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Feras Shaheen is a Palestinian artist, curator and community organiser currently based in Nipaluna. Feras is also the co-president of TPAN (Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network). He is curious in letting his conceptual interests lead him across a variety of mediums. Working with choreography, installation work, film, performance, design, and street dance to communicate his ideas, the core of Feras’ practice is to connect and engage audiences. He seeks to bring activism into his art practice, with outcomes that are accessible and community centred. Holding a Bachelor of Design from Western Sydney University (2014), Feras often subverts traditional relationships between mediums to challenge audiences' perspectives, specifically to disrupt colonial discourses and reduce western reliance on neutrality and apathy.

Born to Palestinian parents (Gaza/Al Lid), and moving to Western Sydney at age 11, Feras engages with his practice as a way to reflect and examine how he views the world, addressing local and global issues. Winner of The Australian Ballet’s Telstra Emerging Choreographer (TEC) in 2021, Feras has performed and exhibited at Carriageworks, Venice Biennale, Pari, Kampnagel, AGNSW, and Théâtre de la Ville. Recent works include ‘Art Festival’, ‘Humanising’, ‘Al Pheniq’, ‘Sharing Histories’ and ‘Dance Dance Intifada’.

Website ferasshaheen.com.au

Instagram @fezshaheen