Basma Al Sharif
Basma Al Sharif (born 1983, Kuwait) has developed her practice nomadically since receiving an MFA in 2007 from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Living and working between Cairo, Beirut, Sharjah, Amman, Gaza, and most recently, Paris, Basma’s work operates between cinema and installation. Her works have been shown in solo exhibitions, biennials, and festivals, including Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Videobrasil, and Manifesta 8. She was awarded a Jury Prize at the 9th Sharjah Biennial, won the Marion McMahon Award at the Images Festival in Toronto, and was a guest of the Flaherty Film Seminar in upstate New York.