Noor Abuarafeh

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Noor Abuarafeh (Arabic: نور أبو عرفة, Hebrew: נור אבוארפה; 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

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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

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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),[2] the Kamel Lazaar Foundation in Tunisia (2023),[12] and the Fries Museum (2023-2024).[13]

Abuarafeh had her first solo exhibition in 2019, at the Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jerusalem.[14] In 2021, Abuarafeh had a solo exhibition at the Behna El Wekalah art space in Alexandria, Egypt.[15] 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.[12]

Abuarafeh is a member of the Sharjah Art Foundation[16] and has received a grant from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Noor Abuarafeh". ArtEZ University of Arts. Archived from the original on 6 November 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b Weisburg, Madeline (17 March 2022). "Noor Abuarafeh". La Biennale di Venezia. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Senova, Basak (2015). "Noor Abuarafeh: Art is a Family Memory". Tribe Photo Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 December 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Noor Abuarafeh 'Resistive Narratives' at Kunstverein München". Mousse Magazine. 5 October 2023. Archived from the original on 13 March 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Noor Abuarafeh: Rumours Began Some Time Ago". Delfina Foundation. 1 March 2019. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  6. ^ Abuarafeh, Noor (2017). 'The Earth Doesn't Tell Its Secrets' -- His Father Once Said. Sharjah Art Foundation. ISBN 978-9948-23-204-9. OCLC 1043956640 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Noor Abuarafeh". Delfina Foundation. 2018. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Research Residency - Noor Abuarafeh". 4Cs - From Conflict to Conviviality through Creativity and Culture. 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Noor Abuarafeh — Mediterranea 19". Mediterranea Biennial. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  10. ^ Pinto, Ana Teixeira (2020). "Participants: Noor Abuarafeh". Berlin Biennale. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  11. ^ Larios, Pablo (25 September 2020). "Why the Real 11th Berlin Biennale Happens Outside the Institution". Frieze. No. 215. ISSN 0962-0672. Archived from the original on 20 February 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Defenders of the Homeland". Kamel Lazaar Foundation. 17 January 2023. Archived from the original on 1 December 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Exhibitions: Seeds of Memory". Fries Museum. 2023. Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Noor Abuarafeh". Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art. 2019. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  15. ^ Mounier, Nadia (15 January 2022). "Noor Abuarafeh: How To Resist Forgetfulness". TASAWORAT. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  16. ^ "People - Noor Abuarafeh". Sharjah Art Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  17. ^ "Grantees: Noor Abuarafeh". Arab Fund for Arts and Culture. Archived from the original on 16 January 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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