Ahmed was born in Bahrain in 1968. He has been a member of the Bahrain Contemporary Art Association since 1989. Anan received the 1st prize in the Society Annual Exhibition in 2001. Exhibition. His first group exhibition was also held in the Society in 1989. Later his works travelled many countries in the region in solo and group exhibitions, including Bangladesh Biennial in 1993 & 2002, Asilah Cultural Season, Morocco, in 1990, 1992, & 1994, Bahrain Cultural Days in Damascus, Syria, in 2008, and Taqaseem group exhibitions I, II in 2010 & III in 2012, he also showed in Kuwait, Dubai, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The Bahrain National Museum collects some of his works.