Musician, visual maker, and self-taught curator, Amit Hai Cohen works on the Jerusalem-Morocco axis and beyond, creating rich universes with mixed identities, languages, and aesthetics through his highly multidisciplinary creative process. He composes music for film and dance, including works like “King David” (2023) and 'Oil on Water,' for which he co-wrote the script and he has created several films such as "Stop the Eviction'' and the musical “To Box with God'' (2021), along with numerous video clips and other visual projects.

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Amit has produced numerous international musical projects, including ‘Abiadi’ and the electro-atlas show Arénas, collaborating with artists from the North African scene such as Moktar Gania, Karim Ziad and Kabareh Cheikhats. In 2019, he curated "Ziara”, the Jerusalem Biennale's flagship exhibit featuring works by top contemporary Moroccan artists from around the world. Since then, he has been creating content for museums, including a recent contribution to the permanent exhibit of the ׳Tower of David׳ .

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Amit, along with his life and stage partner Neta Elkayam, starred in director Kamal Hachkar's documentary film ‘In Your Eyes I See my Country’ (2019), which explores their early careers. In 2019, they were awarded the Erez Biton Prize for ‘Originality, Courage, and Breakthrough’. In 2022, Amit and Neta collaborated to create ‘Hilula,’ a multidisciplinary opera.

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Amit Hai Cohen currently reside in New Orleans