 The Artist: Abu-Sill was born in Breij refugee Camp, Gaza in 1976. In 1999 he obtained his degree in accounting from the Islamic University in Gaza. His first solo exhibit was at the YMCA in Gaza in 2000. Abu-Sill has also participated in group exhibits in Gaza, Jerusalem, and once at the Sakakini in 1999. In 1999-2000 Abu Sill was nominated by the Sakakini for two consecutive years to participate in the Summer Academy for Young Arab Artists at Amman's Darat al Funun, under the direction of Syrian artist Marwan Qassab Bashi. Muhammad works as a website designer and participates as an art instructor in many local summer camps. He gives art lessons for children in numerous organizations. The Exhibit: Abu-Sill's works represent a window that oversees a different time and place, the hero is unlimited, his enemies shaping his life, depicting him unwanted, a persona non grata; expelled, a foreigner, a prisoner.
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