Born in Muharraq in 1954, Ebrahim Busaad is a freelance professional artist and a founding member of the Bahrain Art Society. Previously, he joined the Ministry of Education in 1973, where he worked as a calligraphist, then moved to become an Art Design Specialist in textbooks in 1992, and an Educational Aids Superintendent in the same Ministry in 2004. During his tenure at the Ministry of Education, he designed and directed the printing of many book covers for many literary works, novels and children's textbooks.
Busaad has a passion for modern art and calligraphy, and he uses various innovative art techniques and tools to portray his work, such as drawing, watercolor, acrylic paint, oil on canvas, etching, silk screen, collages and installations, as well as other methods.
Busaad is a B.A. holder in Fine Arts from the University of Baghdad, 1978. He has also attended various courses in design and direction of books, notably in Cyprus in 1984 and at Logman, London in 1992.
Busaad is found internationally; his work is permanently showcased in the National Museum of Bahrain, the Modern Art Museum of Qatar, the National Museum of Sharjah, Darat AlFunoon and the National Museum of Fine Arts in Jordan, the National Council of Culture and Arts in Kuwait and the British Museum in London. In addition, private acquisitions are also found in Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Kingdom and United States of America.
Derived from his vision, “with art we excel”, Busaad has always been committed to sharing his work and passion nationally and across the globe. With this objective implemented in his work, he has held various solo exhibitions and participated in joint exhibitions in Bahrain and overseas.
1985 Private works, Bahrain Arts Society.
1988 The “Intifada” Uprising of Arabic letter, Bahrain Arts Society
1996 The Lights & Shadows, Bahrain Arts Society
1998 “On the Dining Table”, Bahrain Arts Society
2000 “The Gestures”, Arts Center
2001 “Takaseem”, AlRawaq Gallery
2002 “Lanterns” , Bahrain Arts Society
2005 “The Music of yearning”, Albareh Gallery
2006 “Maqamat”, Bahrain Art Society
2007 “The music of yearning 2”, Bahrain Art Society
2008 “Traneem”, Albareh Gallery
2009 “End of the Point”, Albareh Gallery
2011 “Antagonism”, (Silk Screen), Memory of the Places – Bait Bin Matar (all proceeds of the exhibition is allocated for Alrahma Disable Society)
2012 “Ring of the Dove”, Memory of the places – Bait Bin Matar
2013 “Black & White” (Etching), Arabic Regional Centre for International Heritage (All proceeds of the exhibition are allocated for the Bahrain Cancer Society)
2014 “Shadow of the Pink”, Busaad Art Gallery
1973 The Ministry of Labour & Social Affairs exhibition
1977 The joint Academic exhibition
1978-2003 The Ministry of Cabinet Affairs & Information exhibitions
1978-1980 The Contemporary Art Society exhibitions
1982 The Etching exhibition
1982 “The Israeli Invasion of Lebanon”, With Nasser AlYousif
1983 The Bahrain Art Society's preliminary exhibition
1983-2004 The Bahrain Art Society exhibitions
1997 “Wojooh”(Faces Exhibition), with the poet Qassim Haddad, musician Khalid AlShaikh and directed by Abdulla Yousif
1999-2000 AlDukan Gallery
2000 Bahrain University exhibition
2000 Arabic calligraphy exhibition, Bait AlQuran
2002 “Waking up the butterfly that was there” exhibition, with the poet Qassim Haddad
2004 Arabesque Gallery
2009 Hind Gallery Exhibition with the artist Ali AlMahmeed
2004-2014 Annual Bahrain Fine Arts Exhibitions held by the Ministry of Culture
1988 The Cairo Biennial
1989 & 1999- 2001 The Sharjah Biennial, U.A.E.
The Bahrain Art Society exhibitions in Kuwait -1983, London- 1984, Cairo – 1992, U.S.A -1997, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia- 1997, Paris -1998, Kuwait – 1999, Taiwan -1999, Paris- 2000, The Ministry of Information exhibitions in Singapore-1983, Jordan- 1984, Arabic Calligraphy Muscat-1996, China-1997, Paris- 1999, Cairo Biennial- 2001, Morocco- 2001, Bangladesh Biennial-2002
2000 Gulf exhibition at Darat AlFunoon, Jordan
2001 International Small Prints exhibition in Spain, the UK and Paris
2004 International Arabic calligraphy exhibition, Sharjah
2005 Emaar Art International Convention, Dubai
2006 Arabic calligraphy exhibition in Muscat
2006 Kuwait Society of Fine Arts
2007 Gallery Lahed, Tehran
2006 Bahrain exhibition at UNESCO in Paris
2007 Qatar Society of Fine Arts
2014-2015 Ministry of Culture Exhibitions in Morocco, “Asseela Festival culture” and in Cairo
2015 Bangladesh Biennale
2015 Exhibition in Al Sharjah Museum
Appreciation Award, from the two-yearly Exhibition, Kuwait
1992 The Golden Leaf Award, from the G.C.C. Exhibition, Qatar
1996-1999 Appreciation Award, from the Ministry of Information Annual Exhibition, Bahrain
1999 Appreciation Award, Kuwait
2000 AlDana Award, from Ministry of Information Annual Exhibition, Bahrain
2005 First prize Award, from Emaar Art International Convention, Dubai
2006 The Golden Leaf Award, from the G.C.C. Exhibition, Oman