Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Modhir Ahmed has lived in Poland and Sweden.[1] Modhir Ahmed studied at Baghdad Institute of Fine Arts (1974–79) and received a BFA Major in Graphic Arts.[2] He spent his leisure time at the national museum, drawing and studying the basic principles of abstract and minimalist art. Inspired by his Polish professors Modhir pursued studies in Poland, leaving Iraq in 1980, a few months before the Iran/Iran war.[1] After completing five years at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1981–86) he achieved an MFA Major in Painting.[2] Modhir then went to Sweden where he studied computer graphics in Skövde to develop his printmaking techniques (1990–91).[2] He became director of The Print Workshop in Falun. Modhir gained a Karlskoga Nobel Art scholarship in Karlskoga, Sweden in 2000 for his contribution to the graphic arts.