Aissa Deebi is a New York City artist /designer.
During the last ten years he has produced a body of work in photography, video, newmedia and the graphic arts. He is currently a visiting professor in graphic arts at, Centro de Estudios Superiores de Diseño de Monterrey, Mexico.
Aissa is conducting a PhD research in Art and Design at the University of Southampton, examining photography and migration within the New York City émigré culture, investigating questions of identity in relation to masculinity and cultural integration.
An award winning artist Aissa’s work has been widely exhibited in the United States. He has exhibitedat the Queens Museum of Art, the Elga Wimmer Gallery in Chelsea, the Tangent Gallery in Detroit, and the Slought Foundation in Philadelphia. He has also exhibited at the Haifa Museum of Contemporary Arts, the Tel Aviv Museum, the Fitcher and Mezrahi Gallery in Austria. In addition, to the University of Catania in Italy, and the Inner Mongolia Museum of Fine Arts in China.
Residing between London and New York
he is a practicing artist/ researcher and a lecture in graphic arts.
~ Wednesday, December 23 ~
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Yoko Malena WADA wrote: Image taken in Tokyo, Japan. Origami crane is a symbol of peace in Japan. Any desires will come true if one folds one thoudsand paper cranes, legend says. For this, victims of atomic bombs in Japan began to fold paper cranes for them to get better and never to repeat same mistakes of commiting war again in future. However, today, we still are living in the world full of violence and conflict. I can hear vicitims of all war scrying out loud “Don’t you forget about me” . Yoko Malena WADA
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