Raed Issa is a contemporary artist born in Al Breij refugee camp, Gaza, in 1975. Holding a diploma in Computer Science from Al Asqa University, Gaza, he is laureate of the Cité des Arts fellowship in Paris in 2011. He is founder of the Fine Art Program of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza and a founding member of the Gaza Contemporary Art Collective Eltiqa. His art explores the themes of vulnerability, loss, and bereavement of living under siege and war. He has exhibited in Palestine, Jordan, France, Greece, Switzerland, Japan, Tunisia, Dubai, Italy, Australia, Ireland and the documenta fifteen. In Israel's 2024 invasion on Gaza his home and much of his artwork was destroyed.