SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010: Meem Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2008: Dar Al Funoon and Meem Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2007: Meem Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2007: Ghaf Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2005: ‘Jinass’ Christie’s Gallery, London, UK
2003: ‘Ali Omar Ermes – In Context’ Art Advisory Associates, St James’, London, UK
2003: Art Advisory Associates, Leighton House Museum, London, UK
2001: SOAS School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK
1993: The Oxford University Linacre College, Oxford, UK
1993: Maybank Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1992: The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
1991: SOAS Islamic Art Foundation, London, UK
1990: The Ethnological Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1989: Sultan Gallery, Kuwait
1988: Kufa Gallery, London, UK
1987: Egee Art Gallery, London, UK
1982: The Royal Over-Seas League, St James’, London, UK
1976: Islamic Cultural Centre, Washington DC, USA
1969: Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth, UK
1965: Tripoli International Fair, Tripoli, Libya
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010-2011: ‘EXHIBITIONISM: The Art of Display’ East Wing Nine at The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London, UK
2010: ‘Breaking Boundaries: Contemporary Calligraphy from the Middle East’ Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland
2009: ‘Middle East Modern Masters’ Meem Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2009: ‘Perspectives: Arab and Iranian Modern Masters’ Phillips de Pury & Company Gallery at Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2009: ‘Letters’ Mont Blanc Arabic and Calligraphy Exhibition in association with UNICEF, The Dubai Mall, Dubai
2008: ‘Mediterraneo: A Sea That Unites –An Exhibition by Artists of the Mediterranean Coastal States’ Italian Cultural Institute, London
2007: ‘The Dance of Quill and Ink. Contemporary Art of the Middle East’ The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
2007: ‘The Dance of Quill and Ink. Contemporary Art of the Middle East’ The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia
2007: The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, USA
2006: ‘East-West: Objects between Cultures’ Tate Britain, London, UK
2006: ‘Word into Art’ The British Museum, London, UK
2004: ‘Symbols of Harmony: Art from the Islamic World’ Aya Gallery, Kent, UK
2003: ‘Mighter than the Sword’ Ian Potter Museum, Melbourne, Australia
2003: ‘Journeys & Destinations: Contemporary African Artists on the move’ Smithsonian Museum Institute, Washington DC, USA
2002: ‘Artistas Por La Paz’ The Islamic Cultural Centre, Madrid, Spain
2002: Master Strokes: Contemporary Calligraphic Art from the Islamic World’ October Gallery, London, UK
2001-2002: ‘Contemporary Arab Art’ Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2001: ‘Spring Lines: Contemporary Calligraphy from East and West’ The Edward Johnston Foundation in association with the Ditchling Museum and The Prince’s Foundation, Ditchling and London, UK
1997: ‘Calligraphies’ Soni Gallery, London, UK
1997: British Council, Kent, UK
1996: ‘Signs Traces Calligraphy’ Odense (European Cultural City of the year 1996), Denmark
1996: ‘Signs Traces Calligraphy: Five contemporary artists from North Africa’ Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1996: ‘The Right to Write Exhibitions’ Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, USA
1995: ‘Africa 95 Signs, Traces and Calligraphies’ Barbican Art Gallery, The Barbican, London, UK
1994: Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
1993-1996: ‘Dromen van het paradijs: Islamic Art Dreaming of Paradise’ Museum voor Volkenkude, Museum of Ethnology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1993: Polisher Fine Art, London, UK
1992: ‘Oxfam Art for a Fairer World’ Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow, Cardiff, London
1992: Le Groupement 1492 Conference, Geneva, Switzerland
1989: ‘Contemporary Art from the Islamic World’ Barbican Centre, London, UK
1989: Falcon Art Gallery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1983: Graffiti Gallery, London, UK
1982: Libyan Cultural Week, London, UK
1980: Biennale of the Union of Arab Artists, Tripoli, Libya
1973: Kuwait Biennale, Kuwait
1971: Arab Union Exhibition, Tripoli, Libya
1968: Africa Centre, London, UK
