Shrapnel & Splinters
This group show presents recent works by Basel El Maqousi in dialogue with a selection of artworks by a group of international artists being announced shortly. El-Maqousi was born in Gaza in 1971. He studied Art at the YMCA in Gaza in 1995. Between 2000 and 2003, he attended the Summer Academy of Arts at Darat al-Funun – Khalid Shoman Foundation in Jordan, supervised by Marwan Qassab-Bashi.
El-Maqousi works with different mediums, mainly painting, photography and video, challenging the drab reality of the Gaza Strip by creating colorful but cynical artworks. He has participated in many exhibitions and received several awards, most notably the Charles Asprey Award For Palestinian Artists, and the Bronze Award For Best Photo from the Arab Union of Photographers in Germany. He is a member of the League of Palestinian Artists and a founding member of the collective Windows from Gaza for Contemporary Art.
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