1963 Born in Najaf, Iraq.
1983–1988 Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Baghdad.
1993 Solo exhibition, French Cultural Center, Jordan.
1994 Solo exhibition, Schauer Gallery, France.
1996–2000 Studied at the Gerrit Reitveld Academie, Amsterdam, Holland.
2001 Solo exhibition, Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, Holland.
2007 Solo exhibition, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, USA.
2010 Solo exhibition Halim Al Karim - Witness from Baghdad, Darat Al Funun, Jordan, and joint exhibition Barakat: The Gift, Stux + Haller Gallery, USA.
2010 Nominated for the Sovereign Art Prize and won the Jury Prize at the International Cairo Biennale, Egypt.
2011 Solo exhibition Halim Al Karim - Witness from Baghdad, Stux + Haller Gallery, USA, and solo exhibition, XVA Gallery, UAE. Joint exhibition, Iraqi Pavilion 54th Venice Biennale, Italy.
2015 Joint exhibition Eyes Only: Photographs, Stux + Haller Gallery, USA.
2018 Solo exhibition Out of The Blue, Stux + Haller Gallery, USA.
He lives between Colorado and Dubai.
