Biografia

mario el toro
cologne / germany

socio-cultural & political subjects
controversial & contemporary issues

collage, installation, painting,
photography, composition

autodidactic
self-employed commercial artist since 1995

further education and cooperation with
prof. haddad mourice, basra, iraq 2001
in betzdorf / germany
graduate of the baghdad insitute of fine art
professor for art, faculty of art, limoges

contests
ludwig museum, dumont (publishing company),
kölner stadtanzeiger (daily newspaper cologne),
second best
celesteprize, berlin 2008, finalist

exhibitions
"abrakadabra" betzdorf, 2005 / 2006
days of art, westerwald, altenkirchen, 2006
dumont, cologne, 2007
celesteprize, berlin 2008, finalist
days of culture, ehrenbreitstein, koblenz, 2008
"addiction and society", medienpark westerwald 2009
grand opening of the 'gallery W15' betzdorf, 2009
changing exhibitions
"kunstkollision", windeck elmores, 2010