Bisan Abu-Eisheh (1985). He is an M.A. Fine Art holder from Central Saint Martins, 2014. He has obtained his B.A. at the International Academy of Art – Palestine. He currently lives between Glasgow, London and Jerusalem
He has programmed Hospitalfield’s Summer School: Fieldworks 2016, under the title “Not Every Tent is The Same”, Arbroath, Scotland.
Selected Group Exhibitions include: Subcontracted Nations, Qattan Cultural Center, Palestine (2018 upcoming). Jerusalem Lives, The Palestinian Museum, Palestine (2017). Don’t You Think It Is Time For Love? MMoMA, Moscow, Russia (2016). Jerusalem Show VIII: Before and After Origins, Jerusalem, Palestine(2016). Greetings to Those Who Asked About Me, CIC Cairo, Egypt (2015). ArtBat Festival, Almaty, Kazakhstan (2015). Too Early, Too Late, Bologna,Italy (2015). Afterimage: Rappresentazioni del conflitto, Galleria Civica di Trento, Italy (2015).Eva International Biennial/Ireland’s Biennial, Limerick, Ireland (2014). Hiwar “conversations in Amman”, Darat Al Funon, Amman, Jordan (2013). Points of Departure, ICA Gallery, London, UK (2013). Arrivals and Departures _ Mediterranean exhibition, Ancona, Italy (2012). The Jerusalem Show on/off Language, Jerusalem, Palestine (2011). The 12th Istanbul Biennial (2011).
He has performed in several art events including: Friday Late night at V&A museum, London, UK. Prayers by Dora Garcia, The Jerusalem Show, Al-Mammal foundation, Jerusalem (2009). Hello Jerusalem by Hello Earth Danish group, the Palestinian national theatre, Jerusalem (2009).
He has worked as an Assistant artist at the Return of The Soul exhibition by Jean Frere, the Palestinian art court (Al-Hoash), Jerusalem (2008). He has worked as an assistant curator for “Gaza Graffiti” project by the Swedish artist Mia Grondahl.
Selected Residencies includes: Selected Residencies: Culture + Conflict Artist in Residence at the Liddle Hart Colonial archive, Kings Collage, London, UK (2016/17). Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen International Fellowship Program for Art and Theory, Innsbruck, Austria (2015). AIR Antwerpen residency program, Antwerp, Belgium (2014/2015).Hiwar “Conversations in Amman” at Darat al Funon Foundation, Amman, Jordan. (2013). Radio Materiality at Vessel Art Project, Bari, Italy (2013). Points of Departure at The Delfina Foundation(2012).
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https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/demolished-lives-art-created-from-palestinian-ruins-30155248.html