P.O. Box: 830016 Jabal Amman, Amman 11183, Jordan. Phone 5661983 Mobile: (077) 223317, E-mail: ammoura44@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
* Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A), Pratt Institute, New York, N.Y, U.S.A February 15, 1983
Painting Major, Drawing Minor.
Thesis: Expatriation and the Human Expressionist Painting.
* Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A)
Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad University, Iraq
Painting Major, Drawing, Printmaking and Mural Painting Minor.
* Diploma, Arroub Teachers Training College, West Bank. 1962 English Major.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
* Full time lecturer . College of Arts and Design, University of Jordan 2002-
* Assistant Professor. College of Arts and Education, Yarmouk University 1983- 1996
Subject of Teaching: Painting/ Drawing.
*Art Instructor. Amman Teachers Training College, Ministry of Education, Amman, Jordan 1971-1979
Subject of Teaching: Art History/ Painting/ Drawing.
* Art Instructor (Part time)
Fine Arts Institute, Ministry of Culture 1972-1974
Subject of Teaching: Painting/ Drawing 1976-1977
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
* Painter, Illustrator and Designer 1963-1965
Audio- Visual Center, Ministry of Education, Amman, Jordan
HONOURS AND AWARDS
* The State Prize, Amman, Jordan 1992
* The International Visiting Artists Grant, U.S.I.A. 1987
* Golden Sail Prize, Kuwait Biennial, Kuwait 1985
COMMITTEES
* State Prize Committees 1993,1990
* LANGUAGES SKILL
* Writing and Speaking Arabic and English
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
* Darat Al-Funun, Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan 2002
* Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan 1989
* Kuwait National Museum, Kuwait 1988
* The British Council, Amman, Jordan 1985
* Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan. (with Sculptor Keram Nimri) 1984
* Khalid Al-Khaliday Private Hall, Kuwait 1983
* Higgins Hall, Pratt Institute, New York 1982
* The British Council, Amman, Jordan 1979
* The French Center, Amman, Jordan 1979
* The British Council, Amman, Jordan 1974
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
* Hotel de Ville, Neuilly- Sur-Seine, Paris, Franc 2004
* 4walls Gallery, Amman, Jordan 2002
* Jordan National Gallery of Fine Art, Amman, Jordan 2002
* 4Walls, Sheraton, Amman, Jordan 2001
* Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan 2000
* Kuwait, Jordan Contemporary Art, Kuwait 1999
* Sharja Arts Biennial. Sharjah, U.A.E 1995
*The Egyptian Academy, Rome, Italy 1994
* Civil Gallery of Contemporary Art "F.Pizzo" Sicily 1991
* The Barbican Center, London, England 1989
*The XXIII International Prix of Contemporary Art of
Montercarlo 1989
*The Royal Cultural Center. Amman, Jordan 1988
*Abdul Hameed Shouman Cultural Center
Amman, Jordan 1988
* Baghdad International Festival of Arts, Saddam
* Art Center, Baghdad, Iraq 1988
* Arab Contemporary Art, The Mall Galleries, London
England 1986
* Jordan Contemporary Art, Exhibitions Hall
Peking, China 1985
* Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts Exhibitions
* Held in Turkey at:
* Ankara State Museum of Fine Arts 1983
* Istanbul State Museum of Fine Arts 1983
* And Poland Zacenta Gallery, Warsaw 1985, 1984
* Arab Contemporary Art, UN Plaza, New York
U.S.A 1982
* Jordan Artists Exhibition, Goethe Institute, Amman
* Jordan and Frankfurt, Germany 1975
COLLECTIONS
* Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
* The World Bank, New York
* Toyota Headquarters Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Collections at H.M. King Abdulla the Second and
H.M. Queen Rania Al-Abdullah
H.M Queen Noor Al- Hussein
H.R.H Prince Hassan and H.R.H Princess Tharwat Al-Hassan
And many private collections in: Jordan, Kuwait, England, France, S.A, Syria, Qatar, Germany, U.S.A, Finland, Iraq, Sweden, U.A.E, Canada, and Australia.
