Jack Persekian

Jack Persekian (born 1962) is a Palestinian-Armenian curator from Jerusalem, he is the former director and head curator of The Palestinian Museum.

Born in Jerusalem, Persekian is the founder and director of Anadiel Gallery, established in 1992 as the first independent gallery in Palestine. He is also the founder and director of Al-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jerusalem. Held several positions in the past including: Director of the Sharjah Art Foundation, artistic director and head curator of the Sharjah Biennial, founder and artistic director of the Jerusalem Show and artistic director of Qalandiya International (2012).

• 2009 Disorientation II: The Rise and Fall of Arab Cities, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi
• 2008 The Jerusalem Show II in Jerusalem "Never-Part", Bozar, Brussels.
• 2008 Dubai Next, co-curated with Rem Koolhaas at Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
• 2007 The Jerusalem Show in Jerusalem
• 2006 Reconsidering Palestinian Art, Cuenca, Spain
• 2005 Sharjah Biennial, UAE
• 2003 Disorientation – Contemporary Arab Artists from the Middle East, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
• 2002 "In weiter Ferne, so nah": neue palästinensische Kunst. At three ifa-Galerie venues in Bonn, Stuttgart, and Berlin
• 1998 Official Palestinian Representation to the São Paulo Biennale

• "Nostalgia laced with hope and irony".