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Aissa Deebi | (PhD, University of Southampton, 2012; MFA, University of Liverpool, 1999) Born Palestine in 1969, Aissa Deebi is an artist and a scholar based in Cairo and New York. His early work investigates the complexity of daily practices in post 1948 Palestine: Days like this (1997): Makkan (1998); My Dream House (1999); Nothing is New Only Forgotten (2000). Later Deebi’s work tackled the theme of immigration and alienation, which culminated into his PhD research, providing critical analysis of Diaspora as a creative space. In tandem with his scholarly work, Deebi produced a body of works that interrogate the complex phenomena of cultural-migration Diaspora reality as experienced by an adult Palestinian-American artist in post Sept 11 America: Killing Time (2004); Naked Heroes (2003); Dead Sweet (2004) and recently Tal El Samak (2011). Currently Deebi is developing a new project: THE (unofficial) PAVILION OF PALESTINE IN VENICE BIENNIAL 53 together with Curator Bruce W. Ferguson.

Deebi held several positions teaching art and design at a number of institutions including the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, Centro de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Design, Mexico and Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand. In 2010, Deebi joined the American University of Cairo’s Arts Department as a professor of Art and Design, teaching in the areas of studio arts, design practice, theory and photography. In 2011 he was appointed to become the Director of the Visual Cultures Program, which includes the visual arts-film and graphic design majors. In addition Deebi is the director of Sharjah Art Gallery at AUC. A successful artist, Deebi revamped the entire program, ensuring that a strong art program is in place, reflecting the contemporary art approaches reflecting the advances made towards Art in the 21st century, both in research and in practice.

Deebi is a founding member of ArteEast in New York City, where he served as the first Director of the Visual Arts and Director of the Board. He is also a consultant on education for the Birzet University’s Museum in Palestine, and the curator of Mizna, the Arab American Art and Literature Magazine in Minneapolis, USA. His work was exhibited across the globe from the Queens Museum of Art in New York to the Haus am Lutzowplatz in Berlin, in addition to the Asia-Pacific Triennial, Taipei in Taiwan, VCU Art Gallery in Doha, Elga Wimmer Gallery in New York, and Art in Dubai.