Born in Mosel, Iraq in 1939

 

1945 - 1951
Attended St. Thomas' Primary School, Mosul

1951 - 1954

Attended Al-Hadba Secondary School

1954 - 1957

Graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad

1957 - 1961

Taught Art in Iraq

1965

International Book Art Exhibition, Leipzig

Participates in L'Exposition Itinerante de Peinture at the Nicolas I. Sursock Museum in Beirut with an oil; Crucifixion (1965)

Al Wasiti Art Gallery, Baghdad, Paintings and Prints by Students: Salim El Dabbagh, Mehdi Muttashar, Ali Talib, Yahya El Sheikh, Hashim Samerchi and Faik Hussein, June-July 1965

1966

Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad

Centre of English Studies, Baghdad, Graphic Art Exhibition, 15 - 30 October (Mahmouda Ali Mohammed, Salim Al-Dabbagh, Hashim Samarchi and Yahya Al-Shaikh)

Neue Berliner Galerie, Berlin, Neue Grafik Aus Der Republik Irak, 29 September - 30 October

1966-67

Taught at Al-Farouq School in Al Dammam, Saudi Arabia

1967

Exhibition: Berlin, Intergrafik 67, 20 May - 30 July

Awarded first prize for Composition of Sights in the 'Careras Craven A' exhibition of Arab Art - The first touring exhibition of it's kind.

 Portugal, XIII Salao do Outono, 9 - 21 December 1967

Exhibition of watercolours held in Baghdad, 1967/68

1967-1969

Awarded a scholarship by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon to study Graphic Art (with Rafa Nasiri and Salim Dabbagh).

World Geographical Association, Lisbon, Al-Nasiri, Samarchi, Al-Dabbagh

1968

Exhibition of Paintings, Lisbon

Galeriea Gravura, Lisbon, Exposicao De Gravura, Curso 68, August

Participated in the First Indian Triennale

Galeria Gravura, Lisbon, Rafa Nasiri, Salem Dabbagh, Hashim Samarchi, May-June

1969

Returns to Iraq and joins the 'Towards a New Vision Group' with Dia Azzawi, Rafa Al-Nasiri, Ismail Fattah, Muhammad Mahruddin and Saleh Al-Jumaie

NMMA, Baghdad, Towards a New Vision

Participates in the Premiere Biennale Internationale de Gravure de Liege, Belgium

Gallery One, Beirut, Iraqi Graphic Art - Nasiri.Salem.Samarchi, June 

Gallery Aya, Baghdad, Hashim Samarchi

1970

National Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad (NMMA), Baghdad, Azzawi, Al-Nasiri, Al-Jumaie, Samarchi, Muhraddin, Ramzi, Sheikh Nouri

Sultan Gallery, Kuwait, Hashim Samarchi, 1970

3rd Biennale International de la Gravure Cracovie (Kracow) Poland, 1970

3rd International Poster Biennale, Warsaw, Poland

1971

NMMA, Baghdad, The First Dimension, Jan-Feb

NMMA, Baghdad, Nasiri - Jumaie - Azzawi - Samarchi, 15-12 March

Marbad Poetry Festival, Baghdad, Exhibition of the Plastic Arts, 1-5 April

Sultan Gallery, Kuwait, Iraqi Art Exhibition, December

1972

4th International Poster Biennale, Warsaw, Poland, 1972

NMMA, Baghdad, Iraqi Art Today

NMMA, Baghdad, 4 Artists from Baghdad, Al-Nasiri, Al-Jumei, Al-Azzawi, Al-Samarchi­

1973

The First Biennale of Arab Art, Baghdad, 1973 (logo designed by Samarchi)

1974

NMMA, Baghdad, Seven, April 1974

5th International Poster Biennale, Warsaw, Poland

1975

6th International Print Biennale, Krakow, Poland

1977-78

NMMA, Baghdad, Six Iraqi Artists: Dhia Azzawi, Rafa Nasiri, Hashim Samarchi, Maki Hussain, Tariq Ibrahim, N. Ramzi, December

Iraqi Cultural Centre Gallery, London, Contemporary Arab Graphics

1979

NMMA, Baghdad, Exhibition of Iraqi Posters, 1979

1986

Saddam Art Centre, Baghdad, Baghdad International Festival for Plastic Arts

1993

National Centre of Fine Arts, Cairo, 1st Egyptian International Print Triennale

1999

Darat al Funun, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, Jordan, Summer 99

2012

Grosveor Gallery, London, Modern Arab Masters

2019

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Art and Architecture between Lisbon and Baghdad: The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Iraq, 1957-1973