Bakhtiyar Mohammed Raouf, He was born in the year 1962 in Bnari Bamo near Darbandikkan which is a town that is located in the #Sulaymaniyah# province. He became a teacher in the year 1982 and he is currently an art teacher at Amin Zaki Beg School in the city of Sulaymaniyah. In his artistic career, he started with a joint exhibition in the year 1975 in the city of Tehran the capital of Iran, he is an active member of the Kurdistan Artists association, and he has been awarded several awards of honor and success by the national and the foreign organizations. He has thirty two joint exhibitions and six solo exhibitions.
Among his exhibitions include:-
- In the year 1994, he opened his first ever private exhibition in Surkew Hall .
- In the year 1997 he had his second private exhibition in Lawani Media ( the Youth of the Medes) Hall.
- In the year 1998 he had his third private exhibition in Botan school hall.
- In the year 1999 he had his fourth private exhibition in the city of Sulaymaniyah Museum Hall.
- In the year 2002 he had his Fifth private exhibition in Amin Zaki Beg School Hall.
- in between the years 1989-2006 he Participated in 75 joint exhibitions in Kurdistan and abroad.
- He has 10 honorary certificates, that have been awarded to him due to his work.
- He has also done decorative work for a number of artistic activities, as well as cartography for several books and magazines.[1]