Jack Persekian

Career

2009 Disorientation II: The Rise and Fall of Arab Cities, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

2008 The Jerusalem Show II in Jerusalem "Never-Participant", Bozar, Brussels. 2008 Dubai Next, co-curated with Rem Koolhaas at Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany

2007 The Jerusalem Show in Jerusalem

2006 Reconsidering Palestinian Art, Cuenca, Spain

2005 Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates

2003 Disorientation – Contemporary Arab Artists from the Middle East, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

2002 "In weiter Ferne, so nah": neue palästinensische Kunst. At three ifa-Galerie venues in Bonn, Stuttgart, and Berlin

1998 Official Palestinian Representation to the São Paulo Biennale.

Achievements

• Born in Jerusalem, Jack is the founder and director of Anadiel Gallery, established in 1992 as the first independent gallery in Palestine. He is also the founder and director of First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jerusalem. Held several positions in the past including: Director of the Sharjah Art Foundation, artistic director and head curator of the Sharjah Biennial, founder and artistic director of the Jerusalem Show and artistic director of Qalandiya International (2012).