Amer Shomali is a Palestinian multidisciplinary artist, using painting, films, digital media, installations and comics as tools to explore and interact with the sociopolitical scene in Palestine. Much of Shomali’s work examines the creation and the use of the Palestinian revolution’s iconography.
His art works are part of several collections: The British Museum, The Arab World Institute, Barjeel Art Foundation, The Samawi collection, The Museum of Manufactured Response to Absence (MoMRtA), Birzeit University Museum, Al-Qattan Foundation; as well as the private collections of Dr. Ramzi Dalloul, Ms. Rana Sadik, Mr. Hashim Shawa, Mr. Rami Nimer, and Mr. George Al Ama.
Shomali co-directed an award winning animated documentary, The Wanted 18, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014. The film was awarded the best documentary award in Abu Dhabi, Carthage, Traverse City, and Al-Jazeera Film Festivals. The Wanted 18 was in the official submission lists for the foreign language and documentary categories of the Oscars 88th.
Born in Kuwait in 1981, Shomali holds a BSc in Architecture from Birzeit University in Palestine, and a Master’s degree in Animation from Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom. Shomali is the General Director of the Palestinian Museum in Ramallah, Palestine.
This talk will examine the Palestinian Museum’s journey during the ongoing genocide, highlighting its efforts to break away from traditional museology. In the face of destruction, fragmentation, looted collections and displacement, the museum has had to rethink its role, methods, and responsibilities, developing new ways to preserve, salvage and present cultural heritage outside conventional institutional frameworks. Through this discussion, we will explore alternative models of museum work that challenge colonial narratives, prioritize community engagement, and redefine the role of cultural institutions in times of crisis.
Emigration Museum in Gdynia
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