Amer Shomali

Amer Shomali

Palestine • 1981

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Amer Shomali is a Palestinian multidisciplinary artist whose work explores Palestinian history, politics, popular culture, and the symbols associated with the Palestinian national struggle. Working across painting, film, digital media, installation, comics, and animation, he combines traditional and contemporary forms to examine how political events and historical figures become part of collective memory. His work often uses humour, popular imagery, and visual storytelling to make complex histories accessible to a wider audience.

Born in Kuwait in 1981 to a family from Beit Sahour, Palestine, Shomali studied Architecture at Birzeit University, graduating in 2003, before completing a Master's degree in Animation at Arts University Bournemouth in the United Kingdom. His childhood was shaped by displacement during the Gulf War, when his family moved from Kuwait to the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus. Shomali is also the co-director of the award-winning animated documentary The Wanted 18 and has worked extensively in animation, illustration, and digital media. He currently lives and works in Ramallah.

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Fine Art Drawings, The Wanted No. 6, Amer Shomali

Fine Art Drawings . 110 x 75 cm Fine Art Drawings . 43.3 x 29.5 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Postcolonial Palestine No. 2, Amer Shomali

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 42 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 16.5 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, The Wanted No. 5, Amer Shomali

Fine Art Drawings . 110 x 75 cm Fine Art Drawings . 43.3 x 29.5 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, The Wanted No. 4, Amer Shomali

Fine Art Drawings . 110 x 75 cm Fine Art Drawings . 43.3 x 29.5 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Postcolonial Palestine No. 1, Amer Shomali

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 42 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 16.5 inch

Price upon request