Mohammed Musallam Bin Ham Al-Ameri

Place: Gaza

Born: 1974

Biography:

Mohammed Musallam is a Palestinian artist born in Gaza in 1974. He holds a Ph.D. in Art Philosophy and has taught drawing, painting, and the history of Palestinian art at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Al-Aqsa University in Gaza. He is a researcher in Palestinian visual arts and has presented masters and Ph.D. thesis on visual arts in Palestine. His artworks are exhibited personally and in groups in Palestine and abroad. He is an interdisciplinary artist who creates abstract paintings, performances, installations, and video art. He uses materials inspired and taken from the local environment to express issues in a concise manner charged with expressive energy. He believes in simple and brief ideas taken from his daily surroundings. He currently resides in Toronto, Canada.