FINALIST ELLIPSE PRIZE 2021
Linda Dounia Rebeiz
Linda Dounia Rebeiz is a Senegalese Lebanese transdisciplinary artist born in 1994.
Linda Dounia Rebeiz finalist of the ellipse Prize dedicated to Senegal
Linda Dounia Rebeiz is a conceptual artist who questions the world, exploring experiences of pain and imagining possible futures. Her artistic practice highlights the power structures that affect black women’s identities and bodies, determining their relationship to freedom.
The artist thrives at the intersection of several disciplines, such as visual art, digital art with NFTs, poetry, as well as experimental music production. She is one of 20 board members of the crypto-art platform Artano.
The impact of power on the construction of identity
Linda Dounia Rebeiz reflects on what shapes our understanding of freedom and about the societal norms transmitted during the upbringing of children, particularly with regard to gender and power norms.
Her work is a true experiment in visual empathy that combines paintings, sound production and poetry to explore how black women’s bodies are assigned by patriarchal power structures.
