Abdulraouf Abayia was born in 1973 in Tripoli, where he still lives and works. In 1998, he graduated from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Tripoli and in 2014 he obtained a Master’s degree from the Academy of Graduate Studies of Tripoli. He currently teaches the art of printmaking at the Libyan Printmakers Association and at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Tripoli. Abdulraouf Abayia participated in several local exhibitions organized in Tripoli, among which the Dar Alfeghie Hassan (2008, 2010), the Dar Nwaji Gallery (2013) and the Martyr’s Square (2014).