Mona Hatoum

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1952-01-01 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Beirut, Lebanon

Also Known As منى حاطوم

Mona Hatoum

Biography

Mona Hatoum (منى حاطوم) is a Palestinian artist born in 1952 to a Palestinian family living in exile in Beirut, Lebanon. From 1970 to 1972, she studied graphic design at the Beirut College for Women. She traveled to London, England in 1975 and was inexpectedly forced to stay long than planned due to the Lebanese Civil War. She attended the Byam Shaw School of Art, London, followed by the Slade School of Fine Art, London. She explores the relationship between politics and the individual through her art installations and sculptures.

Known For

Director

2005
The Eye

as Director

1994
Foreign Body

as Director

1994
Corps Étranger

as Director

1988
1988
Eyes Skinned

as Director

1985
Roadworks

as Director

1984
Changing Parts

as Director

1983
1983