Painting

Juliana Seraphim

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Juliana Seraphim is a Palestinian artist from Jaffa. Her family fled to Lebanon in 1949. Seraphim’s visual language is characterized as having complex layers of overlapping lines and improvisational dream-like imagery.

First Name
Juliana
Last Name
Seraphim
Occupation
Painter
Years Active
1960-1990s
Active in
Beirut

Jumana El Husseini

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Jumana El Husseini (2 April 1932-11 April 2018) was a Palestinian painter and sculptor who lived in Paris. She studied painting, sculpture and ceramics in Beirut and Paris. Noted for figurative paintings of Palestinian women and geometric houses in Jerusalem and Jericho, her style evolved from realistic to geometric and, since 1987, to abstract, with wavelike overpainted drawings evoking Arabic calligraphy.

First Name
Jumana
Last Name
El Husseini
Occupation
Painter, Sculptor
Years Active
1956-2018
Active in
Paris

Kamel Al-Mughni

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Kamel Al-Mughni (1943 - 2008) was a Palestinian visual artist from Gaza.

First Name
Kamel
Last Name
Al-Mughni
Occupation
Visual Artist,
Years Active
1966-2008
Active in
Gaza

Khader Wishaḥ

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Khader Wishaḥ (b. 1966) is a Palestinian painter born in Al Bureij refugee camp in Gaza and currently living in Rahat. In his work he deals with the Palestinian experience.

First Name
Khader
Last Name
Wishaḥ
Occupation
Painter,
Years Active
2000-present
Active in
Rahat

Khalil Rayan

Khalil Rayan (b. 1946) is a Palestinain artist, painter, sculptor and calligrapher based in Tamra.

First Name
Khalil
Last Name
Rayan
Occupation
Sculptor, Painter,
Years Active
1965-present
Active in
Tamra

Laila Ajjawi

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Laila Ajjawi (b. 1990) is a graffiti artist born and raised in a Palestinian refugee camp outside of Irbid, Jordan. Her work focuses on visibility for women living in the Middle East, particularly refugees facing discrimination and limited resources in their countries of residence. She has created murals with Women on Walls a public art project based in Egypt aimed at empowering women through street art.

First Name
Laila
Last Name
Ajjawi
Occupation
Graffiti Artist,
Years Active
2013-present
Active in
Jordan

Laila Shawa

Laila Shawa (b. 1940) is a Palestinian artist whose work has been described as a personal reflection concerning the politics of her country, particularly highlighting perceived injustices and persecution. She is one of the most prominent and prolific artists of the Arabic revolutionary contemporary art scene.

First Name
Laila
Last Name
Shawa
Occupation
Artist
Years Active
1964-present
Active in
London

Maliḥeh Afnan

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Maliḥeh Afnan (1935-2016) works with paper on an intimate scale to create works of refined beauty. Inspired by predominantly archeology and script, her works allude to ancient scrolls and tablets. Yet, at other times, her abstract works appear as landscapes, figures or relics that have been excavated from a long-forgotten site.
Afnan's most recent solo exhibition was her retrospective Personnages, at Man Museo D'arte Provincia Di Nuoro, Sardinia, 2019 curated by Luigi Fassi.

First Name
Maliḥeh
Last Name
Afnan
Occupation
Artist
Years Active
1956-2016
Active in
Various

Mohamed Dalo

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Mohamed Dalo is a cartoon artist from

First Name
Mohamed
Last Name
Dalo
Occupation
Cartoonist
Years Active
2013-present
Active in
Gaza City

Mohammad Jaloos

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Mohammad Jaloos (b. 1960) is a Palestinian artist born in Amman.

First Name
Mohammad
Last Name
Jaloos
Occupation
Painter,
Years Active
1981-present
Active in
Amman