Sami Zu’bi

 

Zubi was born in Nazareth in 1956. From a poor family, he became conscious at a very young age of social injustices, in particular the oppression of women and the tensions that were tearing apart his country.

He moved to Toronto in 1978, where he studied sculpture at the Ontario College of Art (1980-84) and became a furniture designer. Thirteen years later, he moved to Ottawa, where he currently lives, and studied for a Bachelor's degree in arts from the University of Ottawa (1996).

For his sculpted works, he favors cement, wood, acrylic resin, plaster and the integration of photographs, while paying particular attention to the linearity, structure and surface of his pieces. Art represents for him, not only a means of expressing social and cultural preoccupations, but also a powerful instrument for social and political change.