Visual artist, May Murad was born in 1984 in Gaza, Palestine, She currently lives and works in Paris. After studying Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza, she graduated there in 2006.

In December 2018, she arrived in France as a refugee and embarked on an artistic journey that began with a residence of several months at the Cité internationale des arts, with the support of the Welfare association.

This first residency allowed her to pursue her work in France for a year with the Dufraine Foundation, owned by the Académie des Beaux-arts à Chars , from 2019 to 2020.

In 2021, she returned to the Cité internationale des arts thanks to the support of the City of Paris for the preparation of her “Virtual Reality” exhibition.

May Murad is also a member of the association “Artists in Exile”.

She is currently preparing a master’s degree at the Sorbonne Nouvelle Université in geopolitics of art and culture, where she deals with contemporary Palestinian art in times of crisis.

May carried on her artistic work paying special attention to the development of drawing and painting techniques. The aesthetic vision she has is inspired by her personal experiences as an artist who had lived in Gaza and today is settled in France; in exile. Her artistic experiences take her through the elaboration of various projects.