Bashir Makhoul is a conceptual artist born in Galilee. He studied Fine Art in the UK for his BA, MA, and completed his Ph.D. in 1995. He has exhibited internationally, including at the Hayward Gallery in London, Tate Liverpool, Saatchi Gallery in London, the Liverpool Biennial, Jordan National Museum, NCA Lahore in Pakistan, Haus am Lützowplatz in Berlin, UTS Gallery in Sydney, Elga Wimmer Gallery in New York, 798 Yang Art Museum in Beijing, Shanghai Minsheng Museum, the 55th Venice Biennial, Aichi Biennial in Japan, the Asian Triennial in the UK, The KL Biennial (2017), Institute of the Arab World in Paris, Today Art Museum in Beijing, and many others. Makhoul is a published author and a leading scholar in the areas of art, conflict, and identity.
He has authored books such as “The Origins of Palestinian Art” (2013), published by Liverpool University sentiments that assert his identity as well as his desire to belong to a social and cultural community; rooted in a particular place. Makhoul’s work is part of several international collections and museums including the Imperial War Museum, London; Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah; China Printmaking Museum- China; Bengal National Gallery, Bangladesh; Birzeit University Museum collection, Palestine; Omi Art Centre, New York; and Michael Abbate collection, New York; Bank of Palestine collection, Palestine; Contemporary Art Platform Kuwait- Kuwait and Dalloul Art Foundation in Beirut. Press, “Contemporary Art in Global Asia,” published by Routledge, and he is the editor of “Palestinian Video Art,” published by Al-Housh in Jerusalem. He is a professor of contemporary art and formerly served as the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University for the Creative Arts in the UK. Currently, he is the President of University Canada West in Vancouver, Canada.