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Feras Shaheen
A Palestinian (Gaza/Al Lid) artist that engages with his practice as a way to reflect and examine how he views the world. Feras often subverts traditional relationships between mediums to challenge audiences' perspectives, specifically to disrupt colonial discourses and reduce western reliance on neutrality and apathy.
playing at
supported by
Tone List, The Blue Room Theatre & STRUT Dance.
Feras Shaheen is an artist curious in letting his conceptual interests lead him across a variety of mediums. Working with choreography, installation work, film, performance, design, and street dance to communicate his ideas, the core of Feras’ practice is to connect and engage audiences. He seeks to bring activism into his art practice, with outcomes that are accessible and community centred. Holding a Bachelor of Design from Western Sydney University (2014), Feras often subverts traditional relationships between mediums to challenge audiences' perspectives, specifically to disrupt colonial discourses and reduce western reliance on neutrality and apathy. Born in Dubai to Palestinian parents (Gaza/Al Lid), and moving to Western Sydney at age 11, Feras engages with his practice as a way to reflect and examine how he views the world, addressing local and global issues. Winner of The Australian Ballet’s Telstra Emerging Choreographer (TEC) in 2021, Feras has performed and exhibited at Carriageworks, Venice Biennale, Pari, Kampnagel, AGNSW, Campbelltown Arts Centre, and Théâtre de la Ville. Recent works include ‘Art Festival’, ‘The Bop’, ongoing collaboration ‘Klapping’, and ‘Forum Q’.
