Steve Sabella

Steve Sabella (*1975, Jerusalem, Palestine) is a Berlin-based artist who uses photography and photographic installation as his principal modes of expression. He holds an MA in Photographic Studies from the University of Westminster and an MA in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London. In 2008 he received the Ellen Auerbach Award from the Akademie der Künste Berlin.

In September 2016, Sabella published his award-winning memoir The Parachute Paradox with Kerber Verlag. The artist’s first monograph Steve Sabella—Photography 1997-2014 was published by Hatje Cantz in collaboration with the Akademie der Künste Berlin, with texts by Hubertus von Amelunxen and Kamal Boullata.

His work has been exhibited internationally and is held in collections including those of the British Museum in London and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, where he was one of the artists commissioned for the inaugural exhibition in 2010.

Sabella’s recent solo exhibitions include Fragments, Berloni Gallery, London (2014); Layers, Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait (2014); Independence, Meem Gallery, Dubai (2014); Archaeology of the Future, International Center for Photography Scavi Scaligeri, Verona (2014); and Fragments from our Beautiful Future, The Bumiller Collection, Berlin (2017).

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