Emily Jacir

The Dock proudly presents the Platform Commissions in partnership with EVA International – Ireland’s biennial of contemporary art. The exhibition will be formally opened by Palestinian artist Emily Jacir followed by a live performance by Sharon Phelan. Platform Commissions proposals were selected by artist Emily Jacir with writer, curator and art historian Pádraic E. Moore, chaired by EVA International Director Matt Packer. Please join us on Saturday 9 March, 2—4pm. Admission is free and all are welcome.

About Emily Jacir

Emily Jacir is an artist and educator. Her work spans a wide range of media and methodologies including film, video, photography, sculpture, installation and performance to investigate personal and collective movement through geography and time.

Emily’s most recent work We Ate the Wind presents a large cinematic installation comprising new and archival footage addressing questions of visibility and invisibility, proximity and distance, hospitality and exclusion, exploring specific migration policies and their consequences on individuals and communities. Drawing on rituals such as dances, processions and games, the artist charts the way space, collectivity and memories are claimed.

She is the recipient of a Golden Lion at the 52nd Venice Biennale (2007); a Prince Claus Award from the Prince Claus Fund in The Hague (2007); the Hugo Boss Prize at the Guggenheim Museum (2008); the Alpert Award from the Herb Alpert Foundation (2011); the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Rome Prize Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome (2015); American Academy of Arts and Letters price (2023); and an honorary doctorate from NCAD in Dublin, Ireland.

Her works are shown all over the world in solo and group exhibitions. She is the founder of Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research in Bethlehem.