Plastic artist / Qasim Yassin
Born in: Kuwait 1950
• Academic Qualifications: Master of Practical Art, majoring in watercolors, University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoa, Michigan State, USA 1983 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in Graphics and Animation, Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, Cairo, A.D. 1980 (and obtained Ranked first in all arts departments in the college with honors) - Diploma in Meteorology (Meteorologist), General Administration of Civil Aviation, Kuwait 1972.
• Technical expertise: pencil drawing - Chinese ink drawing - charcoal drawing - wax colors - colored wooden colors - chalk colors - water colors - gouache colors - acrylic colors - oil colors - porcelain and ceramics - printing and graphic arts (lino, wood, zinc and lithograph) - sculpture Decoration – photography – collage art – caricature – animation – designing logos, stamps and posters.
• Membership: Member of the teaching staff at the Ministry of Education since 1980 until retirement in 2004 AD - Member of the Kuwaiti Teachers Association - Member of the Kuwaiti Society of Fine Arts since 1980 - Member of the International Association of Arts Paris since 1980 - Member of the General Union of Arab Fine Artists (1980-1990) - Member of the Asian Handicrafts Association since 2004.
• Plastic exhibitions inside Kuwait: Exhibitions of the Kuwaiti Society for Fine Arts, private and public (1980-2003) - February 25 exhibition (1984-2003) The ninth exhibition of Arab plastic artists 1985 - The tenth exhibition of Arab plastic artists 1987 - The twelfth Kuwait International Biennale 1996 - Art exhibition The Comprehensive Qurain Cultural Festival (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000) - The Eighth Liberation Exhibition Kuwait 1999 - The Seas Exhibition Kuwait National Museum 1986 - Panorama of Contemporary Kuwaiti Fine Art Bushehri Art Hall (1993, 1997) - February 25 Exhibition and the opening of the Kuwait Gallery of Fine Arts 1996 - Excerpts for Contemporary Kuwaiti Plastic Artists 1996 - American Ladies Exhibition (1969, 1971) - Al-Kharafi's First Biennale of Contemporary Kuwaiti Art and the Opening of the Gallery of the Late Mohammed Abdul Mohsen Al-Kharafi 2004 - Exhibition of the National and Liberation Days of the State of Kuwait 2005 - Martyr's Exhibition, Martyr's Office 2005.
• Plastic exhibitions outside Kuwait: Student Exhibition of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo 1980 - Youth Exhibition for Arts and Literature, Cairo 1980 - Al-Damkhi Exhibition of Plastic Art, Kuwaiti Student Union Cairo (1975-1980) - First Personal Exhibition, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoa, USA 1982 – Michigan State Artists Watercolor Exhibition, Sagatak, Michigan State, USA 1983- Rica Exhibition of Original Paintings Yugoslavia 1984- Kuwaiti Contemporary Art Exhibition, Sofia 1985 – GCC Youth Cultural Festival Exhibition, Tokyo 1985 – Kuwaiti Contemporary Art Exhibition, Emirates United Arab Emirates 1985 - Contemporary Asian Artists Exhibition, Seoul 1986 - Kuwait Fine Art Exhibition, Al Khafji 1986 - Youth Exhibition, Bahrain 1986 - Havana Second International Biennale, Cuba 1986 - Kuwaiti Contemporary Art Exhibition, Prague 1987 - Kuwaiti Contemporary Art Exhibition, Moscow 1987 - The Kuwaiti Contemporary Art Exhibition, Paris and Rome 1988 - The Second International Biennale of Ankara, Turkey 1988 - The Twelfth International Biennale of Kuwait, Kuwait 1996 - The Second Egypt International Triennale of Graphic Art, Cairo 1997 - The Fine Arts Festival, Sultanate of Oman 1998 - The Third Biennale of Al-Mahaba for Fine Arts, Lattakia, Syria 1999- The First Biennale of Painting Art for Islamic Countries, Tehran 2000- The Chouf International Symposium, Lebanon 2001 - Kuwait Art Exhibition and Media Week, Alexandria 2002 - The First International Exhibition of Arabic Calligraphy for Islamic Countries, Tehran 2002 - The Ninth Cairo International Biennale, Cairo 2003 - Exhibition The Twelfth International Holy Quran, Tehran 2004 - The Third Biennale of Painting and Painting for Islamic Countries, Tehran 2005 - Festival and Exhibition of Periodic Art of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, Sultanate of Oman 2005.
• Awards and Certificates of Appreciation: Certificate of Appreciation for the Twelfth Special Society Exhibition, Kuwait 1980 - Gold Medal for the Fifteenth Special Society Exhibition, Kuwait 1983 - First Prize for the First Caricature Exhibition, Kuwait 1993 - Golden Shield for the Second Caricature Exhibition, Kuwait 1994 - Certificates and Shields of Appreciation from the Exhibition Al-Damkhi for Fine Art, Kuwaiti Student Union, Cairo from 1975 to 1980 - First Prize and Golden Shield for the Eighth Liberation Exhibition, Kuwait 1999 - Certificate of Appreciation for the Biennale of Love, Syria 1999 - Golden Dana Award, February 25 Exhibition, Kuwait 2004 - Prize for "Al-Asr" magazine For Distinguished Works, Kuwait 2005 - Silver Palm Award for the Gulf Cooperation Council's Periodic Art Festival and Exhibition, Sultanate of Oman 2005 - A number of shields, medals and certificates of appreciation for several cultural and artistic activities.
• Holdings: Technic and Aquanet printing plate with template by Dr. Salem Al-Tahih 1980 - Five watercolor paintings for the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (1986, 1991) - Eight watercolor paintings for the Conference Palace (1986, 1992) A watercolor painting by Dr. Fahd Al-Rashed 1987 - Two watercolor paintings Engineer / Suleiman Al-Awadi 1994 - five watercolor paintings of the Council of Ministers (1997, 1998) - an acrylic painting of the National Committee for Prisoners and Missing Persons Affairs 1999 - a watercolor of His Excellency the Kuwaiti Ambassador, Mr. Faisal Al-Ghais 1998 - a watercolor of Professor / Muhammad Al-Hamidi 1997 - a triple acrylic painting of His Excellency Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr. Jassim Muhammad Abdul Mohsen Al-Kharafi 2003 - Acrylic painting by Mr. Faisal Khazal 2003 - Three-part acrylic painting of the Governor of the Chouf Region, Lebanon 2001
