Jack Persekian

Born in Jerusalem, living in Jerusalem and Sharjah. Curator and producer, founder and director of Anadiel gallery, the Al-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jerusalem and XEIN Productions. Artistic director of the Sharjah Biennial’s 8th and 9th edition and head curator of its 7th edition, UAE. Curated several exhibitions locally and internationally, among them: reconsidering Palestinian art in Cuenca, Spain 2006, disorientation – contemporary Arab artists from the Middle East, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin (2003), in weiter ferne, so nah, neue palastinensische kunst, ifa galleries in Bonn, Stuttgart and Berlin (2002), in addition to the official Palestinian Representation to the XXIV Biennale de Sao Paulo. Directed and produced several events locally and internationally, most recent: the Palestinian Cultural Evening at the World Economic Forum in the Dead Sea, Jordan (2004), the Geneva initiative, public commitment event in Geneva (2003), the Millennium Celebrations in Bethlehem, Bethlehem 2000 project (2000). Produced a series of short films and videos: ‘A Ball and a Coloring Box’, ‘my son’, and ‘the last 5 short films of the millennium’ with a group of Palestinian filmmakers.