Suad al-Attar

The first Iraqi woman artist to have a solo exhibit in Baghdad, al-Attar has exhibited throughout Europe and the US, as well as in Iraq. She was born in Baghdad, studied at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and at the University of Baghdad. She left Baghdad and settled in the UK in the 1970s. There, she received a graduate degree in printmaking from Wimbledon School of Art in London and another degree in printmaking from the Central School of Art and Design in London.

Links:
http://www.gagallery.com/Artists_map.html&cur=1&artid=20
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/wordintoart/word-into-art/artists/attar.html
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/arabic/Iraqi-Artists.html