Now based in Los Angeles, Basma Alsharif (b. 1983) is an artist/filmmaker born in Kuwait of Palestinian origin and raised in France, the US and the Gaza Strip. With a BFA and an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Alsharif developed her practice nomadically in Chicago, Cairo, Beirut, Sharjah, Amman, the Gaza Strip and Paris. She works between cinema and installation, centering on the human condition in relation to shifting geopolitical landscapes and natural environments. Major exhibitions include the Whitney Biennial, les Rencontres d'Arles, les Modules at the Palais de Tokyo, Here and Elsewhere at the New Museum, Al Riwaq Biennial Palestine, the Berlin Documentary Forum and Manifesta 8. She received a jury prize at the Sharjah Biennial 9 and was awarded the Marcelino Botin Visual Arts grant. She is represented by Galerie Imane Farés in Paris, and her works are distributed by Video Data Bank and Arsenal.