Dor Guez Munayer () is a Jerusalemite artist of Christian Palestinian and Tunisian Jewish origin, founder of The Christian Palestinian Archive, and the director of SeaPort Residency.

Biography

Dor Guez Munayer was born in Baka, Jerusalem. On his father's side he is the grandson of a

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survivor, and on his mother's side, the son of a Palestinian-Christian family from

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, Munayer, who were among the 2% of the city population that remained in Lydda after the

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, when the State of Israel was established.

Artistic career

Guez's photography, video, mixed media, and essays explore the relationship between art, narrative, and memory. In his examination of personal and official accounts of the past, Guez raises questions about the role of art in narrating unwritten histories and re-contextualizing visual and written documents. Since 2006, his research has focused on archival materials of the region and his biracial background. In 2006, Guez began working on his Palestinian archival project. Using photographs from the first half of the 20th century, the images also depict Guez's family from Jaffa and Lydda. After completing his studies, he exhibited solo exhibitions at the

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Museum of Art (2009) and at the

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(2011). The two exhibitions dealt with the ramifications of the 1948 war on the Palestinian minority in Israel. Guez serves as the head of the MA in Fine Art program at

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. On the occasion of Guez's solo exhibition at The ICA London in collaboration with the

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, Guez was described as "a leading critical and artistic voice from the Middle East". Guez received his PhD in 2014. Guez's work has been displayed in over thirty solo exhibitions worldwide; MAN Museum, Nuoro (2018); DEPO, Istanbul (2017); the Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem (2017); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit (2016); the

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, London (2015); the Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (2015); the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Massachusetts (2013); Artpace, San Antonio (2013); the Mosaic Rooms, Centre for Contemporary Arab Culture & Art, London (2013); the KW Institute for Contemporary Art,

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(2010); and Petah Tikva Museum of Art, (2009). He has participated in group exhibitions at MODEM Museum (2018); The

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(2017); the

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(2016); the North Coast Art Triennial, Denmark (2016); Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro,

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(2015); the 17th, 18th, and 19th International Contemporary Art Festival Videobrasil, São Paulo (2011, 2013, 2015); the 8th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art (2014); Cleveland Institute of Art (2014); Triennale Museum,

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(2014); Centre of Contemporary Art, Torun (2014);

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(2014); MAXXI Museum,

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(2013);

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, Paris (2012); the 12th

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(2011); and the

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(2010).

Private life

Dor Guez is openly gay. He is married to the American stylist Darnell Ross. The couple has a daughter and a son. Guez lives and works in

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and

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Published works

*''Dor Guez: The Sick Man of Europe: The Architect'', Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Texts by: Chelsea Haines, Kamal P. and Dor Guez, MOCAD, Detroit, 2015. *''Dor Guez: The Sick Man of Europe: The Painter'', ICA London, Texts by: Achim Borchardt-Hume, D.Guez and Dor Guez, Published by:

and ICA, London, 2015. *''Dor Guez: 40 Days, The Mosaic Rooms'', Texts by: Omar al-Qattan, Mitra Abbaspour, and Dor Guez, Published by: Al-Qattan Foundation, Contemporary Culture from the Arab World, 2013. *''Dor Guez: 100 Steps to the Mediterranean'', The Rose Art Museum, Texts by: Samir Srouji, Gannit Ankori, Dabney Hailey, and Dor Guez, Published by: New England Press, 2012. *''Dor Guez: The Nation's Groves'', Tel Aviv Museum of Art: Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation, Texts by: Ellen Ginton, and Efrat Livny, Published by: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2011. *''Dor Guez: Al-Lydd'', KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Texts by: Susanne Pfeffer, Felix Ensslin, Ariella Azoulay, and Dor Guez, Published by: DISTANZ Verlag, Berlin, 2010. *''Dor Guez: Georgiopolis'', Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Texts by: Drorit Gur Arie, Ariella Azoulay, Gil Eyal, Michal Heiman and Dor Guez, Published by: Petah Tikva Museum of Art, 2009.

Public collections

Guez's works are held in Tate Modern London, Center Pompidou Paris, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi,LACMA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Princeton University Art Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, BNL collection Rome, The Jewish Museum New York, Rose Art Museum Boston, FRAC collection Marseille and Museum of Modern Art Bogota, Rose Art Museum (Boston), FRAC collection (Marseille),

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(Jerusalem), Schocken collection (Tel Aviv), BNL collection (Italy), Petah Tikva Museum of Art (Petah Tikva), Brandis University (Waltham), Recanati collection (New York), Beit Hatfutsot (Tel Aviv). He is represented by Goodman Gallery, London/Johannesburg/Cape Town/New York, Dvir Gallery, Paris/Brussels/Tel Aviv, and Carlier-Gebauer Gallery,

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Awards and recognition

Guez is the recipient of the Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Artist in Residency Award, Rose Art Museum,

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; and International Artist in Residence Award, Artpace,

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References

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