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Maisara Baroud

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Maisara Baroud was born in Gaza in 1976. He received his BA degree in Fine Arts from Al Najah University in Nablus and his MA degree in Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo. He is a lecturer at the Department of Engineering and Applied Arts Sciences at University College of Science and Technology in Gaza, he is also a lecturer at the Fine Arts College at Alaqsa University. He organised four solo exhibitions and participated in a number of group exhibitions in Palestine and abroad.

Maisara Baroud was born in Gaza in 1976. He received his BA degree in Fine Arts from Al Najah University in Nablus and his MA degree in Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo. Infused with symbolism, Maisara Baroud’s ‘The Return’ is a mythological portrayal of the return to a homeland. Most prominent is the Sphinx, typically symbolic of a guardian to a temple or a sacred place, here positioned amid flying and falling birds as well as avian humans. Such whimsical and mystical imagery is both a prelude to the battles of the past and what was lost, as well as an aspiration for what shall be regained. He is a lecturer at the Department of Engineering and Applied Arts Sciences at University College of Science and Technology in Gaza, he is also a lecturer at the Fine Arts College at Alaqsa University. He organised four solo exhibitions and participated in a number of group exhibitions in Palestine and abroad.. Palestinian Artist Zawyeh Gallery Zawyeh Palestinian Art Modern Art Contemporary Art Buy Artworks by Latest work of Palestinian artists available artworks Ramallah Art Exhibitions Dubai Art Exhibition Art Gallery in Dubai, UAE

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: Maisara Baroud, Stay Home #10 (2020), ink on paper, 70 x 30 cm

: Maisara Baroud, Stay Home #8 (2020), ink on paper, 70 x 30 cm

: Maisara Baroud, Stay Home #13 (2020), ink on paper, 70 x 30 cm

: Maisara Baroud, Stay Home #12 (2020), ink on paper, 70 x 30 cm

: Maisara Baroud, Stay Home #11 (2020), ink on paper, 70 x 30 cm

: Maisara Baroud, Stay Home #20 (2020), ink on paper, 70 x 30 cm

: Maisara Baroud, Tight Space #23 (2019), ink on paper, 42 x 30 cm

: Maisara Baroud, Tight Space #37 (2019), ink on paper, 42 x 30 cm

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Kareem Dabbah

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Born in 1943 in Jerusalem, Kareem Dabbah studied visual arts and graduated from Strongonoff Academy for Fine Arts in Moscow in 1973. He taught art at Al-Najah National University from 1981 to 1997, and Al Quds University from 1997 – 2003. He was an active member of the Board of the Palestinian Artists League. Dabbah specialized in copper engraving and worked with ceramics too. His artworks focus on popular folkloric symbols and Arabic calligraphy. Born in 1943 in Jerusalem, Kareem Dabbah studied visual arts and graduated from Strongonoff Academy for Fine Arts in Moscow in 1973. He taught art at Al-Najah National University from 1981 to 1997, and Al Quds University from 1997 – 2003. He was an active member of the Board of the Palestinian Artists League. Dabbah specialized in copper engraving and worked with ceramics too. His artworks focus on popular folkloric symbols and Arabic calligraphy. Born in 1943 in Jerusalem, Kareem Dabbah studied visual arts and graduated from Strongonoff Academy for Fine Arts in Moscow in 1973. He taught art at Al-Najah National University from 1981 to 1997, and Al Quds University from 1997 – 2003. He was an active member of the Board of the Palestinian Artists League. Dabbah specialized in copper engraving and worked with ceramics too. His artworks focus on popular folkloric symbols and Arabic calligraphy.

Kareem Dabbah, Untitled, 2001, ceramic, 87 x 43 cm

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Aissa Deebi

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Artist Biography

Aissa Deebi is a Palestinian artist and scholar based in Geneva. His early work investigated the complexity of daily practices in post-1948 Palestine: Days like this (1997); Makkan (1998); My Dream House (1999); Nothing is New Only Forgotten (2000). Following this, Deebi tackled the theme of immigration and alienation, which culminated in his Ph.D. research, providing critical analysis of Diaspora as a creative space. In tandem with his scholarly work, Deebi produced a body of works that interrogate the complex phenomena of cultural-migration and Diaspora reality as experienced by an adult Palestinian-immigrant artist in post Sept 11 America: Killing Time (2004); Naked Heroes (2003); Dead Sweet (2004) and more recently Tal El Samak (2011). Deebi represented Palestine at the 55th Venice Biennale and is currently working on projects for the 5th Edition of Çanakkale Biennial in Turkey and Colombo Biennale in Sri Lanka.

Aissa Deebi has held several leadership positions teaching art and design at a number of institutions including Winchester School of Art, the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom; Centro de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Design, Mexico and Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand.

In 2010, Deebi joined the American University of Cairo’s Arts Department as a Professor of Art and Design, teaching in the areas of studio arts, design practice, theory, and photography. In 2011 he was appointed as the Director of the Visual Cultures Program, which includes the visual arts-film and graphic design majors. In addition, Deebi was the director of the Sharjah Art Gallery at AUC. Between 2013-2016, Deebi was the chair of the Department of Art & Design at Montclair State University, Associate Professor in Art and Design. Currently, Deebi remains an Associate Professor of Art and Design on leave at Montclair State University.

Aissa Deebi is also a consultant for the Birzeit University’s Museum in Palestine, and the curator of Mizna, the Arab American Art and Literature Magazine in Minneapolis, USA. His work has been exhibited globally including: The 55 Venice Biennale, Çanakkale Biennale, Turkey; Art Lab Gnesta, Sweden; Berlin Art Laboratory, Germany; Art Space Gallery at Sang Myung University, Seoul, Korea; Darb 1718, Cairo, Egypt; Kunstverein, Germany; The Queens Museum of Art in New York; Haus am Lutzowplatz in Berlin; Tanit Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon; Beirut Art Fair, Lebanon; Asia-Pacific Triennial, Taipei in Taiwan; VCU Art Gallery, Doha; Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York; Art Dubai; Al Hosh for Palestinian Art, and Birzeit University Museum, Palestine.

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: Aissa Deebi, Aircraft (2018), grisaille, glazing, oil and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 cm

: Aissa Deebi, Storm (2018), grisaille, glazing, oil and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 cm

: Aissa Deebi, Barracouta (2018), grisaille, glazing, oil and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 cm

: Aissa Deebi, Gale (2018), grisaille, glazing, oil and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 cm

: Aissa Deebi, Meteorology (2018), grisaille, glazing, oil and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 cm

: Aissa Deebi, Scotopia (2018), grisaille, glazing, oil and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 cm

: Aissa Deebi, Darken (2018), grisaille, glazing, oil and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 cm

Art Fairs and Exhibitions featuring Aissa Deebi

This Is How I Saw Gaza | Art Dubai 2018

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Samah Shihadi

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Artist Biography

Samah Shihadi (born in Sha`b, in 1987) is a Haifa-based artist and a graduate with a BA in art from Oranim College (2012) and an MFA from Haifa University (2015). Samah has painted for as long as she can remember and has spent seven years studying art, she has emerged as a fine talent who has mastered the art of draughtsmanship. Her pencil work can only be described as sublime even if the subject matter can often be harrowing. Samah Shihadi focuses on the daily personal and social challenges that women face – both at home and beyond. Her empathy and steadfastness are beautifully and sensitively articulated in much of her work. Themes of nostalgia and displacement unite the women, despite their distinct practices set against the context of continuing geopolitical unrest in Palestine, Samah Shihadi expresses a desire shared by many in the Palestinian diaspora to return to one’s roots. Shihadi employs hyperrealist techniques to faithfully recapture the world she encounters. Since moving away from her family in Palestine to Israel, the artist finds comfort in food and cooking, a tangible reminder of her childhood and family; for Shihadi the family table becomes emblematic of one’s home, with Palestine’s traditions, recipes, and stories being reawakened. This shared nostalgia becomes an anchor for the displaced and exiled, to their family past.

Sameh Shihadi captures the annual rituals in which whole families would take part – regularly – before their expulsion in 1948. The infamous national Palestinian symbol of the cactus is a reminder of both dispossession and survival. Cactus plants used to demark plots of land plots belonging to village residents. These unique hedgerows are often the only visible reminder of the many hundreds of villages that were destroyed and ethnically cleansed in 1948. Shihadi’s paintings often depict the elderly of the village engaging in the harvest, while children innocently play in the emptiness of the land. Her tranquil and dreamlike scenes are often underpinned by painful memories and ongoing family trauma.

A multiple award winner, Samah Shihadi was recently awarded a Young Artist Award from the Ministry of Culture and Sport. She has so far participated in over 15 exhibitions including Art Dubai (2018).

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