Art and designשאריף ואכד
Sharif Waked
Sharif Waked is a Palestinian visual artist from Nazareth whose work deals with politics in the Middle East.
born 1964The video work Chic PointArt on the Israeli-Palestinian conflictChildren's book illustration
- Occupation
- painter, production designer, film director, art director
- Education
- University of Haifa
Sharif Waked was born in 1964 in Nazareth
Sharif Waked was born in Nazareth in 1964. His parents came to the city as refugees from the village of Mjedil. He lives and works in Haifa and Nazareth.
From 1983 to 1986 he studied art and philosophy at the University of Haifa and earned a bachelor's degree.
Waked works as a painter, graphic designer and illustrator of children's books. His work focuses on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its violent sides, often set against careful aesthetics. His video Chic Point showed fashion for Palestinians passing through IDF checkpoints and was shown in exhibitions around the world.
Later works include the video To Be Continued from 2009, the series Contribute A Better Translation from 2011, and MOM Museum of Mosul from 2017, about the destruction of Mosul under ISIS. His works are held by the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and other collections.
Milestones in Sharif Waked's life
- 1964
Born in Nazareth.
- 1983
Began studying art and philosophy at the University of Haifa.
- 1998
Held a solo exhibition at the Minerva Bar Gallery in Tel Aviv.
- 2002
Created the painting series Jericho First.
- 2004
Showed Chic Point at the Herzliya Museum.
- 2007
Held a mini retrospective at the Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery.
- 2009
Made the video work To Be Continued.
- 2017
Made MOM Museum of Mosul, about the destruction of Mosul.
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Based on English Wikipedia, Sharif Waked and Hebrew Wikipedia, שאריף ואכד, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.
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