Emily Jacir
- · Born in Bethlehem, childhood in Saudi Arabia, high school in Italy. Undergrad University of Dallas and Grad school Memphis College of Art.
- · Works with; film, photography, installation, performance, video, writing, sound.
- · Has been showing her work since 1994
- · Full time professor at International Academy of Art Palestine, teaching since 2006.
- · Has been working on building the art in Ramallah, a city in Palestine
- · Awards: Gold Lion Award for Artists Under 40, Prince Claus Award, Hugo Boss Prize, Alpert Award in the Arts.
Popular
Works of Art
- · Where We Come From (2001-2003) Accumulations (2005) - Jacir asked people who have been banned from Palestine ''If I could do anything for you, anywhere in Palestine, what would it be?'' Jacir then went to Palestine and did what they asked and she documented those actions. She was asked to kiss someone's aging mother and to eat someone's favorite dish at a restaurant.
- · Memorial to 418 Palestinian Villages which were Destroyed, Depopulated, and Occupied by Israel in 1948 (2001) Jacir constructed a tent which resembles the refugee tents in Palestine and embroidered the villages that have been destroyed. Jacir invited people to her studio to help sew names of villages on the memorial tent.
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