- 1928 Lorna Selim was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom. - 1935 - 1945 She completed elementary, middle, and high school in UK schools. - 1948 She studied painting and design and graduated from the Slade School of Fine Arts in London, and participated in the Iraqi art exhibition in Beirut, in which four works were exhibited, as the artist Shaker Hassan Al Said mentioned in his book "Chapters from the History of the Fine Movement Part One." - 1949 She studied and obtained an "Art Teacher’s Diploma" from the Institute of Education at the University of London and continued studying art at Tapton House School. - 1950 She studied art for a year at Tapton House School in Chesterfield, United Kingdom. In the same year, she met the artist Jewad Selim in London when he was studying there, and they got married. They returned to Iraq and participated in the Pioneers Group exhibition, which was held at the home of the artist Khaled Al-Qassab in Baghdad. - 1951 She was appointed as an art teacher in the Foundation School in Baghdad. She founded with Jewad Salim, Shaker Hassan, and others the "Baghdad Group for Modern Art" and participated in the group's first exhibition. - 1952 She participated in the art exhibition at the Ibn Sina Festival in Baghdad, and eight of her works were exhibited. - 1954 She participated in the third exhibition of "Baghdad Group for Modern Art" and designed the Iraqi pavilion with other people in the International Exhibition in Damascus. - 1956 She participated in a group exhibition with other Iraqi artists at the British Council, where two of her works were exhibited. In the same year, she participated in the Baghdad Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture in the Mansour Club, and eight of her works were exhibited. - 1957 She participated in the contemporary Iraqi art exhibition at the UNESCO Hall in Beirut, where four of her works were exhibited. - 1958 She participated in the Baghdad Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture in the Mansour Club in Baghdad, and five of her works were exhibited. - 1961 Jewad Selim passed away before finishing the Freedom Monument, so she participated in supervising and completing the monument with artist Mohammad Ghani Hikmat. Then she was appointed as an art teacher in the Girls College. - From Jewad Salim, she gave birth to two daughters, Mrs. Maryam and Dr. Zainab, both are British citizens residing in the United Kingdom. - 1964 She participated in the seventh exhibition of "Baghdad Group for Modern Art." - 1965 She participated in the eighth exhibition of "Baghdad Group for Modern Art" at the Hall of Modern Art Museum and moved and studied the art of drawing at the College of Engineering at the University of Baghdad with Dr. Muhammad Makiya. - 1971 She participated in an exhibition by the Pioneers Group on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of its founding in Baghdad. - 2000 She participated in an exhibition entitled "The Magic of Moments in Nature and Place" at Gallery Art in Baghdad - 2021 The artist passed away at ninety-three in the United Kingdom. - She was a member of the Friends of Art Association. - She was a Member of the Baghdad Group for Modern Art. - She was a member of the Iraqi Plastic Artists Association