EDUCATION
Bachelor Of Art Curtin University of Technology 2010/11
Advanced Diploma Art, Central TAFE, Perth, Western Australia 2008
Diploma of Fine Art Central TAFE, Perth, Western Australia 2007.
SOLO EXHIBTIONS
1989 - Baghdad
1991 - Baghdad
2001 - ‘Incantation’ - Beirut
2002 - ‘Sumerian Conversation’, Royal Cultural Centre, Jordan
2004 - Morocco
2006 - ‘Thirty Chairs’ – Bahrain
2009 – Dar Al-Anda Gallery, Jordan
2009 - ‘From Mesopotamia’, emerge ART SPACE, Mt Lawley, WA
2010 - ‘Kiss and Fly’, emerge ART SPACE, Mt Lawley, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2001 Three Artist Exhibition – Amman
Exhibition held by Arts office inside Iraq
Exhibition held by Arts office outside Iraq
Work exhibited at Mezan- Baghdad, Ena’a, Alwan, Akked and Ather, Galleries: Amman and Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Tunis, Saudi, Egypt, Yemen and Qatar
International participation: US. San Diego, Jakarta, China, Pakistan, India, Turkey, Italy and France.
Work exhibited at Central TAFE gallery, ‘Visual Arts Graduate Show 2008’, Perth.
Work exhibited at Perth Galleries , Gallery East ‘& Gomboc gallery, Western Australia.
Work exhibited at emerge ART SPACE, ‘OBJECTIFY’, Mt. Lawley, Western Australia.
‘Migration of Ideas’ 2010, Dar al Anda Gallery, Jordan
Sculpture by the Sea 2010 Cottesloe.
Sculpture by the Sea 2011, Cottesloe.
Sculpture by the Sea 2011, Bondi.
Wesley Church ‘Stations of the Cross’ Annual Group Exhibition.
Sculpture by the Sea 2012, Cottesloe.
Sculpture by the Sea 2013 Cottesloe.
Amman International Symposium Jordan.
'The figure is very important in art history. The first artists drew figures on the walls of caves and in time they then began to make obelisks. Afterwards they made figures of heroes from their history in the form of sculptures. The contemporary human can read the story of the history of the world from the artwork that has been produced throughout the ages.
The figure has accompanied me in my mind since I was a child, because I grew up in the region of Ur, southern Iraq and all around me was the history of Samaria which made a big impression on me. Therefore this influenced me to become an artist and sculptor.
My artwork is a documentary from what I see in my daily life. The figure in my artwork means love, land, peace and freedom and modern history needs to translate and document reality. In philosophy the meaning of art is about the history of mankind.
All my artwork is built on two things - form and idea, narrative and beauty. The idea for my artwork begins in my mind as a dream about humans, then animals and ending with birds. Also I connect the two different cultures of Samaria and Australia in my artwork which reflects the old world and the new world, so I adapt the old to become new and reflect this in what I produce. My memory carries a lot of observations from my childhood through to my new homeland and peace in Australia... some things are sad and some things are happy and ending with peace. In the past my artwork meant sadness and in the present it means peace.
I use many materials in my artwork but my favourite is bronze because bronze is a material that has been used throughout history, it has the 'smell' of history.
What makes me glad is when I see somebody who shows kindness to another person and also the sound of birds in the morning inspire me to be creative in the new day, but mostly it gives me satisfaction to make a sculpture of a figure which is part of history'.
Ayad has exhibited extensively internationally; often in the Middle East, in particular Jordan and Baghdad for more than twenty years. Most recently he has created large-scale in situ public art projects artworks in China at the High-Tech zone of the acclaimed Qingdao International Lan Bay Art Park, China and a major public art sculpture as an invited symposium member for the Changbai Mountain International Symposium on the Chinese/North Korean border. Ayad is known for his large-scale public art projects and has recently completed the Presbyterian Ladies College Centenary Sculpture