Dor Guez Munayer (born in Jerusalem) is an artist whose practice is shaped by acts of return: to particular places, images, narratives, and material traces, revisited over years and sometimes decades to trace how their meanings shift over time. Moving between personal, communal, and institutional contexts, he examines how historical knowledge is recorded, transmitted, and continually reinterpreted.
Guez’s work initially took shape through the experiences of three generations of his Palestinian family and community in Lydda, bringing personal documents, oral testimonies, archival materials, photography, and film into dialogue. Other bodies of work draw on the experiences of his Jewish family from Tunisia, including their migration following the Second World War. Over the past two decades, he has repeatedly documented landscapes and architectural sites, considering how testimony can reside not only in human accounts and images, but also in buildings, plants, objects, roads, and other material traces.
His practice extends into long-term archival and institutional initiatives. In 2006, he established the Samira Munayer Archive, originating from the family albums of his maternal family and later expanding through contributions from Palestinian families and communities. He is also the founder and director of SeaPort Art Center for Curatorial Research, an independent artist-led platform for research, residencies, and public programs based in Athens.
Guez has presented over 65 solo exhibitions internationally, including at Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City; Princeton University Art Museum; MAMBO, Bogotá; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; DEPO, Istanbul; and KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin. His work has been included in the Berlin Biennale, Istanbul Biennial, Videobrasil, Bienal de Arte Paiz, and exhibitions at Palais de Tokyo, Paris; MAXXI, Rome; ZKM, Karlsruhe; K21, Düsseldorf; The Jewish Museum, New York; and Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris.
His works are held in public collections including Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; LACMA, Los Angeles; Guggenheim Abu Dhabi; Princeton University Art Museum; The Jewish Museum, New York; MAMBO, Bogotá; The New York Public Library; Rose Art Museum; and FRAC Marseille.
Selected Works
Dor Guez
Khobiza, 2024
archival inkjet print
40 × 30 cm
Dor Guez
Khobiza, 2024
Archival inkjet print
40 × 30 cm
Dor Guez
Khobiza, 2024
archival inkjet print
40 × 30 cm
Dor Guez
Suitcase No. 3, 2024
Archival inkjet print
99,4 × 119,5 cm
Dor Guez
Amid Imperial Grid (Germany) #3, 2023
Archival Inkjet Print
90 cm diameter
Dor Guez
Amid Imperial Grid (Germany) #2, 2023
Archival Inkjet Print
Diameter 90 cm
Dor Guez
Foreign Fields, 2021
site specific installation in St. Jodokus Church, Bielefeld, organized by Kunst Im Kreuzgang
Dor Guez
Foreign Fields, 2021
site specific installation in St. Jodokus Church, Bielefeld, organized by Kunst Im Kreuzgang
Dor Guez
Foreign Fields, 2021
site specific installation in St. Jodokus Church, Bielefeld, organized by Kunst Im Kreuzgang
Dor Guez
Samira, 2020
Archival inkjet print
145 × 112 × 4 cm
Dor Guez
Jacob, 2020
Archival inkjet print
112 × 170 cm
Dor Guez
Lilies of the field #4, Jerusalem, Mount Olives, 2019
Archival inkjet print
170 × 145 cm
c|g Exhibitions
Shine a Light | Berlin
10.09.–28.10.2026
Not knowing is a good place to start | Berlin
13.09.–02.11.2024
The Invisible Structure of the Universe: Part II | Berlin
26.04.–22.06.2024
Between Wind and Water | Madrid
06.05.–04.06.2022
So what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? | Madrid
27.02.–01.03.2020
Lilies of the field | Berlin
25.01.–07.03.2020
Dor Guez | Berlin
13.06.–01.08.2015
40 Days | Berlin
21.09.–12.10.2013
The Nation's Groves | Berlin
10.09.–22.10.2011