Amer Bader was born in Baghdad 1975. He studied painting at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad 1997, then he completed his studies at the College of Fine Arts Baghdad 2001.
In 2010 he moved to the Netherlands where he lives and works there.
He hield several personal and group exhibitions in the Netherlands, Europe and in the medial East.
His painting is a reflection of the memories and the feelings he lived during his childhood back in Iraq.
He focused in his works on the social, human side of life and his last works express the terrible effects of war on people, countries and the suffering it causes to humans.
Education
2001 BA in Painting: Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad
1997 Diploma in Painting Art: Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad
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Member Pulchri Studio The Hague
Member Iraqi Plastic artists Society
Since 2016 registration in the RKD (Rijksbureau voor Kunst Documentatie,
one of worlds leading documentation and research institute).
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​Solo Exhibitions
2024 Boushahri Art Gallery, Kuwait
2022 Akkad Gallery, Baghdad
2021 Southern tales, Pulchri Studio, The Hague the Netherlands
2016 State of love”, Swiss Medical Beauty Center, Zurich
2016 London Hilton on Park Lane
2009 Wasti Gallery, Damascus, Syria
2008 Darbouna Gallery, Amman, Jordan
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​Art Fairs
​2017 Art Terre- Lithoyen, Sous - terre Gallery, the Netherlands
2016 Art Fair Amsterdam ADAF, the Netherlands
2016 Art Fair Rotterdam Ahoy “Nationale Kunstdagen”
2016 Art Fair Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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​Group Exhibitions
2023 Irok gallery, Horst The Netherlands
2022 Exhibition mixed, Markttwee gallery. Zaltbommel
2022 Opening Spring Salon, Pulchri Studio, The Hague the Netherlands
2020 Opening Spring Salon, Pulchri Studio, The Hague the Netherlands
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2019 ZOMEREXPO19, Museum de fundatie, Kasteel het Nijenhuis, Zwolle the Netherlands
Kunstkamerfraneker gallery, Franeker the Netherlands
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​2018 SHACKLES; den-gallery. Kuwait
Gallery Sous-terre Lithoijen, Oss the Netherlands
Najaars salon; Pulchri Studio, The Hague the Netherlands
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2017 De Orient 2.0”; Pulchri Studio, The Hague the Netherlands
Dierent Worlds”; Gallery Sous-Terre, Lithoyen, Netherlands
Voorjaarssalon”; Pulchri Studio, the Netherlands
Kunst Zicht, Heesijk-Dinther, the Netherlands
Art Festival Monastir, Tunisia
Kunstbeurs Noord Brabant, the Netherlands
Pulchri Studio, The Hague, the Netherlands
IROK Gallery, Horst, the Netherlands
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2016 World Art Delft, Groups Exhibition, Winter Guests, the Netherlands
Common Humanity Exhibition “Artists in Exile” Paintings in Iraq
The Master Gallery, Riverside Drive, New York
North Newton (Kansas), Bethel College, Robert W. Regier Gallery, USA
Wichita, Clayton Staples Gallery, McKnight Art Center, Wichita Stat
Kunstkelder, Haarlem, the Netherlands
2015 Exhibition Auction United Nations, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
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2011 Contemporary Iraqi Art in Doha in Qatar Fine Arts Society, Qatar
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​2009 Artist in Exile Exhibition, New York, USA
For Gaza Exposition, Anda Gallery, Amman, Jordan
Faithfulness Medal Iraqi Culture days Exposition, Damascus, Syria
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2008 United Nations Commission, Babylon Gallery, Damascus
United Nations Commission, The French Cultural, Damascus
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​2000 Jameel Hamoudi Competition, Inana Gallery, Baghdad
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Photograf: Ihsan Jezany