Dor Guez ( he, דור גז) is an Israeli artist of Christian Palestinian and

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Biography

Guez was born in

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. On his father's side he is the grandson of a

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survivor, and on his mother's side, the son of a Palestinian-Christian family from

Lydda Lod ( he, לוד, or fully vocalized ; ar, اللد, al-Lidd or ), also known as Lydda ( grc, Λύδδα), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lower Shephe ...

, Al-Monayer, who were among the 2% of the city population that remained in Lydda after the

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, when the State of Israel was established.

Artistic career

Guez's photography, video, mixed media, and essays explore the relationship between art, narrative, and memory. Interrogating personal and official accounts of the past, Guez raises questions about contemporary art's role in narrating unwritten histories and re-contextualizing visual and written documents. Since 2006, his ongoing research focuses on archival materials of the region and his biracial background. In 2006, Guez began working on his Palestinian archival project. Using photographs from the first half of the 20th century, the images also depict Guez's family from Jaffa and Lydda. After completing his studies, he exhibited solo exhibitions at the

Petach Tikva Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent set ...

Museum of Art (2009) and at the

Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv Museum of Art ( he, מוזיאון תל אביב לאמנות ''Muzeon Tel Aviv Leomanut'') is an art museum in Tel Aviv, Israel. The museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of modern and contemporary art from Israel and aroun ...

(2011). The two exhibitions dealt with the ramifications of the 1948 war on the Palestinian minority in Israel and aroused a public debate. Thereafter, Guez is active both as an artist and educator in raising awareness about the Israeli occupation. Currently he serves as the head of the Master in Fine Art at

Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design ( he, בצלאל, אקדמיה לאמנות ועיצוב) is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldes ...

. On the occasion of Guez's solo exhibition at The ICA London in collaboration with the

A. M. Qattan Foundation The A. M. Qattan Foundation is a not-for-profit developmental organisation based in Ramallah, West Bank, State of Palestine, Palestine. It was founded in 1993 by the Palestinian businessman and politician Abdel Mohsin Al-Qattan. The chairman is h ...

, Guez was described as "a leading critical and artistic voice from the Middle East". Guez received his PhD in 2014. Eight catalogs have been published internationally about Guez's practice. Publishers include Distanz, New England Press, and A.M Qattan Foundation. Guez's work has been displayed in over thirty solo exhibitions worldwide; MAN Museum, Nuoro (2018); DEPO, Istanbul (2017); the Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem (2017); the

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, Detroit (2016); the

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, London (2015); the Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (2015); the

Rose Art Museum The Rose Art Museum, founded in 1961, is a part of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, US. Named after benefactors Edward and Bertha Rose, it offers temporary exhibitions, and it displays and houses works of art from the permanent col ...

, Brandeis University, Massachusetts (2013); Artpace, San Antonio (2013); the Mosaic Rooms, Centre for Contemporary Arab Culture & Art, London (2013); the KW Institute for Contemporary Art,

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(2010); and Petach Tikva Museum of Art, (2009). He has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including shows at MODEM Museum (2018); The

Arab World Institute The ''Institut du Monde Arabe'', French for Arab World Institute, abbreviated ''IMA'', is an organization founded in Paris in 1980 by France with 18 Arab countries to research and disseminate information about the Arab world and its cultural an ...

(2017); the

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(2016); the North Coast Art Triennial, Denmark (2016);

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, Greensboro,

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(2015); the 17th, 18th, and 19th International Contemporary Art Festival

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, São Paulo (2011, 2013, 2015); the 8th

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for Contemporary Art (2014); Cleveland Institute of Art (2014); Triennale Museum,

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(2014); Centre of Contemporary Art, Torun (2014);

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography The is an art museum concentrating on photography. As the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, it was founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and is in Meguro-ku, a short walk from Ebisu station in southwest Tokyo. The museum also ...

(2014);

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Museum,

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(2013);

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, Paris (2012); the 12th

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(2011); and the

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(2010).

Private life

Dor Guez is openly gay. He is married to the American stylist Darnell Ross. The couple has a daughter. Guez lives and works in

Jaffa Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the b ...

and

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Bibliography

*''Dor Guez: The Sick Man of Europe: The Architect'', Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Texts by: Chelsea Haines, Kamal P. and Dor Guez, MOCAD, Detroit, 2015. *''Dor Guez: The Sick Man of Europe: The Painter'', ICA London, Texts by: Achim Borchardt-Hume, D.Guez and Dor Guez, Published by:

and ICA, London, 2015. *''Dor Guez: 40 Days, The Mosaic Rooms'', Texts by: Omar al-Qattan, Mitra Abbaspour, and Dor Guez, Published by: Al-Qattan Foundation, Contemporary Culture from the Arab World, 2013. *''Dor Guez: 100 Steps to the Mediterranean'', The Rose Art Museum, Texts by: Samir Srouji,

Gannit Ankori Gannit Ankori (Hebrew: גנית אנקורי) is an Israeli art historian. She is Professor of Fine Arts and Chair in Israeli Art at the Department of Fine Arts at Brandeis University. She was previously chair of the Department of Art History at ...

, Dabney Hailey, and Dor Guez, Published by: New England Press, 2012. *''Dor Guez: The Nation's Groves'', Tel Aviv Museum of Art: Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation, Texts by: Ellen Ginton, and Efrat Livny, Published by: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2011. *''Dor Guez: Al-Lydd'', KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Texts by: Susanne Pfeffer, Felix Ensslin,

Ariella Azoulay Ariella Aïsha Azoulay ( he, אריאלה עאישה אזולאי; born Tel Aviv, 1962) is an author, art curator, filmmaker, and theorist of photography and visual culture. She is a professor of Modern Culture and Media and the Department of ...

, and Dor Guez, Published by: DISTANZ Verlag, Berlin, 2010. *''Dor Guez: Georgiopolis'', Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Texts by: Drorit Gur Arie, Ariella Azoulay, Gil Eyal,

Michal Heiman Michal Heiman (Hebrew language, Hebrew: מיכל היימן, born in Tel Aviv) is a Tel Aviv-Yafo based artist, curator, theoretician and activist. She is the founder of the ''Photographer Unknown Archive'' (1984) and creator of the Michal Heiman ...

and Dor Guez, Published by: Petach Tikva Museum of Art, 2009.

Public collections

Guez's works are held in numerous international public collections, including Rose Art Museum (Boston), FRAC collection (Marseille), Israel Museum (Jerusalem), Schocken collection (Te Aviv), BNL collection (Italy), Petach Tikva Museum of Art (Petach Tikva), Brandis University (Waltham), Recanati collection (New York), Beit Hatfutsot (Tel Aviv), amongst others. Dor Guez is represented by Dvir Gallery in Tel Aviv and

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

and Galerie carlier, gebauer, Berlin.

Awards and recognition

Guez is the recipient of The Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Artist in Residency Award, Rose Art Museum,

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; and International Artist in Residence Award, Artpace,

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References

External links

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