Ali Rida
Iraq, b.1957
He obtained a Diploma in Fine Arts with a focus on painting from the Baghdad Institute of Fine Arts in 1977, a Bachelor’s degree in Painting from the College of Fine Arts in Baghdad in 1984, a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Tunisia in 2004, and a PhD in Arts Science and Techniques from the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Tunisia in 2013. He also worked as a painting instructor at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts, University of Tunisia.
