Suleiman Mansour

Mansour was born in Birzeit in 1947. Mansour's formal academic education was at the Bezallel Art Academy in Jerusalem.

 

He is a co-founder of the Wasiti Art Center in Jerusalem (Now director of the Center). He is also a member of the "New Vision" artist group, which focuses on the use of local material in artwork. Mansour is a cartoonist, art instructor, and author of two books on Palestinian folklore. He won the 'Nile award' at the 1998 Cairo Biennial for his series of clay panels "I am Ismail", and the Palestine Prize for the Visual arts in 1998.

 

Mansour currently lives in Jerusalem.