Awni Adel Abbas
About Artist
Awni Adel Abbas was born in 1961 in
Kirkuk and completed his undergradute
studies in art in Baghdad. He received
his thuluth-naskh certificate from Fuad
Başar in a ceremony held at the IRCICA
International Calligraphy Competition
in 2014. Abbas decorated and penned
inscriptions for numerous mosques in
Georgia, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan and in
many other countries. He is the director of
the calligraphy department of the Kirkuk
National Education Directorate.