Painting

Abd Al-Ḥai Msallem

Abd Al-Ḥai Msallem (10 March 1933 - 1 August 2020) was a Palestinian artist originally from the village of Al-Duwaimeh. A self-taught artist who worked with wood, gold and paint.

First Name
Abd Al-Ḥai
Last Name
Msallem
Occupation
Sculptor, Painter
Years Active
1971-2020
Active in
Amman

Abed Abdi

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Abed Abdi (b. 1942) is a painter, graphic designer, sculptor and eductor based in Haifa.

First Name
Abed
Last Name
Abdi
Occupation
Painter, Designer, Sculptor
Years Active
1962-present
Active in
Haifa

Adnan Al-Zubeidi

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Adnan Al-Zubeidi (25 October - A April 2007) was a Palestinian artist from Tul Karem.

First Name
Adnan
Last Name
Al-Zubeidi
Occupation
Visual Artist, Painter,
Years Active
1987-2007
Active in
Bethlehem

Anisa Ashkar

Anisa Ashkar, b. 1979, is an interdisciplinary artist engaged in issues relating to identity, social critique, and gender. Through painting, photography, performance and installation, she creates a fantastic, dream-like world, directly connected to changes in the socio-political atmosphere, that serve as an opportunity to initiate discussions about society and culture.

First Name
Anisa
Last Name
Ashkar
Occupation
Contemporary Artist
Years Active
2001-present
Active in
Acre
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Dana Awartani

The works of Saudi-Palestinian artist Dana Awartani are acts of continual revival, performances of contemporisation. Intricate manuscript illumination, parquetry, ceramics, and embroidery, on first encounter, to be finely wrought examples of traditional Islamic art forms.

First Name
Dana
Last Name
Awartani
Occupation
Artist
Years Active
2009-present
Active in
Jeddah

Fatma Shanan

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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.

First Name
Fatma
Last Name
Shanan
Occupation
Artist
Years Active
2011-present
Active in
Julis/Tel Aviv

Fouad Ighbariah

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First Name
Fouad
Last Name
Ighbariah
Occupation
Painter,
Years Active
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Active in
Musmus

Hani Zu’rob

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Hani Zu'rob (b. 1976) in Rafah Camp in the Gaza Strip, is a Palestinian artist and painter based in Paris, France. His work addresses concepts of exile, waiting, movement and displacement, and aims to present the collective Palestinian experience through reflections on the personal.

First Name
Hani
Last Name
Zu'rob
Occupation
Painter,
Years Active
2001-present
Active in
Paris

Ibrahim Hazimeh

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Ibrahim Hazimeh (b. 1933 in Acre) is a Palestinian artist. From the beginning of his career, Hazimeh’s prolific oeuvre has consistently focused on Palestine. Per the artist’s description, memories, “both beautiful and painful,” inspire everything the artist executes in oil paint, gouache, and watercolor, which explains not only the subject matter but the style in which it is portrayed.

First Name
Ibrahim
Last Name
Hazimeh
Occupation
Artist,
Years Active
1953-present
Active in
Berlin

Jalal Ariqt

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Jalal Ariqat (1953-2013) was a Palestinian artist who did recycled art.

First Name
Jalal
Last Name
Ariqat
Occupation
Artist,
Years Active
1973-2013
Active in
Cyprus