S t e v e S A B E L L A
Steve Sabella, born in Jerusalem in 1975, is a London / Berlin based artist. He is the holder of the Ellen Auerbach Award (2008) granted by the Akademie der Künste (Academy of the Arts) in Berlin and Sabella was also one of the commissioned artists for the inauguration of MATHAF Arab Museum of Modern Art.
Steve Sabella’s artworks have been collected by the British Museum in London, Mathaf: Arab Musuem of Modern Art in Doha, Ars Aevi museum in Sarajevo and leading collectors in the Middle East including Cuadro Fine Art in Dubai and Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah.
Sabella’s 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 & the National Museum of Bahrain (Paris 2009), Deconstructing Myths & Realties, Gallery Caprice Horn, Berlin, NOW - Contemporary Art of the 21st Century, Phillips De Pury (London 2009), This is Not a Love Song, The Empty Quarter gallery (Dubai 2010), Award Month, Akademie der Künste (Berlin 2010), a retrospective solo Steve Sabella In Exile at the Metroquadro Gallery (Turin 2010) The Interrupted Image, Nicholas Robinson Gallery (New York 2010), Told Untold Retold, MATHAF Arab Museum of Modern Art (Doha 2011), a solo exhibition Euphoria & Beyond at the Empty Quarter Gallery (Dubai 2011) and Arab Reflections on Praxis and Times, Spazio Qubi (Turin, 2011).
Sabella’s project jerusalem in exile explored the mental image Palestinians held of Jerusalem and has gained international attention, leading to its production into a documentary film. Consequently, Sabella has been using photomontage as a visual form for the 'state of mind' that results from living in 'mental exile.'
Steve Sabella studied art photography at the Jerusalem School of Photography and New Media in 1994, and holds a BA in Visual Arts from the State University of New York (2007). Sabella received his first MA with a Caparo Award of Distinction in Photographic Studies (2008) from the University of Westminster and his second MA in Art Business (2009) at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London. Sabella gave art talks / presentations in several places including the University of Cambridge, Turin University, SOAS, University of East London, Accademia Albertina Delle Belle Arti in Turin, Contemporary Art Platform Kuwait, Rostock University, Akademie der Künste in Berlin & and the British Museum in London.
Sabella’s artworks and life triggered much media attention, including several TV & film documentaries. His earlier artworks have been reviewed in Palestinian Art by Kamal Boullata (Saqi Books 2009), and recent artworks have been reviewed in New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century (Thames & Hudson 2009). In Exile was on the front and back cover of Contemporary Practices journal VI, 2010 including two retrospective reviews. A monograph is currently being prepared in collaboration with the Akademie der Kunste in Berlin that will review his life and artistic career from the early 1990s.
Steve Sabella was artist of the month of May 2011 with three featured episodes on IkonoTV.
Steve Sabella is represented by: The Empty Quarter Gallery in Dubai Click here for Sabella's upcoming events
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