Ali Eyal
Ali Eyal (b. 1994) was born in The Forest, Small Farm. After earning a diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad, 2015, he studied at the HWP/Home Workspace, Independent Study Program at Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon, 2016-17. His work explores the complex relationships between personal history, transitory memories, politics, and identity, using a variety of mediums, with a focus on drawing, transformed through other artistic modalities, such as text, installations, photography, and video. His work has been exhibited at MoMa PS1, New York, Beirut Art Center, Lebanon, and Warehouse, Abu Dhabi, UAE, among other venues. Eyal’s video works have been included in several exhibitions and festivals including the Rencontres Internationales, Paris; VITRINE x Kino Screenings, London; Sharjah Film Platform, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE; and Cairo Video Festival, Medrar, Cairo, Egypt. Eyal is currently an artist in residence at Fondation Fiminco, Paris.