Vera
Tamari
Born
in Jerusalem in 1945, Tamari received her undergraduate
degree in Fine Arts from Beirut in 1966. She specialized
in Ceramics at the Institute of Statale per la Ceramica
in Florence, Italy in 1972 to 1974, and obtained a M. Phil.
degree in Islamic Art and Architecture from the University
of Oxford in 1984.
Tamari held solo exhibitions in Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Amman, and participated in a variety of group
exhibitions in the Arab World, Europe , and the US. Tamari
helped organize and participated in numerous exhibitions
highlighting women’s art.
Tamari is a founding member of Al-Wasiti Art Center in Jerusalem
and of “New Visions Art Group”. She is also
a member of the League of Palestinian Artists and Khalil
Sakakini Cultural Center.
She has several specialized publications
on art. She is a lecturer of Islamic Art and Architecture
in Birzeit Univeristy.
