Born in New York, Sina Ata held his first one man show in 1982 in Baghdad. Since then he has held 8 one-man shows and many joint exhibitions in Iraq, Jordan, Bahrain, UK and the USA. One of his paintings was recently purchased by the British Museum. The late art critic Jabra I. Jabra said of his work: “ …..No matter how experimental and unsettled, the works’ disturbing qualities soon present itself, these are works that belong to some dark area in the inner self untouched by the conscious, haunting those who stare at them.”.