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Sama Alshaibi

Sama Raena Alshaibi also known as Sama Alshaibi ( born 1973 in Basra, Iraq) is a conceptual artist (video art, performative photography, sculpture and installation), who deals with spaces of conflict as her primary subject. War, exile, power and the quest for survival are themes seen in her works. She often uses her own body in her artwork as a representation of the country or an issue she is dealing with.

Sama Alshaibi was named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow in Photography. She has exhibited extensively throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa since 2003. She has held solo exhibitions in New York, London, Dubai, Guatemala City, Jerusalem, Ramallah and Arizona. Her project ''Silsila'' was exhibited at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013), as part of the Maldives Pavilion. In 2019, she was selected as an artist in residence at Artpace San Antonio that culminated with a solo exhibition titled “Until Total Liberation.” She also represented the United States at the 13th International Cairo Biennale in 2019. Her video work ''Wasl'' (Arabic for "Union" – 2017) was included in the inaugural 2017 Honolulu Biennial. She has been selected as one of 60 artists for the State of the Art 2020 (Crystal Bridges, Arkansas) curated by Lauren Haynes. Provided by Wikipedia