taysir batniji :-

Taysir Batniji, an artist with pluridisciplinary interests (painting, installation, photography, performance, video art), was born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1966. He currently lives in Paris (France). He studied fine arts at the An-Najah National University in Nablus (Palestine), before continuing his studies in France, at the ةcole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Bourges (1995-1997), the Université Paris 8, Saint-Denis (2000), and at the ةcole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Marseille (2002-2003). Batjini also participated to many art residencies (6 months at “Schloss Solitude”, Stuttgart, Germany, 2001-2002; 1 month at “Joal-Fadiouth”, Senegal, 2003) and worked at the “Cité Internationale des Arts” (Paris) in 2003 and 2004. Taysir Batniji has staged exhibitions at various venues in Europe and beyond (Havana Biennal, 2003; Venice Biennale, 2003; etc.). He also held a solo presentation at the Centre Culturel Français in Gaza (Palestine) in 2004. Taysir Batniji produces images that question the media clichés our TV screens are full of. In a poetico documentary style, he enables the juxtaposition of intimacy and the news.
The video broadcasted during the festival: Gaza – journal in time # 2 (duration 14’05’’, 2007).

Website: www.taysir.b.free.fr