Noor Abuarafeh

Noor Abuarafeh (born 1986, Jerusalem) is a Palestinian visual artist who works primarily with video installation, performance, and text-based art.[1] Her work explores themes of memory, imagination, and the construction and interpretation of history.[2]

Education

Abuarafeh earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.[3] After graduating, she participated in the Homeworks Space Program, a one-year program at Ashkal Alwan in Lebanon.[3]

Career

Much of Abuarafeh's work is concerned with memory and archives, particularly the politics of what is included or excluded from archives.[3][4] Abuarafeh is also interested in Palestinian art as a whole, especially how artwork made in Palestine reached Europe.[5]

In 2017, she wrote the novel 'The Earth Doesn't Tell Its Secrets' -- His Father Once Said for the Sharjah Biennial 13.[6]

In 2018, Abuarafeh competed a residency at the Delfina Foundation in London.[5][7][8] As part of this residency, she published Rumours Began Some Time Ago, which detailed her residential research.[5]

Abuarafeh's 2018 video piece, "Am I the ageless object at the museum?" was shown at the 2019 Mediterranea Biennale,[9] the 11th Berlin Biennale (2020),[10][11] the 59th Venice Biennale (2021),[12] the Kamel Lazaar Foundation in Tunisia (2023),[13] and the Fries Museum (2023-2024).[14]

Abuarafeh had her first solo exhibition in 2019, at the Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jerusalem.[15] In 2021, Abuarafeh had a solo exhibition at the Behna El Wekalah art space in Alexandria, Egypt.[16] In 2023, Abuarafeh held her first solo exhibition in Germany at Kunstverein München.[4] Her work was included in the exhibition, Defenders of the Homeland, at the B7L9 Art Station in January 2023.[17]

Abuarafeh is a member of the Sharjah Art Foundation[18] and has received a grant from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.[19]

References

  1. ^ Institute, Dutch Art. "Noor Abuarafeh". dai. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  2. ^ "Biennale Arte 2022 | Noor Abuarafeh". La Biennale di Venezia. 2022-03-17. Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  3. ^ a b c "Noor Abuarafeh: Art is a Family Memory". Tribe Photo Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  4. ^ a b "Noor Abuarafeh "Resistive Narratives" at Kunstverein München". Mousse Magazine. 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  5. ^ a b c "Noor Abuarafeh: Rumours Began Some Time Ago". Delfina Foundation. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  6. ^ Abuarafeh, Noor (2017). 'The Earth Doesn't Tell Its Secrets' -- His Father Once Said. Sharjah Art Foundation. ISBN 978-9948-23-204-9.
  7. ^ "Noor Abuarafeh". Delfina Foundation. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  8. ^ "Research Residency - Noor Abuarafeh". www.4cs-conflict-conviviality.eu. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  9. ^ "Noor Abuarafeh — Mediterranea 19". mediterraneabiennial.org. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  10. ^ "Noor Abuarafeh". 11.berlinbiennale.de. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  11. ^ Larios, Pablo (2020-09-25). "Why the Real 11th Berlin Biennale Happens Outside the Institution". Frieze. No. 215. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  12. ^ "Biennale Arte 2022 | Noor Abuarafeh". La Biennale di Venezia. 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  13. ^ "Defenders of the Homeland". Kamel Lazaar Foundation. 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  14. ^ "The Fries Museum in Leeuwarden". www.friesmuseum.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  15. ^ tamstamer (2021-06-07). "Noor Abuarafeh". Al Mamal Foundation. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  16. ^ Mounier, Nadia (January 15, 2022). "Noor Abuarafeh: How To Resist Forgetfulness". TASAWORAT. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  17. ^ "Defenders of the Homeland". Kamel Lazaar Foundation. 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  18. ^ "people - Sharjah Art Foundation". sharjahart.org. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  19. ^ "Noor Abuarafeh". www.arabculturefund.org. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

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