Ecrivain, graphiste, artiste libre, illustrateur de livres et de magazines, dessinateur et caricaturiste, Ali Al Mandalawi est né en 1958 dans une famille kurde, dans la province de Mandili-Diyala (Irak).

Il est diplômé d'Arts de l'Institut des Beaux-Arts de Bagdad en 1979 et de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts - en Design Graphique de Bagdad en 1986.

Galeries privées:

• 1977 Graphic Kurdish Folk Tales for Children- Comics- Cultural Kurdish Gallery Hall- Baghdad.
• 1983 Paintings of Childhood – Sulaymaniyah Museum Gallery Hall- Kurdistan- Iraq.
• 1986 Faces From within – ALOrfali Gallery Hall- Baghdad.
• 1988 Caricature Faces Portraits – Baghdad Hall – Baghdad. 
• 1992 A Feather from the Cloud's Wing – Free Art – Spanish Cultural Centre Hall – Amman- Jorden.
• 1993 Art Gallery Hall – Free Art – Tunisia. 
• 1995 Utrecht Hall – Netherlands.
• 1997 RAZA Graphic Design Hall – Utrecht – Netherlands.
• 1998 Freie Universität Berlin Hall – Free Art - Germany.
• 2002 First Land Second Sky – Free Art – Tablet Hall – London – UK.
• 2005 Media Caricature portrait Hall – Erbil –Kurdistan – Iraq.
• 2016 Caricature portrait – Church Hall – Sfax Arab Caricature Festival – Tunisia. 
• 2018 Out of the Mirrors Gallery – AlWasiti Hall – Iraqi Fashion House – Baghdad.

Expositions collectives:

• 1975 Iraqi Caricature Exhibition – Academy of Fine Arts Hall – Baghdad.1975 International Child Year Exhibition – AlRibat Hall – Baghdad.
• 1981 Arab Children Books Illustrators Exhibition - Bononia – Italy.
• 1981 Iraqi Caricature – National Museum Modern Art Hall - Baghdad.
• 1987 International Children's Books Fair (BIB) in Geogia/Czechoslovakia – Gabrovo International Cartoon Festival- Bulgaria.
• 1988 Exhibition of (Caricature Committee) at the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate – Modern Art Museum Hall – Baghdad. 
• 1989 Arab Caricature Festival – Kufa Hall – London- UK.
• 1990 Arab/African Caricature Exhibition – Opera Hall – Cairo – Egypt.
• 1991 (Six Iraqi Artists) Exhibition – Baladna Gallery – Amman/ Jordan.
• 1992 The Mhres International Festival For Fine Arts – Tunisia. Painters Exhibition from Iraq and Tunisia – Art Gallery – Tunisia. International Caricature Exhibition on the Occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of the Assassination of 'Naji Al-Ali' – Kufa Hall – London/UK.
• 1993 Tounay Bouton International Festival of Fine Arts – France.
• 1994 International Exhibition (The Caravan Group) Rick Hall –Paris/ France. Joint Exhibition with the French artist 'Jaques Barthelemy' – Imhotep – Paris/France.
• 1995 Atelier Gallery – Drei Burgen/ The Netherlands. Hall of the Arab Cultural Centre –Brussels/ Belgium.
• 1997 Steinvik Hall Holland . Hall of the Kunst Outlin Centre – Amersford the Netherlands. Kunstcentrum Haarlem Hall – Hengelo/ Netherlands.
• 2001 Exhibition of Plastic Artists from Iraq - Scheherazade Gallery - Berlin. Touches of Genius Exhibition - Contemporary Iraqi Art - Brunei Gallery - SOAS University – London.
• 2002 Iraqi Caricature Portrait Exhibition - Kufa Hall – London. 
• 2003 Exhibition of painters of Arab children's books - Arab World Institute – Paris.
• 2004 Iraqi Cartoonist and Caricature Exhibition – Media Hall – Baghdad/Iraq.
• 2005 Exhibition of three Iraqi cartoonists - Zamwa Hall – Sulaymaniyah/ Iraqi Kurdistan Region. 
• 2010 Iraqi Caricature Exhibition - Melia Mansour Hotel Hall – Baghdad/ Iraq.
• 2011 Iraqi Caricature Exhibition 2- Al-Alawia Club Hall – Baghdad/Iraq.
• 2012 Iraqi Caricature Exhibition 3 - Al-Baghdadi Cultural Center Hall – Baghdad/Iraq. 
• 2015 – 2019 Caricature exhibition "Paintings of Tagore" – Egyptian Opera - Egypt.
• 2017 First Joint Exhibition of Caricature Drawing in Kurdistan Region – Amna Suraka Hall- Iraq.  Shariqa Children books Exhibition.

Prix et récompenses:

• 1990 The first prize, shared equally, in the Arab-African Caricature Exhibition – Cairo Opera House – Egypt.
• 2015 Grand Prix of the 14th International Festival of Humor in Romania – Mihai Amnescu. 
• 2016 First prize for ( George El Bahgory) – Egypt. Jury Member of several international competitions in Egypt, Lebanon and Syria.
• 2017 Jury Member of (Geirge El Bahgory) Prize  for Caricature Portrait – Cairo- Egypt.
• 2018 Jury member of the Mahmood Kaheel Prize – Beirut – Lebanon.
• Book and magazine Illustrator for several National and International publications: Majalati, Almizmar for Children and Shams
• Magazine in Kurdistan Region. Aleph Ba', Huras AlWatan, Bein Nahrein and AlSabah Journal- Iraq. AlQudis Al Arabi Magazine – London.
• Founding Member of the Adad for Graphic Design Operations – Baghdad.
• Founder Member of The Caravan Group – Tunisia.
• Founder of Artists against Oppression – London.
• Founding Member of The Iraqi Association for Caricature.
• Founding Member of the Friends of the Mesopotamian Culture Association – Holand.
• Member of the National Journalist Syndicate.
• Member of the Iraqi Artist Syndicate.
• Member of UCW international Caricature Association