Representative work by Emily Jacir
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Artist

Emily Jacir

b. 1972, Bethlehem, Palestine · Palestinian-American

  • Memphis College of Art
  • University of Dallas

Emily Jacir works across installation, photography, video and performance to examine displacement, mobility, translation and Palestinian history. Her projects often begin from everyday movement—crossing checkpoints, carrying objects, tracing routes—and connect personal action to larger political structures.

Installation; photography; video; performance

Major Works

  • 2001–03Where We Come From
  • 2001Memorial to 418 Palestinian Villages Which Were Destroyed, Depopulated and Occupied by Israel in 1948
  • 2002Crossing Surda (a record of going to and from work)
  • 2004–09Material for a Film
  • 2010–12ex libris
  • 2003Linz Diary
  • 1995Accumulations
  • 2009Stazione
  • 1998sexy seminal
  • 2016Europa

Interviews & Writing

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