Sama Raena Alshaibi
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Sama Raena Alshaibi سما الشيبي (born in Basra
, Iraq
) to an Iraq
i father and Palestinian
mother. She is an artist and photographer, in which she uses her cultural heritage to reflect her work and help inform her audience of her identity.
Her mother and her family were relocated to Iraq
at around 60 years ago, as a result of Al Nakba, after meeting her father; the family left Basra in 1981. Her story of leaving Iraq is told in her film Goodbye to the Weapon. She is co-founder of the women's art collective, 6plus.
"Alshaibi’s confident figures not only express a sense of fortitude—they recall a distinct
imagery found in post-Nakba Palestinian art and visual culture in which portrayals of
women are iconic signifiers of a people’s tenacity. In paintings and illustrations by influential Palestinian artists Suleiman Mansour, Ismail Shammout
, and Abdul Rahman al Muzayen, the female image is depicted as the embodiment of sumoud. Today we find a new
generation of artists continuing and reinventing this tradition in a multitude of mediums."
and her Masters of Fine Arts (Photography, Video and New Media) at University of Colorado at Boulder
.
She is an Assistant Professor of Photography at University of Arizona
.
Basra
Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
) to an Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
i father and Palestinian
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
mother. She is an artist and photographer, in which she uses her cultural heritage to reflect her work and help inform her audience of her identity.
Her mother and her family were relocated to Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
at around 60 years ago, as a result of Al Nakba, after meeting her father; the family left Basra in 1981. Her story of leaving Iraq is told in her film Goodbye to the Weapon. She is co-founder of the women's art collective, 6plus.
"Alshaibi’s confident figures not only express a sense of fortitude—they recall a distinct
imagery found in post-Nakba Palestinian art and visual culture in which portrayals of
women are iconic signifiers of a people’s tenacity. In paintings and illustrations by influential Palestinian artists Suleiman Mansour, Ismail Shammout
Ismail Shammout
-Biography:Shammout was born in 1930 in Lydda. On July 12, 1948, he and his family were amongst 25,000 residents of Lydda expelled from their homes by Israeli soldiers. The Shammout family moved to the Gaza refugee camp of Khan-Younes. In 1950 Shammout went to Cairo and enrolled in the College of...
, and Abdul Rahman al Muzayen, the female image is depicted as the embodiment of sumoud. Today we find a new
generation of artists continuing and reinventing this tradition in a multitude of mediums."
Projects
- The Bride Wears Orange (2009-video)
- Between Two Rivers (2008-photography)
- And Other Interruptions (2007–2008, photography)
- All I Want For Christmas (2007-video)
- Birthright (2005-photography)
- In This Garden (Photography 2006)
- My Apartheid Vacation (2006)
- Heirloom (2005–2006)
- Where the Birds Fly (2008-video)
- Birthright (2004–2005)
- Zaman: I Remember (2002–2004)
Career
Received her BA in Photography at Columbia College ChicagoColumbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago is one of the largest art colleges in the United States with nearly 12,000 students pursuing degrees within 120 undergraduate and graduate programs...
and her Masters of Fine Arts (Photography, Video and New Media) at University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
.
She is an Assistant Professor of Photography at University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
.
External links
- Official Site
- Portfolio at University of ArizonaUniversity of ArizonaThe University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
- 6plus women's art collective