Fahed Halabi

I think that all art work is political

By Fahed Halabi

Born on the occupied Golan Heights - "Israel" my work reflects the socio-political context in which I was born as an Arab-Syrian artist. As a person who has lived his whole life between two worlds, the question of identity is the principal question with which I deal. My personal reality confronts daily with dilemmas of identity. On one hand the Arab, Eastern culture in which I was born and grew up and on the other, the western culture to which I was exposed in the last years.

Living on this boarder, is a tiring and exhausting position, however on the other hand it is a challenging and inquisitive situation which often exposes me to new questions and challenges.

Through dealing with question of identity I try to examine the dimensions of the conflict between these two cultures. This conflict is expressed in various forms; Political, economical and social.
On the social level I deal with the sexual and gendered dimension, in the relation between the cultures. This sexual dimension could reflect, in a sensitive and honest way, the small, hidden and important cultural nuance existing all at the same time.

Art for me is not a game, it is part of my reality and m...

2006 B. Ed. Beit Beirl School of Art (HaMidrasha), Israel
Final Project: Drawing and Video Art
1998 Instructor Certification, with Honors, Tel Hai College, Israel, concentration in the Plastic Arts
Final Project: Outdoor Sculpture

2010 Fateh Modarris Art Center, Majdal Shams Golan Hights
2009 Two walls, Naoga Hayakra Gallery, Tel Aviv Israel
2009 Town Hall Gallery, Geurnica Spain
2009 Bilbao Art Gallery Center, Bilbao Spain
2008 Yalla Bye, Medrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv Israel
2007 Fateh Modarris Art Center, Majdal Shams Golan Heights
Selected Collective Exhibitions
2011 Gallery Rivoli 59, Paris France
2011 Video Art Exhibition Another world is possible, Bezalel Academy Of Art Gallery, Jerusalem Israel
2011 Bread and roses, Gallery Minshar, Tel Aviv Israel
2011 Rubin-Frankel Gallery, Boston USA
2011 CCA Kalisher, Tel Aviv Israel
2010 the last decade, Tel Aviv Israel
2010 geh8 gallery, Dresden Germany
2010 Fresh Paint Art Fair, Tel Aviv Israel
2010 Mémoire de l’avenir, gallery, Paris France
2009 Nisnas Holiday Festival, The Gefen House, Haifa Israel
2009 Men In The Sun, Herzeliya museum, Herzeliya Israel
2009 Bread & Roses, Minshar gallery, Tel Aviv Israel
2008 Old Jaffa Artists in a Fresh Rendezvous, Jaffa Museum, Jaffa Israel
2007 Not Israeli Art, The Picture Theater Gallery, Tel Aviv Israel
2007 GaBo Gallery, Tel Aviv Israel
2006 Nisnas Holiday Festival, Haifa Israel
2006 Shlush Gallery, Tel Aviv Israel