Born in Jerusalem, Vera Tamari is a visual artist, Islamic art historian, art educator and curator. She served for more than two decades as professor of Islamic Art and Architecture and Art History at Birzeit University, where she also founded and directed the Virtual Gallery and the Birzeit University Museum between 2005 and 2010. There she conceived and curated the Cities Exhibition series, (2009-2016). Tamari is actively involved in the promotion of art and culture in Palestine and was member of League of Palestinian artists and the New Visions Collective. She serves as advisor and member to numerous institutions and cultural boards and served as jury member for YAYA (Young Artists Award organized by the Abdel Muhsin Qattan Foundation) and AFAC (Arab Foundation for Art and Culture). She is author of “RETURNING: Palestinian Family Memories, in Clay Relief, Photographs and Text” (2022) and “Intimate Reflections”. Vera Tamari lives and works in Ramallah, Palestine.
Tamari’s work can be found in international private and public collections, including, Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art (Doha, Qatar), Jordan National Museum (Amman, Jordan), Barjeel Art Foundation (Sharjah, UAE), Darat Al Funun (Amman, Jordan), The Palestinian Museum (Birzeit, Palestine), and Dalloul Art Foundation (Beirut, Lebanon).