Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Steve Sabella (Arabic ستيف سابيلا), born (May 19, 1975) in Jerusalem, is a Berlin-based Palestinian artist who uses photography and photographic installations as his principle modes of expression, and is especially recognised for his photo collage artworks. He is the holder of the Ellen Auerbach Award (2008) granted by the Akademie der Künste (Academy of the Arts) in Berlin and was one of the twenty three commissioned artists for the inauguration of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha where he presented a critical installation entitled Settlement - Six Israelis & One Palestinian.Sabella left Jerusalem to live in London in 2007 to continue higher education. Sabella’s relationship to Jerusalem was the subject of his art for many years until he theorized that Jerusalem was in Exile which made clear to him his state of mind as to why he felt constantly out of place in his city of birth. This led to the production of two short documentary films exploring Sabella’s notion of exile.Sabella was kidnapped in Gaza in 2005 while on duty with the United Nations with a colleague from Australia. Released after few hours, the incident was not publicized by the artist, but was an imperative step in deconstructing identity, labels, origin and belonging which was portrayed in his subsequent artworks and a TEDx talk in 2012 with the theme of "Dare to Question my Name or Where I Come From".Steve Sabella studied art photography at the Musrara School of Photography in Jerusalem (1994-1997), and holds a BA in Visual Arts from the State University of New York (2007). Sabella received his first MA with a Caparo Award of Distinction in Photographic Studies from the University of Westminster (2008) and his second Masters in Art Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art in London (2009). The latter MA has enabled Sabella to write several published essays that look at the business of art from an artist’s perspective.. }
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- Steve_Sabella abstract "Steve Sabella (Arabic ستيف سابيلا), born (May 19, 1975) in Jerusalem, is a Berlin-based Palestinian artist who uses photography and photographic installations as his principle modes of expression, and is especially recognised for his photo collage artworks. He is the holder of the Ellen Auerbach Award (2008) granted by the Akademie der Künste (Academy of the Arts) in Berlin and was one of the twenty three commissioned artists for the inauguration of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha where he presented a critical installation entitled Settlement - Six Israelis & One Palestinian.Sabella left Jerusalem to live in London in 2007 to continue higher education. Sabella’s relationship to Jerusalem was the subject of his art for many years until he theorized that Jerusalem was in Exile which made clear to him his state of mind as to why he felt constantly out of place in his city of birth. This led to the production of two short documentary films exploring Sabella’s notion of exile.Sabella was kidnapped in Gaza in 2005 while on duty with the United Nations with a colleague from Australia. Released after few hours, the incident was not publicized by the artist, but was an imperative step in deconstructing identity, labels, origin and belonging which was portrayed in his subsequent artworks and a TEDx talk in 2012 with the theme of "Dare to Question my Name or Where I Come From".Steve Sabella studied art photography at the Musrara School of Photography in Jerusalem (1994-1997), and holds a BA in Visual Arts from the State University of New York (2007). Sabella received his first MA with a Caparo Award of Distinction in Photographic Studies from the University of Westminster (2008) and his second Masters in Art Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art in London (2009). The latter MA has enabled Sabella to write several published essays that look at the business of art from an artist’s perspective.".