3D Design

Rana Bishara

Palestinian multi-media artist

Rana Bishara was born in Tarsheha in the Galilee in 1971. She finished her BA in Fine Arts and Women's studies from Haifa University in 1994. Her work has been on display in group and solo exhibitions in many cities inside and outside of Palestine. 

Bishara uses traditional mediums, like dried Cactus leaves, different spices, and plants that she uses to invoke smells of places and times. Bishara’s art is often three-dimensional although it also includes watercolors. Many represent Palestinian villages, like “My Village” (1996) which symbolizes the Palestinian village surrounded from all sides by new settlements.

Guide created and augmented by individuals at the University of San Diego Library. Edited for use by Indiana University-Bloomington by graduate assistant Loesje Krabbe.