Bissan Rafe
| Bissan Rafe Duz | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Surrealism, illustrations, fairytales |
| Spouse(s) | Bülent Düz (m. 2014) |
| Website |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
Bissan Rafe (Arabic: بيسان رافع) is an Palestinian American visual artist, animator and writer from Houston, Texas, living and working in the Netherlands. She established Nohra-Studio in Houston in 2007. Her work has been exhibited in various galleries and biennials throughout the world including: USA, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Japan, UK and Palestine.[1]
Artwork
Bissan's artwork ranges from political cartoons, oil paintings, illustrations to literature. Her art connects the concept of world culture and folklore with a Palestinian theme. An underlying theme of her work usually revolves around multiple phases dealing with cycles of production, destruction, and reestablishment homage to the Palestinian diaspora via the continuation of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
She is also noted for her unique fiction writings and illustrated novelettes in the literary fiction anthology Μυρτισα II: The Perfect Work, a 4 volume series that includes four semi-illustrated stories in chronological order: Grandlazar, Veilchen, Verlassen and Repressalie).
Fairytales
Shamms Islet: a dual publication, the first a folkloric novelette and the second an illustrated fairytale, which links Eastern to Western Asian cultures as seen through the eyes of a westerner. The story focuses mainly on the folklore of each country: Palestine, Japan and Texas (USA). The story work was done in a series of Artist in Residence research the artist undertook from 2011-2014 in the previous fore-mentioned countries.
The Child Far Away (2012), the result of a creative collaboration between the artist and Italian-American writer Jason R. Forbus, is a story that focuses on child refugees and their dreams.
De Clérambault, based on Bissan's short story with the same title, combines arts and psychology.
Animations
A short animated film for Shamms Islet is in production as of 2015. A trailer was released to YouTube on March 6, 2015, which states that the film will be released in Summer 2016.[2]
Notes
- ↑ kura studio*Kura, Studio. "Bissan Rafe’s exhibition "Water Waves Fairytales"". Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ↑ "Shamms Islet シャムスの小島 Trailer". Youtube. Nohra Studio. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
References
- Shafer, Susan (2017). "The Group Called ʻ365 Women-a-Year Playwrightsʻ to Present Evening Festival of New Plays by, and About, Women in History" PR.com. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- Cao, Federico (2012). "Palestinian Folkloric Fairytales: Painter Bissan Rafe". The Palestine Chronicle. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- Cao, Federico (2014). "Palestinian Folkloric Fairy Tales: A Spotlight on Palestinian Painter Bissan". This Week in Palestine. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- Forbus, Jason (2011). "Art of the Palestinian diaspora". Review. Maan News Agency. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- Herdian, Sharon (2006). Anti Thesis Art Magazine "Autumn Issue" Check
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Further reading
- Reviews
- Palestinian Visual Arts: News and Reviews at IMEU.net "Art of Palestine" Check
|url=value (help). Review. IMEU. 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.