Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 01, 1952
Place of Birth
Beirut, Lebanon
Credits
12 titles
Mona Hatoum
Biography
Mona Hatoum (منى حاطوم) is a Palestinian artist born in 1952 to a Palestinian family living in exile in Beirut, Lebanon. From 1970 to 1972, she studied graphic design at the Beirut College for Women. She traveled to London, England in 1975 and was inexpectedly forced to stay long than planned due to the Lebanese Civil War. She attended the Byam Shaw School of Art, London, followed by the Slade School of Fine Art, London. She explores the relationship between politics and the individual through her art installations and sculptures.
Known For
Filmography
Axis of Light
The Eye
Director
theEYE: Mona Hatoum
Self
Corps Étranger
Eyes Skinned
Measures of Distance
Director
Emergence
Self
Roadworks
Self
Changing Parts
Director
Variations On Discord and Divisions
The Negotiating Table
Self
So Much I Want to Say
Director