Born in Mosel, Iraq in 1939
1945 - 1951
Attended St. Thomas' Primary School, Mosul
1951 - 1954
Attended Al-Hadba Secondary School
1954 - 1957
Graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad
1957 - 1961
Taught Art in Iraq
1965
International Book Art Exhibition, Leipzig
Participates in L'Exposition Itinerante de Peinture at the Nicolas I. Sursock Museum in Beirut with an oil; Crucifixion (1965)
Al Wasiti Art Gallery, Baghdad, Paintings and Prints by Students: Salim El Dabbagh, Mehdi Muttashar, Ali Talib, Yahya El Sheikh, Hashim Samerchi and Faik Hussein, June-July 1965
1966
Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad
Centre of English Studies, Baghdad, Graphic Art Exhibition, 15 - 30 October (Mahmouda Ali Mohammed, Salim Al-Dabbagh, Hashim Samarchi and Yahya Al-Shaikh)
Neue Berliner Galerie, Berlin, Neue Grafik Aus Der Republik Irak, 29 September - 30 October
1966-67
Taught at Al-Farouq School in Al Dammam, Saudi Arabia
1967
Exhibition: Berlin, Intergrafik 67, 20 May - 30 July
Awarded first prize for Composition of Sights in the 'Careras Craven A' exhibition of Arab Art - The first touring exhibition of it's kind.
Portugal, XIII Salao do Outono, 9 - 21 December 1967
Exhibition of watercolours held in Baghdad, 1967/68
1967-1969
Awarded a scholarship by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon to study Graphic Art (with Rafa Nasiri and Salim Dabbagh).
World Geographical Association, Lisbon, Al-Nasiri, Samarchi, Al-Dabbagh
1968
Exhibition of Paintings, Lisbon
Galeriea Gravura, Lisbon, Exposicao De Gravura, Curso 68, August
Participated in the First Indian Triennale
Galeria Gravura, Lisbon, Rafa Nasiri, Salem Dabbagh, Hashim Samarchi, May-June
1969
Returns to Iraq and joins the 'Towards a New Vision Group' with Dia Azzawi, Rafa Al-Nasiri, Ismail Fattah, Muhammad Mahruddin and Saleh Al-Jumaie
NMMA, Baghdad, Towards a New Vision
Participates in the Premiere Biennale Internationale de Gravure de Liege, Belgium
Gallery One, Beirut, Iraqi Graphic Art - Nasiri.Salem.Samarchi, June
Gallery Aya, Baghdad, Hashim Samarchi
1970
National Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad (NMMA), Baghdad, Azzawi, Al-Nasiri, Al-Jumaie, Samarchi, Muhraddin, Ramzi, Sheikh Nouri
Sultan Gallery, Kuwait, Hashim Samarchi, 1970
3rd Biennale International de la Gravure Cracovie (Kracow) Poland, 1970
3rd International Poster Biennale, Warsaw, Poland
1971
NMMA, Baghdad, The First Dimension, Jan-Feb
NMMA, Baghdad, Nasiri - Jumaie - Azzawi - Samarchi, 15-12 March
Marbad Poetry Festival, Baghdad, Exhibition of the Plastic Arts, 1-5 April
Sultan Gallery, Kuwait, Iraqi Art Exhibition, December
1972
4th International Poster Biennale, Warsaw, Poland, 1972
NMMA, Baghdad, Iraqi Art Today
NMMA, Baghdad, 4 Artists from Baghdad, Al-Nasiri, Al-Jumei, Al-Azzawi, Al-Samarchi
1973
The First Biennale of Arab Art, Baghdad, 1973 (logo designed by Samarchi)
1974
NMMA, Baghdad, Seven, April 1974
5th International Poster Biennale, Warsaw, Poland
1975
6th International Print Biennale, Krakow, Poland
1977-78
NMMA, Baghdad, Six Iraqi Artists: Dhia Azzawi, Rafa Nasiri, Hashim Samarchi, Maki Hussain, Tariq Ibrahim, N. Ramzi, December
Iraqi Cultural Centre Gallery, London, Contemporary Arab Graphics
1979
NMMA, Baghdad, Exhibition of Iraqi Posters, 1979
1986
Saddam Art Centre, Baghdad, Baghdad International Festival for Plastic Arts
1993
National Centre of Fine Arts, Cairo, 1st Egyptian International Print Triennale
1999
Darat al Funun, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, Jordan, Summer 99
2012
Grosveor Gallery, London, Modern Arab Masters
2019
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Art and Architecture between Lisbon and Baghdad: The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Iraq, 1957-1973