Nuha Al-Radi (1941 - 2004) - IRAQ Born in Baghdad in 1941, the artist studied art at the Byamshaw School of Art and Chelsea Pottery in London (1961-1963); during the period 1971-1975, she taught at the American University of Beirut. In 1990 she gave up her pioneering place as a ceramist and started painting, etching and sculpting from found objects. In 1998, Nuha wrote and published the widely renowned Baghdad Diaries (London: Saqi Books) in English. Exhibitions The artist exhibited in a number of galleries including the Wasiti Galley (1964) and Museum of Modern Art (1971) in Baghdad, the Contact Gallery (1973) and the Epreuve d'artiste Gallery (1999) in Beirut; the Alif Gallery (1990) in Washington, D.C.; and the Darat Al Funun (1995) in Amman, an installation titled " under siege".   exhibition archive library art links