b. 1968, Ramallah, Palestine; lives in Fairfax, Virginia
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Manal Deeb is a Palestinian-American visual artist whose work is concerned with global tensions over Palestine, feminism, identity and building cultural bridges. Her “Flu of Love” series was created during...
Manal Deeb is a Palestinian-American visual artist whose work is concerned with global tensions over Palestine, feminism, identity and building cultural bridges. Her “Flu of Love” series was created during COVID-19 as both a means of satisfying her creative impulse within isolation as well as a visual diary of her actual experiences. While some areas of the canvas resemble being painted on solid stone, others slip in and out of the viewer’s focus. She created this tension between imagined and real with mixed acrylic and bright colors, crafting a layered technique that represents a continuous flow of emotion, conversation and time. In an attempt to capture herself on canvas, Deeb constructs a composition that is as fractured and ephemeral as her own experience during quarantine.
Deeb studied Studio Art at University of Illinois, Chicago and received a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies of Psychology of Art from George Mason University in Virginia. In 2016, her work was selected to be included in the annual Director’s Collection by the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, VA. She was also selected as one of the Arab Women of the Year in 2013 by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). From 2012 - 2013, thirty of her works were chosen to represent Palestine at the United Nations Visitors Centre in New York City. She has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions internationally and recently published her first book, Dome of the Soul, in collaboration with a Palestinian poet.