Mirna Bamieh
Mirna Bamieh explores the politics of disappearance and memory production by unpacking the social concerns and limitations of Palestinian communities amid contemporary political dilemmas.
With degrees in Visual arts, culinary arts and Psychology/Sociology, she melds food and storytelling to develop socially engaged work through Palestine Hosting Society, Palestine Hosting Society, a live art project she founded in 2018. Staging dinner performances and various interventions that draw from food practices as well as the passage of recipes through generations, the project aims to revitalize traditional Palestinian food cultures on the verge of disappearing.
Starting 2019, with a need to look at personal history in relation to the collective, the artist has also been reflecting on the process of fermentation through text, sound, ceramics, drawings and video works incorporated into site-specific interactive installations. Her current installations project around fermentation is the series of Sour Things.
Bamieh has performed and exhibited her work at several distinguished venues such Kunsthaus Zurich, Sharjah Biennial, MoMAPS1, Tanzquartier, TBA21 among others. Has been featured in major media outlets such as New York Times, Hyperallergic, AD Middle East, Conde Nast, Canvas, Contemporânia, The National and Art Monthly. She received several awards such as A.M Qattan Founation’s Artist of the year award, and Josi Guggenhein Foundation award. Her works are in several private and public collections such as Kunsthaus Zurich and Thyssen Bornemisza collection.