Maisara Baroud

Maisara Baroud is a Palestinian artist whose practice explores war, displacement, confinement, and the human experience of living through conflict. Working primarily through painting and drawing, he often depicts figures and environments marked by tension, vulnerability, and uncertainty. His use of black and white creates strong contrasts of light and shadow, allowing gesture, expression, and atmosphere to become central elements of his work.

Born in Gaza in 1976, Baroud received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Al-Najah National University in Nablus in 1998 and later completed a Master of Fine Arts at the College of Fine Arts in Zamalek, Cairo, in 2011. He has also worked as an educator at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza, alongside his artistic practice. His experience of living and working in Gaza has informed his engagement with themes of war, displacement, and survival, which appear throughout his work. Baroud has exhibited widely in Palestine and internationally and continues to develop his artistic practice until today from his art studio in Marseille, France.