Amjad Ghannam

Born 19981 in Jerusalem, Amjad Ghannam is a Palestinian artist who gained his breakthrough in 2010 while he was detained in an Israeli political prison, painting a greeting card as a response to “Picasso in Palestine” and sent out to the organizer Khaled Hourani. The card was later printed and circulated widely as part of “Picasso in Palestine” project. His work has been shown in many group exhibitions such as dOCUMENTA 13, Kassel, Germany, 2012; Qalandiya International Biennial - Gestures in Time, Jerusalem, Palestine, 2012; Times Museum, Guangzhou, China, 2013; Qalandya International Biennial – “Manam”, Haifa, Palestine, 2014; The 2nd CAFE Biennial, Cafe Museum, Beijing, China, 2014; Picasso in Contemporary Art, Hamburg, Germany, 2015; and three solo exhibitions, Portrait of Absence, Zawyeh Gallery – Ramallah – Palestine, 2014. Ras Roos, Gallery One, Ramallah, Palestine, 2016. Maps of a Holy City, Qode Gallery, Amman, 2022. In addition to that, he has designed many Palestinian posters between 2010–2001.

 

His work is part of private and public collections, such as Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Jordan, Dalloul Art Foundation, Lebanon, Dar El-Nimer for Arts & Culture Lebanon, Presidential Office, Palestine, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE, Arab Fund For Economic & Social Development, Kuwait, Institute for Palestine Studies, Lebanon, Riwaq Centre for Architectural Conservation, Palestine, Bank of Palestine, Palestine, A.M. Qattan foundation, Palestine.