About Steve Sabella


Steve Sabella, born in Jerusalem in 1975, is a Palestinian artist based in London. He is holder of the Ellen Auerbach Award (2008) granted by the Akademie der Künster (Academy of the Arts) in Berlin and was short listed and exhibited for the Terry O'Neil Award of Contemporary Photography in the UK (2008).

Sabella's art has been exploring since the mid 1990's notions of imagined cities, hyperrealties and the relationship of the subconscious mind with reality. His recent international shows include: Neighbors in Dialogue (Istanbul, Turkey 2007 and Sarajevo, Bosnia 2008), Gates of the Mediterranean (Rivoli, Italy, 2008), Palestine, La Création Dans Tous Ses Etats, Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris 2009), NOW - Contemporary Art of the 21st Century, Phillips De Pury (London 2009).

Sabella received his first MA in Photographic Studies (with a Caparo Award of distinction) from the University of Westminster and his second MA in Art Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art in London. Sabella's earlier artworks have been reviewed in the new book on Palestinian Art by Kamal Boullata (Saqi Books 2009), and Sabella is one of the artists whose work is reviewed in New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century (Thames & Hudson 2009).

Steve Sabella is also an internationally acclaimed photographer. Sabella has worked for nearly a decade for several United Nations organizations such as UNICEF, UNDP, UNRWA, UNFPA, OCHA, WFP and other major international organizations such as OXFAM, Save the Children and Care International.

Sabella is fluent in several languages including English, French, Arabic and Hebrew and is available for selected international assignments.

To check Sabella's art web see www.stevesabella.com

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