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

Solo Exhibitions
July 2013: Departed and Gone to the Unseen, Janet Clayton Gallery 
July 2011: Incognito, Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, France
March 2005: The Flower of Devotion, D' Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
May 1995: Peace and War, Alsaid Gallery, Damascus, Syria

Group Exhibitions
Nahrain: Casula PowerHouse NSW March 2014
The Blake Prize, National Trust S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Delmar Gallery Ashfield, February 2 - 24 2013 -Touring the Blake
Τhe Australian Jewish Museum St Kilda, March 17- July 28 2013
Βill 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
Federal Circuit Court of Australia
UNHCR Damascus, Syria
Iraqi Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia
Iraqi Embassy Paris, France
Cité International des Arts de Paris, France

Private Collection
Hussain Ali Abbas Harba, Turin, Italy
Mariella Garis, Turin, Itally

Awards
Τhe 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-
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http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/innocence-personified-by-blake-prize-winner-20121108-
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