Mahmoud Salem was born in Jordan in 1988. Having grown up in Zarqa his love of human figure expression grew tremendously. Throughout his life, Mahmoud has always been fascinated by painting and how the world is represented through the eyes of others. Naturally, he was drawn to visual arts. The interest was cultivated during his teenage years and further developed when he opted to take his Bachelors Degree in visual arts and Master of fine arts, after completing his degree He worked as a teacher in the Ministry of Education, and painter\ designer in curriculum and textbooks management, and currently is a full time lecturer at Applied Sciences private university.