Homeland Hacker Heba Amin Joins Mizna

We’re happy to share the news that the incomparable Heba Amin, long-time Mizna friend who is one of the artists behind the subversive action on the television series “Homeland” set, has joined Mizna’s team as our Curator of Visual Art. Mizna has a long relationship with Heba who was a grantee in Mizna’s 2007 Latitudes granting program and who visited our 2011 Twin Cities Arab Film Festival from Berlin with her short film “Voices from the Revolution.”

From Heba: “I am honored to be joining Mizna as the Visual Arts Curator and am looking forward to showcase some of the many exciting Arab artists working in the contemporary art world today. Having lived in Minnesota for many years and participated with the organization in various capacities, I am thrilled to be maintaining my relationship with the very hardworking people who have made it their mission to promote the rich and diverse culture of the Arab community. I can not imagine a more appropriate time to come on board.”

Heba Y. Amin is an Egyptian visual artist, researcher and, currently, visiting assistant professor at the American University in Cairo. She received her MFA at the University of Minnesota, and is a DAAD (German Academic Exchange) grant recipient, a Rhizome Commissions grant winner, and a recent short-listed artist for the Artraker prize. She is also currently a curator for the biennial residency program with Ramdom Association (Puglia, IT) and co-founder of the Black Athena Collective.

Amin’s artistic work has been shown worldwide with recent exhibitions at Camera Austria, the Berlin Berlinale 9th Forum Expanded Exhibition, the IV Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photo de Fes – 8eme edition, the National Gallery of Mongolia, and the Art Museum of Gotland Sweden. She also has an extensive repertoire in public speaking and has published several works.