Maissa Alameddine grew up in Tripoli, Lebanon and now lives and works on the unceded lands of the Cammeraygal and Dharug peoples. She is an artist and vocalist working across photography, video, sound design and live performance.
Maissa’s work explores the idea of migration as a chronic injury. Maissa inherited her voice from a long line of women vocalists, she uses voice as a provocation and a response. Her work is personal, exploring inheritance and transference of heritage in the complexity of the diasporic experiences of displacement and living between cultures.
Maissa has been part of the collective and collaborative practice within the contemporary Arab Australian arts community for over twenty years. She produces, curates and collaborates on developing multi-disciplinary works and has worked with local Arabic music ensembles, Western orchestras, and art organisations. She is a founding member and one of the creative producers of Western Sydney-based Arab Theatre Studio.
