Born in Gaza in 1966, Taysir Batniji graduated from Al-Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine (1994) and from the Bourges School of Fine Arts in France (1997). Since then, he has been dividing his time between France and Palestine, two countries and two cultures, developing a multi-media practice, including drawing, installation, photography, video and performance. Batniji’s artwork, often tinged with impermanence and fragility, draws inspiration from his subjective story, but also from current events and history. His methods of approach always distance, divert, stretch, conceptualize, or simply play with the internal subject, offering, at the end, a poetic, sometimes acrid, point of view on reality.

Presentation at the 25th Biennale of Sydney was made possible by Rubaiya Qatar, Qatar Museums Authority with generous support from Trampoline Association in support of the French art scene, generous assistance from French Australian Cultural Exchange Foundation, and assistance from the Embassy of France.