He is the co-author of several books on Palestinian art and folklore. He was also awarded the first Palestinian National Visual Art Award by Yasser Arafat in 1997.
Nabil Anani was born in Latrun in 1943. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Alexandria University in Egypt in 1969. He opened his first exhibition in Jerusalem in 1972, and since then his works have been exhibited widely in personal and group exhibitions in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and North Africa.
His works are in museums and private collections around the world, including Mathaf (Doha), Dar At Funun (Amman), Barjeel Art Foundation (Sharjah), Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris), Agha Khan Museum (Toronto).
Nabil Anani (born 1943), is a Palestinian artist and one of the founders of the contemporary Palestinian art movement. Nabil was also awarded the first Palestinian National Prize for Visual Art in 1997 by Yasser Arafat.
Anani is not only an artist but also a researcher and writer like many artists of his generation. He is the co-author of several books on Palestinian art and folklore. He was also awarded the first Palestinian National Visual Art Award by Yasser Arafat in 1997. He later became the head of the Palestinian Artists Union. He pioneered the establishment of the first International Academy of Fine Arts in Palestine. Anani was awarded the King Abdullah II Arab World Fine Arts Award in 2006.
Nabil Anani is still one of the most important artists of Palestine today. As a painter, ceramist, and sculptor, he has created magnificent, extraordinary, innovative, and unique works for more than fifty years. He uses local materials such as leather, henna, natural dyes, papier mache, wood, beads, and copper in his works.
Nabil Anani's development as an artist paralleled important events in recent Palestinian history.
He includes the common problems of Palestine and Palestinians in his works; He reflects on the subjects of exile, displacement, conflict, memory, and loss in his works with his own unique methods. Nabil Anani's artistic vision and the purpose of his entire production can perhaps be summarized in just one sentence: To keep the memory alive.
You can see the artist's works on Instagram at @nabil.anani.737.
Nabil Anani continues to live in Ramallah and produce for Palestine.
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NABIL ANANI | DIARY OF AN ARTIST IN INTERESTING TIMES
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