Emily Jacir

Biography

Emily Jacir is an artist whose work investigates translation, transformation, resistance and movement. She has built a complex and compelling oeuvre through a diverse range of media and methodologies that include unearthing historical material, performative gestures and in-depth research. Jacir has been actively involved in education in Palestine since 2000 and is deeply invested in creating alternative spaces for knowledge production internationally. Her works have been exhibited widely across the world since 1994 and she has received several grants and awards, including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome (2015) and Hugo Boss Prize, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2008). She is the founder and director of Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research in Bethlehem. Currently, she teaches at NABA - Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome and The Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation in Abu Dhabi and the Whitney Independent Study Program.