Rafa Al Nasiri studied printing at The Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad from 1956 to 1959. He furthered his Printmaking training in The Central Academy of Fine Arts in China from 1959 to 1963. He earned a Gulbenkian Foundation scholarship in 1967 to study print-making at the Gravura in Lisbon, Portugal.
His solo exhibitions have been held at venues such as The Sharjah Museum of Arts in 1997, The French Cultural Center in Amman in 1994, The National Museum of Fine Arts, Amman in 1980, Green Art Gallery, Dubai in 2008, 2013- Bahrain Financial Harbor Gallery, Manama in 2013 and most notably, his Retrospective exhibition, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman in 2013.
His international exhibitions include the 2nd Arab Biennale in Rabat in 1976, the 9th International Painting Exhibitions in Canne-Sur-Mer in 1977, the Arab Graphics Exhibition in London in 1978, the Salon de Comparaisons, Grand Palais, Paris in 1986 and the British Museum London in 2006 among others.
He has been honored with awards including the Honors Prize, International Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria in 1974, the 1977 The Jury Prize, International Painting Exhibition, Canne-Sur-Mer, France and the 1986 First Prize, Baghdad International Festival of Art, Baghdad, Iraq.
Rafa Al Nasiri Studio, Amman, Jordan
