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Education

• 2007 - 2012: Honours Degree in Fine Art, Sydney National Art School, Australia
• 1994 - 1997: Graduate Degree in English Literature, Damascus University, Syria
  
• 1992 - 1995: Part-time Course at the National Institute of Calligraphy, Damascus University, Syria

 
Solo Exhibitions

• July 2013: Gone & Departed to the Unseen, Janet Clayton Gallery Sydney, Australia
• July 2011: Incognito, Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, France
• March 2005: The Flower of Devotion, D’ Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
• May1995: Peace and War, Alsaid Gallery, Damascus, Syria

 
Group Exhibitions

• The Blake Prize, National Trust S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
• Delmar Gallery Ashfield, February 2 - 24 2013 -Touring the Blake
• The Australian Jewish Museum St Kilda, March 17- July 28 2013
• Bill Wright Gallery Darlinghurst, December 2012
• What is Art, Espace a Debattre (Ben Vautier’s Gallery), Nice, France
• Other artists: S. Duchamp, SergeIII, Ben Vautier, September 2011
• Institute of Calligraphy, Abha, Saudi Arabia, July 2004
• Australian Consulate, Syria, Damascus, March 1996

 
Residencies

• May - July 2011: Cité International des Arts de Paris, France
• June - July 2004: Salim Gallery, Bali, Indonesia

 
Permanent Collection

• UNHCR Damascus Syria
• Iraqi Embassy Jakarta Indonesia
• Iraqi Embassy Paris France
• Cité International des Arts de Paris France
• Federal Circuit Court Sydney Australia

 
Private Collection

• Hussain Ali Abbas Harba, Turin, Italy
• Mariella Garis, Turin, Itally

 
Awards

• The Blake Prize (MUA - The Human Justice Award, 2012)

 
Publications

• www.art-almanac.com.au/.../2012-blake-prize-winners-announced/
• www.blakeprize.com/file.../MediaRelease_TheBlakePrize2012.pdf
• http://www.blakeprize.com/news/interview-saif-almurayati
• http://media.watoday.com.au/news/national-news/unfolding-history-wins-justice-award-3779403.html
• http://www.shervingallery.com.au/whats-on/currentPrizes
• http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/controversy-misses-the-mark-in-blake-prize-20120925-26j1a.html
• http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/innocence-personified-by-blake-prize-winner-20121108-28zlt.html