CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)                                        Ayoub Hussein Al-Ayoub Born in Kuwait in 1932. Graduated from Mubarakiyah School in 1949. A teacher at Kuwait Ministry of Education 1949 - 1950, a vice headmaster, and a headmaster. He retired at the outset of the school year 1979 - 1980 after thirty-year-service. Painted over 600 paintings which represented the old Kuwaiti environment. Participated in the Arab Championship Exhibition in 1958, and the nine spring exhibitions set up by the Ministry of Education; and other exhibitions set up inside or outside Kuwait by the Kuwaiti Society for Formative Arts, the Teachers Society, The Graduate Society, The National Council for Culture,Arts and Letters, and Kuwait National Museum. Had Six private exhibitions : No                 Date                      No of Paintings                                       Showroom 1                   13/11/1974                      44                                           Teacher's Society 2                   13/03/1974                     34                                            Teacher's Society 3                   04/12/1985                     67                                            Abdullah AlSalem Area 4                   01/12/1991                     61                                            Teacher's Society 5                  24/03/1996                      48                                            Abdullah AlSalem Area 6                  01/04/2000                       41                                           Abdullah AlSalem Area Set up two exhibitions in participation with the late artist Amir Abdulridha. Participated in touring exhibitions circulated in some Arab, European and American countries. The first person to work at Kuwait Museum in 1956; supervised its foundation; designed and built numerous models of the old Kuwaiti house, old school and equipped the museum with the traditional exhibits at the time of the former Art Education Inspector the late Mr Khames Shihadah, and the sincere Mr Ahmad Al-Othman the then Financial Director of the Museum. Obtained the pioneer shield from Kuwaiti Society of Formative Arts; honoured by HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sa'ad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah; got many other certificates of honour; awarded by the committee that regulated the third periodical exhibition of the GCC artists, set at Ash-Shariqah from 27/11 till 04/12/1994. Wrote the following books about heritage : - Accompanying Children in the Past : popular games - Kuwaiti Memoirs - Selections from the Kuwaiti dialect - Hawalli : The Village of Entertainment and Enjoyment - Sayings of the people of old Kuwait Got the State Encouragement Reward on 2nd December 1997 for his photographs. All his works have become the ownership of the people and foundations and some are printed in the calendars. The first Kuwait artist whose paintings or parts of them are printed on the Kuwaiti banknote (the fifth issue 1994). Accompanied his works which were displayed in Tokyo, Japan from 25 till 30 October 1998 at the expense of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information on the occasion of "Businessmen Week". One of his paintings was gifted to a Japanese prince who inaugurated that week. Set up and accompanied an exhibition in Helsinki, the Capital of Finland, on 26 August 1999 for a week at an invitation of Kuwait National Council of Culture, Arts and Letters. Participated in the inauguration of the National Museum of Kuwait in 1957. Won State Merit Award for the year 2001 in formative arts. Arbitrated and supervised the following artistic exhibitions : - Photography exhibition entitled "Kuwait ..... Light from the Past" held by the Community Service and Continual Education Administration, The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, 1987. - Formative arts items in Kuwait Scientific Encyclopedia for Children, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences from 5 November 1984 till 24 Decemebr 1984. - The final festival of Formative Arts tournament, Bubiyan Club which is affiliated to Petrochemical Industries Company, held on 4 January 1979 PM. - Photographs exhibition held at Teacher's Society, 7 April 1973. - Supervised the planning of the first exhibition helf by the Graduate Society in May 1973.