Noor Abuarafeh Explained

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.

Career

Much of Abuarafeh's work is concerned with memory and archives, particularly the politics of what is included or excluded from archives.^[4] Abuarafeh is also interested in Palestinian art as a whole, especially the movement of Palestinian art from Palestine and into 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.^{[7] [8]} As part of this residency, she published Rumours Began Some Time Ago, which detailed her residential research.

Abuarafeh's 2018 video piece, "Am I the ageless object at the museum?", has been 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 had her first solo exhibition in Germany at Kunstverein München. 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. Web site: Institute . Dutch Art . Noor Abuarafeh . 2024-04-19 . dai . en.
2. Web site: 2022-03-17 . Biennale Arte 2022 Noor Abuarafeh . https://web.archive.org/web/20231117031721/https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2022/milk-dreams/noor-abuarafeh . 2023-11-17 . 2024-04-19 . La Biennale di Venezia . en.
3. Web site: Noor Abuarafeh: Art is a Family Memory . 2023-11-17 . Tribe Photo Magazine . en-US.
4. Web site: 2023-10-05 . Noor Abuarafeh "Resistive Narratives" at Kunstverein München . 2023-11-17 . Mousse Magazine . en-US.
5. Web site: Noor Abuarafeh: Rumours Began Some Time Ago . 2023-11-17 . Delfina Foundation . en-US.
6. Book: Abuarafeh, Noor . 'The Earth Doesn't Tell Its Secrets' -- His Father Once Said . 2017 . Sharjah Art Foundation . 978-9948-23-204-9 . en.
7. Web site: Noor Abuarafeh . 2023-11-17 . Delfina Foundation . en-US.
8. Web site: 2018-06-25 . Research Residency - Noor Abuarafeh . 2023-11-17 . www.4cs-conflict-conviviality.eu . en.
9. Web site: Noor Abuarafeh — Mediterranea 19 . 2023-11-17 . mediterraneabiennial.org . en.
10. Web site: Noor Abuarafeh . 2023-11-17 . 11.berlinbiennale.de . en.
11. News: Larios . Pablo . 2020-09-25 . Why the Real 11th Berlin Biennale Happens Outside the Institution . en . Frieze . 215 . 2023-11-17 . 0962-0672.
12. Web site: 2022-03-17 . Biennale Arte 2022 Noor Abuarafeh . 2023-11-17 . La Biennale di Venezia . en.
13. Web site: 2023-01-17 . Defenders of the Homeland . 2023-11-17 . Kamel Lazaar Foundation . en.
14. Web site: The Fries Museum in Leeuwarden . 2023-11-17 . www.friesmuseum.nl . nl.
15. Web site: tamstamer . 2021-06-07 . Noor Abuarafeh . 2023-11-17 . Al Mamal Foundation . en-US.
16. Web site: Mounier . Nadia . January 15, 2022 . Noor Abuarafeh: How To Resist Forgetfulness . 2023-11-17 . TASAWORAT . en-US.
17. Web site: 2023-01-17 . Defenders of the Homeland . 2024-04-19 . Kamel Lazaar Foundation . en.
18. Web site: people - Sharjah Art Foundation . 2023-11-17 . sharjahart.org.
19. Web site: Noor Abuarafeh . 2023-11-17 . www.arabculturefund.org.

External links

ArtEZ University of the Arts Bio