Short Biography

Born 1973 in Jerusalem, Larissa Sansour studied Fine Art in Copenhagen, London and New York, and earned her MA from New York University.
Her work is interdisciplinary, immersed in the current political dialogue and utilizes video art, digital photography, experimental documentary and the internet. Sansour’s work has been exhibited worldwide in galleries, museums as well as film festivals.
Her most notable shows include the Tate Modern in London, UK, the National Museum of Queen Sofia in Madrid, Spain, Arken Musem of Modern Art in Denmark and the Busan Biennial in Korea. Her latest film A Space Exodus was recently nominated in the Best Short category at the Dubai International Film Festival.
In the graphic novel The Novel of Nonel and Vovel published by renowned Italian/American art publisher Charta and released during the Venice Biennale 2009, she appears alongside her partner in crime, Oreet Ashery, as a superhero on a Middle Eastern platform. The official book launch took place at the Tate Modern in London, Brooklyn Museum in New York and Nikolaj Contemporary Art in Copenhagen.
In the fall of 2009, Sansour was part of the 11th International Istanbul Biennial. In 2010, she had three international solo exhibitions – New York, Paris and Stockholm – as well as numerous group exhibitions, including the Liverpool Biennial. Her first solo show in Istanbul took place in January 2011. During the summer, she will take part in the exhibition LIVING at Louisiana Museum of Contemporary Art in Denmark.