
1982 Municipal Art Space, Paris (F), Sirian Center Cultural, Damascous (SYR);1982 Folklore Museum, Rome (IT)
Palazzo Parte Guelfa- Municipal Gallery, Florence (I), Palazzo Ca’ Giustiniani- Municipal Gallery, Venise (IT)
1978 Exhibition of Iraqi Artists, Municipal Gallery, Perugia (IT)
Bibliography
Biennal International of Fine Arts (cat.), Moderna Galerya Jugoslavija, Ljubljana, 1983
La grafica di Resmi Kadhim, Comune di Rignano s/Arno, Florence 1984
Etruria Arte -Centro di iniziativa per le attività creative, Lalli editore, Leghorn 1988
I colori del mondo (cat.), Comune di Firenze, Q4 e Associazione AEAOA, Florence 1993
Le sabbie del deserto (cat.), Comune di Montemurlo, Florence 1993
L’albero della vita, (cat.) Galleria Spirale, Prato 1999
F. Riccomini, Storia delle arti figurative nella Prato del tardo Novecento, Ed. Le Polene, Prato, 2003
AAVV. 15 artisti x 111 sms, cat., Florence 2008
Thirty years of distance, cat., Florence 2008
AAVV, ArtVerona, VideoartVerona, Cat., 2011
AAVV, Ars gratia artis, cat., Florence 2011
Resmi Al Kafaji, Chiaroscuro, ed Fratini, 2014
Resmiti Al Kafaji, Other homelands, monografia, ed. Fratini, 2016
AAVV, Locura follia, cat.ediz. limitata a cura G. Maestre, Prato, 2017
AAVV, Astrattismo, Sguardi, curated by Italia Gualtieri e Ilaria Magni, Prato, 2018
Resmi Al Kafaji, Pathways, monography, 2018.
His works are in the collection of C.A.O.S Museum Terni, Museum of contemporary art of Casoria, Casoria (CE)Italy, and Museum of Arts and Antiquities, Al Qadissiya University, Diywania Iraq, National gallery of Jordan- Amman, Museum and Exhibition of Arab World Institute-Paris ,and in private art collections in Italy, The Netherland, Switzerland, Great Britain and arabic countries.
www.resmiarte.eu resmi1@libero.it tel. 0039 3476356751