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Hani Zurob (Arabic: هاني زعرب); born 1976 in Rafah Camp in the Gaza Strip, is a Palestinian artist and painter based in Paris, France. His work addresses concepts of exile, waiting, movement and displacement, and aims to present the collective Palestinian experience through reflections on the personal. His work has been exhibited at L’Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, Bahrain National Museum, National Museum of Damascus in Syria, the Henry Moore Institute in the UK, the Station Museum of Contemporary Art in Houston, TX in the U.S and the 2014 Dakar Biennial. He was listed as one of The Huffington Post’s “10 International Artists to Watch in 2013.” In 2009 he was awarded the La bourse Renoir (Renior Prize) that included an eight-month residency in Essoyes. In 2012 ''Between Exits: Paintings by Hani Zurob'' authored by Kamal Boullata and published by Black Dog Publishing was released. It examines Zurob’s work from 2002 to 2012 and sheds light on the personal and historical events that contextualize it.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://blackdogonline.com/all-books/between-exits.html )〕 His life story has inspired the creation of two films directed by Jessica Habie, ''Mars At Sunrise'' and ''Meet Me Out of the Siege'' which won the Best Short Documentary Prize at the Cannes Short Film Corner in 2007. == Artist's Exile == In 1994 Zurob moved from Rafah to Nablus and enrolled in the An-Najah National University where he received B.A. of Fine Arts in 1999. Due to Israeli restrictions on Palestinian movement he studied there as an “illegal sojourner” and lived under constant threat of deportation. He moved to Ramallah in pursuit of a more active art and cultural scene and lived there from 1999 to 2006. In 2002 Zurob was selected as one of ten finalists in the A. M. Qattan Foundation’s Young Artist of the Year Award. During Operation Defensive Shield Zurob was arrested by Israeli forces from his home while preparing for the exhibition. During the arrest the soldiers damaged the paintings he was working on. He was detained for 52 days in Ofer Prison west of Ramallah due to "confidential information." He was forced to sleep outside on asphalt with no bedding. As Amira Hass wrote, "But Zu'rob's talent has not always saved him. Tears flow from his eyes as he recalls the last minutes of the "interrogation" he underwent in May, 2002... Every so often he was taken for "interrogation." Tell me the names of your brothers and sisters, ordered the interrogator. He listed them. The interrogator said to him: You've forgotten someone. Zu'rob was confused. Whom had he forgotten? You forgot Rawan, said the interrogator, your sister's new daughter. Celebrations of births and weddings and sad occasions such as illness and death - participating in these family events is regularly denied to the Gazan "illegal sojourners" in the West Bank. So is it any wonder that Zu'rob forgot to mention his newborn niece to the interrogator, who had access to all the details concerning his subject on his computer screen?” Eventually, after the prosecution failed to put together an indictment against him, he was released. He informed the A. M. Qattan Foundation that he would no longer be able to participate because he would not be able to finish new work on time. They responded by giving him a two-month extension, and he created ''A Song: If I Say No, I Mean No'' in response to his experience in jail.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.qattanfoundation.org/en/young-artist-year-award-2002 )〕 In 2006 he received a grant from the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris to take part in a 6-month artist residency there. His return home to Ramallah was barred by an Israeli order, and he was subsequently informed that he would be arrested and imprisoned upon returning because he had previously lived illegally in the West Bank. Through the support of friends, colleagues and the Cité Internationale des Arts, Zurob was able to stay in Paris and eventually bring his wife there as well. In 2009 Zurob was awarded the Renoir Grant which included an eight-month residency in Essoyes, France. Zurob cannot return to his homeland and remains in exile. He is currently based in Paris, France. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hani Zurob」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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