Mirna Bamieh is an artist from Jerusalem with a BA in psychology from Birzeit University, Ramallah, and an MFA from Bezalel Academy for Arts and Design, Jerusalem. She participated in the Ashkal Alwan Home Workspace program in Beirut as a 2013/14 fellow and obtained a diploma in professional cooking in 2018, which led her to use storytelling and food as mediums for creating socially engaged projects. Through her art practice, Mirna aspires to create artworks where food/eating/sharing create a fresh, innovative way for people to experience themselves and their surroundings. Mirna creates artworks that unpack social concerns and limitations in contemporary political dilemmas and reflect on the conditions that characterize Palestinian communities and beyond.