Jumana Manna

Visual artist based in Berlin. Working in film and sculpture, her work explores how power is articulated through relationships, often focusing on the body and materiality in relation to narratives of nationalism and histories of place. Manna has exhibited at Henie Onstad Museum, Norway, 2018; Mercer Union, Toronto, 2017; Malmö Konsthall, 2016; Beirut Art Center, Lebanon, 2015; Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2015; SculptureCenter, New York, 2014; and Kunsthall Oslo, 2013. She has participated in group exhibitions such as Centre Pompidou and Satellite 10, Jeu de Paume, Paris, both in 2017; Nordic Pavilion, 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, 2016; Kunsthalle Wien, 2016; Liverpool Biennial 2016, Marrakech Biennale 6, 2016; 20th Biennale of Sydney, 2016; and Jerusalem Show VII and VIII, Al-Ma’mal Foundation, 2014 and 2016. Manna’s films have been screened in festivals such as Viennale International Film Festival and the Berlinale Forum, in 2016 and 2018; CPH: DOX, Copenhagen, 2018; BAFICI – Buenos Aires, and International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2013 and 2017. Manna is the recipient of the New:Visions Award from CPH:DOX, 2018, ars viva Prize for Visual Arts 2017, Sandefjord Kunstpris, 2015, and the A.M. Qattan Foundation’s Young Palestinian Artist Award 2012.