Farid Abu Shakra
"Farid Abu Shakra (b. 1963) is a multidisciplinary artist from Umm al-Faḥm. The main work of Farid Abu Shakra is in the medium of painting. His work includes figurative depictions, among them cat images, airplanes, etc., which serve as an expression of personal and political identity.
Together with his brother, Said Abu Shakra he founded the Umm El-Fahem art gallery where he served as curator. "
Fatma Shanan
Born in 1986, Fatma Shanan is a painter based in Julis, a Druze village in Northern Israel.
Shanan focuses on realistic, large scale painting, mostly in the technique of oil on canvas. Her works are characterized by a theatrical and enigmatic view on scenes, whose participants belong to the various circles of her life, especially surrounding Julis, the Druze village where she was born and raised.