Jasim Ghafur
Visual Artist/ Painter

Born
01/07/1971, Tawilah, Kurdistan, Iraq

Education/ Qualification 

Sulaimanyah Fine Art Institute/ Iraq 1984 -1989

Skills
• Running Art workshops/ Adult and children age 7 to 15
• Face painting
• Organising festivals and events
• Interpreting/ Translating

Spoken Languages
Kurdish, Arabic, Farsi, English

Employment
• Apr 2005 – present Nottingham Long Journey Home/ Group Coordinator
• Sep 2003 – present Nottingham Refugee Forum/ Floating Support Worker
• 1994 – 2000 Education Department, Iraq/ Art Teacher
• 1998 – 2000 The Centres for Defence of Children’s Rights/ Assistant Manager
Project Manager, Editor of Children’s World news letter

Exhibition
• Postcard exhibition Surface gallery 17-30 December 06
• Angle Arts Bistro/ Nottingham 01– 15 October 06
• Nottingham Refugee Forum/ official opening event on 22/05/06
• Surface Gallery in Nottingham 7th July 2005.
• Surface Gallery in Nottingham July 2003
• Art Exchange in Nottingham June 2003
• Fine Art Association Gallery in Sulaimanyah/ Iraq 1997
• Sulaimanyah Museum in Sulaimanyah Iraq 1998

Other activities:
• Run a print making workshop (in celebration of refugee week) at Nottingham Refugee Forum on 16, 17/06/06 and exhibited the art works for two weeks at the Forum.
• Run a workshop for Refugee Week “creating art by using mediums from the garden” at Ecoworks Community gardens for children and adults. June 06.
• Presented slide show of my painting at the Nottingham Play House on 30/09/05.
• Run art workshops in 3 schools in Nottingham 2004 about live of refugees.
• Run adult art course for learning basics of drawing and painting in Nottingham 2002
• Coordinated Monday Nights Children Art Club at Nottingham Refugee Forum 2002-2003
• Organised many art activities for children in Iraq such as festivals, exhibition and poem/ story writing workshops. 1994 – 2000.