Asad Azi

Born in Shefa-‘Amr in 1955, lives and works in Jaffa. He holds a BFA from the University of Haifa and an MA in Art History from Tel Aviv University. Until his retirement, Azi taught at the University of Haifa and at the Art Institute of Beit Berl College.

Azi’s work is influenced by questions of personal, human, and political identity, stemming from his reflections on his own position as an individual living between worlds. His art engages with the tension between Arabness and Israeliness, and expresses the cultural, ethical, and stylistic contrasts between East and West.

He has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Haifa Museum of Art, and the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art. Azi is the recipient of the Ministry of Culture’s Art Encouragement Award, the “Yad Leyaad” Award from the President of Israel, the Rotary Prize, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ministry of Culture.