Ahlam Shibli

Infobox Person
name = Ahlam Shibli


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birth_date = 1970
birth_place = Arab ash-Shibli, Israel
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occupation = Artist, Photographer
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Ahlam Shibli (born 1970) ( _ar. احلام شبلي) is a Palestinian artist who was born in the village of Arab al-Shibli in the Galilee region of Israel, and currently lives in Haifacite web|url=http://www.desterritoires.com/spip.php?article104|title=Ahlam Shibli|publisher=Séminaire Des territoires|date=5 December 2007|accessdate=2008-03-24] cite web|title=Between the lines|author=Rachel Aspden|date=10 July 2006|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200607100036|accessdate=2008-03-24] Her artistic medium is photography.cite web|title=Index of Artists:Ahlam Shibli - Biography|publisher=|Universes in Universe: World of Art|url=http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/intartdata/artists/asia/pse/shibli/bio|accessdate=2008-03-24] Her work explores the life of the Bedouin.Goodman et al., 2007, p. 28.] Adrian Searle describes her work as "unsentimental and undramatic...extremely moving."cite web|author=Adrian Searle|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/feature/0,,1057790,00.html|title=What lies beneath|publisher=The Guardian|date=October 7 2003|accessdate=2008-03-24]

She has participated in the 27th São Paulo Biennial (2006/7)cite journal|author=Christian Rattemeyer|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_6_45/ai_n24242086|title=27th Sao Paulo Bienal: Sao Paulo|journal=ArtForum|month=February | year=2007|accessdate=2008-03-24] and documenta 12 (2008).cite web|title=Documenta Kassel 16/06 -23/09 2007|url=http://www.documenta12.de/uebersichtsdetails.html?L=1&gk=A&level=&knr=37|publisher=documenta12.de|accessdate=2008-03-24]

Works

olo Exhibitions (selected)

2007
*"Goter", and "Trackers", Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundeecite web|url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/1338-ahlam-shibli/|title=Everyday war|author=Isla Leaver-Yap|date=12 February 2007|accessdate=2008-03-25]

2006
*"Trackers", Max Wigram Gallery, London; Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya; Kunsthalle Basel, Basel

2003
*"Lost Time": "Unrecognised", "Self-Portrait", and "Goter" , Ikon Gallery, Birmingham [cat.]
*"Goter", Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv [cat.]

2002
*"Positioning", [http://www.hagar-gallery.com/ Hagar Art Galley] , Jaffa [cat.]
*"Unrecognised", el Kahif Gallery, Bethlehem
*"Five Senses", The Acco Festival for Alternative Theatre, Acre

2000
*"Unrecognised", al Matal Cultural Center, Ramallah; Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tel Aviv [cat.]

1999
*"Wadi Salib in Nine Volumes", French Cultural Center, Ramallah; Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tel Aviv [cat.]

References

Bibliography

*Citation|first1=Susan Tumarkin|last1=Goodman|first2=Andy|last2=Grundberg|first3=Nissan|last3=Perez|title=Dateline Israel: New Photography and Video Art|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2007|ISBN=0300111568

External links

* [http://ahlamshibli.com/links/books.htm Ahlam Shibli's books]
* [http://ahlamshibli.com/texts/trackers.htm Ulrich Loock, "Ahlam Shibli: RESISTING OPPRESSION". 2006]
* [http://ahlamshibli.com/texts/refuge.htm Ulrich Loock, "Refuge in Frost". 2005]
* [http://ahlamshibli.com/texts/nomadic.htm John Berger, "A Nomadic Discretion". 2003]
* [http://ahlamshibli.com/texts/cassandra.htm Kamal Boullata, "Cassandra and the Photography of the Invisible". 2003]
* [http://ahlamshibli.com/texts/goter.htm Ulrich Loock, "Goter". 2003]
* [http://universes-in-universe.org/ara/islamic_world/articles/2007/ahlam_shibli/ "الوطن وأرض الوطن", سلسلة صور "إيسترن إل جي بي تي" من عمل أحلام شبلي. بقلم: ليسيت لاغنادو ] ]
* [http://www.timeout.com/london/art/features/1868/Ahlam_Shibli-Interview.html "Time Out" interview]
* [http://www.purpose.fr/index7.html Ahlam Shibli, "Arab al-Sbaih", purpose 7, spring 2008]

Persondata
NAME=Shibli, Ahlam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Palestinian artist, photographer
DATE OF BIRTH=1970
PLACE OF BIRTH= Palestine
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH= Palestine