Basma Alsharif

Born - Kuwait

Basma Alsharif is a visual artist using moving and still images, sound, and language, to explore the anonymous individual in relation to political history and collective memory. She received an MFA from the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois, Chicago in 2007 and has been working in Cairo, Beirut, and Amman since then.

Her work has shown in exhibitions and film festivals internationally including the 17th SESC Videobrasil, Forum Expanded: Berlinale, Images Festival Ontario where she received the Marion McMahon Award, Manifesta 8 The Region of Murcia, The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, The 9th Edition of the Sharjah Bienniale where she received a jury prize for her work, the Toronto International Film Festival, and she was awarded the Fundación Marcelino Botín Visual Arts Grant in 2009-2010.

Artist Collection List

Title Year Runtime Collection
Deep Sleep 2014 12 minutes 45 seconds Single Titles
Everywhere was the Same 2007 11 minutes 38 seconds Single Titles
Farther than the eye can see 2012 12 minutes 56 seconds Single Titles
FEELINGS 2016 1 hour 37 minutes 17 seconds Curated Compilations
Future-Past-Present: A Journey Through the Twenty-Tens So Far 2017 2 hours 31 minutes 7 seconds Curated Compilations
Home Movies Gaza 2013 24 minutes 10 seconds Single Titles
O, Persecuted 2014 11 minutes 37 seconds Single Titles
The Story of Milk and Honey 2011 9 minutes 58 seconds Single Titles
Turkish Delight 2010 2 minutes 46 seconds Single Titles
VDB TV: Decades 2017 7 hours 47 minutes 37 seconds Box Sets, Compilations, Curated Compilations
We Began by Measuring Distance 2009 19 minutes 6 seconds Single Titles