Basil Masri Zada
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Digital Art + Technology
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.
Educational Background
Ph.D. from Ohio University in Interdisciplinary Arts at Ohio University, 2022
Focusing on Performance Studies and Visual Arts, Zada's dissertation is entitled:
"The Practices of Everyday Life and the Syrian Body, Art, Life, and Political Activism of the Syrian Crisis, 2011-2022"
Graduate Certificates in Museum Studies; Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies; and African Studies
MFA from Ohio University in Sculpture and Expanded Practices, 2014
BFA from Damascus University in Sculpture, 2007
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