Eddie Abd is a visual artist and arts worker living on Darug and Gundungurra country.

For the past 10 years she has been a part of community arts projects as a participant, facilitator and creative producer working across Western Sydney. Before 2009, she worked as a broadcast journalist for SBS Arabic Radio.

Roy Dib, *Nafas* (still), 2021, single-channel video, sound. Commissioned by Beirut Art Center and Firstdraft, with the support of the Keir Foundation. Courtesy the artist.

In her practice Eddie explores how diasporic cultural identities are constructed and consumed in various socio-political environments.

She is the recipient of the 2021 Blake Prize (Emerging Artist) and is shortlisted for the 2021 Create NSW Emerging Artist Fellowship.

Born in Lebanon in 1979, Eddie studied Fine Arts (Painting) at the Lebanese University. After immigrating to Australia in 2001 she completed a Bachelor of Digital Media at the University of New South Wales (COFA).

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a breath. waiting. a breath. distraction. a breath. time. a breath. sound. a breath. lust. a breath. waiting. a breath. distraction. a breath. time. a breath.

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Eddie Abd

The diaspora is a space to embrace and move beyond the structures imposed on us within the boundaries of the countries we live and lived in.

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Chrystèle Khodr

As she awaited a better life, she felt the urge to float on water. A desire to fight with someone. She felt a deep urge to cry.

Eddie Abd

Eddie Abd is a visual artist and arts worker living on Darug and Gundungurra country.

For the past 10 years she has been a part of community arts projects as a participant, facilitator and creative producer working across Western Sydney. Before 2009, she worked as a broadcast journalist for SBS Arabic Radio.

In her practice Eddie explores how diasporic cultural identities are constructed and consumed in various socio-political environments.

She is the recipient of the 2021 Blake Prize (Emerging Artist) and is shortlisted for the 2021 Create NSW Emerging Artist Fellowship.

Born in Lebanon in 1979, Eddie studied Fine Arts (Painting) at the Lebanese University. After immigrating to Australia in 2001 she completed a Bachelor of Digital Media at the University of New South Wales (COFA).

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Eddie Abd

Eddie Abd is a visual artist and arts worker living on Darug and Gundungurra country.

For the past 10 years she has been a part of community arts projects as a participant, facilitator and creative producer working across Western Sydney. Before 2009, she worked as a broadcast journalist for SBS Arabic Radio.

In her practice Eddie explores how diasporic cultural identities are constructed and consumed in various socio-political environments.

She is the recipient of the 2021 Blake Prize (Emerging Artist) and is shortlisted for the 2021 Create NSW Emerging Artist Fellowship.

Born in Lebanon in 1979, Eddie studied Fine Arts (Painting) at the Lebanese University. After immigrating to Australia in 2001 she completed a Bachelor of Digital Media at the University of New South Wales (COFA).

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