Qais Assali (1987, Palestine) is an artist, designer and educator. His works with photography, video, installation, lecture performance, graphic design, and in the archives seek to engage and subvert national geopolitical power dynamics. His interdisciplinary work stages questions between site and the body in relation to his own identity and locale in order to debunk metaphoric surrounding contested geographies.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:
Costume Party at the Moslem Temple at Halal Metropolis, Detroit Art Week.
Locating the 'Unknown' at Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI, USA | Jun 24 - Aug 5, 2019
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS:
Parade at Temporary Art Centre (TAC), Eindhoven, Netherlands
Ahl Al Medinah, Shurafa’ Al Ayn at Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN, USA
Turath aw Hadara and
Nice Legs at Twin Cities Arab Film Festival / Mizna, Minneapolis, MN, USA
UPCOMING RESIDENCIES & CONFERENCES:
Core Residency, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX, USA
Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Michigan State University, MI, USA
Global Social Witnessing, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany