Taysir Batniji studied art at An-Najah National University in Nablus before joining ENSA in Bourges in 1995. He lives and works in France and Palestine, a geographical and cultural in-between where photography and video have been the crux of his art since 2000. Drawing inspiration from his life, the news and history, he offers a poetic, distanced, sometimes grating look at reality. Since his first solo show in Paris in 2002, his work has been widely exhibited around the world (Venice Biennial; Jeu de Paume, Paris; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; Kunsthalle, Vienna; Witte de With, Rotterdam; V&A Museum, London; etc.).