Basil Masri Zada
Education
- Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University 2022
- MFA Sculpture and Expanded Practices, Ohio University 2014
- Graduate Certificates: Museum Studies; Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies; and African Studies
- BFA in Sculpture, Damascus University 2007
Biography
Basil Masri Zada is a transdisciplinary, cross-cultural scholar-artist, activist, Fulbright alumni, educator, curator, art administrator, and digital arts, technologies, and museum professional. Masri Zada's research and artistic practice focus on the practices of everyday life, art, and political activism in relation to the Syrian crisis that started in 2011. In addition to traditional sculpture and drawing, his studio expertise includes a variety of mediums such as performance, sound, new/multimedia, video art, installation, technology, interactive, and digital arts.
Masri Zada has been teaching art as a practice, theory, and history since 2008, first and Damascus University, Syria, and now at Ohio University since 2012. Masri Zada is a Visiting Professor of Digital Arts and Technology, Foundations, Arts Administration, and Pedagogy.
Classes Being Taught
Graduate Courses
- ART 5000 Graduate Teaching Seminar
- ART 5125 Working with Artists & Publics
- ART 5130 Art Worlds: Intersections & Modalities
- ART 5900 & ART 6900 Studio Art Topics: Digital Art + Technology
Undergraduate Digital Art + Technology courses
- ART 2110 Digital Art + Technology I
- ART 2120 Creative Coding for Artists I
- ART 3110 Digital Art + Technology II
- ART 3120 Creative Coding for Artists II
Undergraduate Foundation courses
- ART 1200 Description + Drawing
- ART 1210 Function + Practice
- ART 1220 Image + Design
- ART 1230 Structure + Space