Nour Jaouda
Nour Jaouda | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cairo |
| Education | Ruskin School of Art Royal College of Art |
| Known for | Textile art and sculpture |
| Notable work | Dust that never settles (2024) The Light in Between (2024) |
| Style | Contemporary |
| Website | https://nourjaouda.com/ |
Nour Jaouda (born 1997[1]) is a Libyan textile artist, whose work was selected to be part of Foreigners Everywhere the main art exhibition of 60th edition of the Venice Biennale.[2] Three textile works inspired by her Libyan grandmother's fig trees, the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish and natural dying practices were exhibited.[1] In 2024 the work Dust that never settles by Jaouda was acquired by The Hepworth Wakefield, funded by the Contemporary Art Society.[3] At the same time her work The Light in Between was acquired by the Arts Council Collection.[4][5]
Working between London and Cairo, Jaouda's practice is inspired by Islamic prayer mats, geopolitics, architecture and memory.[6][7] She has an undergraduate degree from Ruskin School of Art and an MA from the Royal College of Art.[8] At the former she was the inaugural winner of its Emery Prize.[9] Her first solo exhibition was held at the contemporary art gallery, Union Pacific, in 2023.[10] Her first institutional solo show is due to open at Spike Island in September 2025.[11] She was one of the eighteen finalists for the 2024 Baloise Art Prize.[12] Her work hs been compared to Sheila Hicks, Faith Ringgold and Charlotte Colbert.[13]
References
- ^ a b "Biennale Arte 2024 | Nour Jaouda". La Biennale. 2025-03-18. Archived from the original on 2025-03-18. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Artists Announced for 60th Venice Biennale". Art Forum. 2024-04-16. Archived from the original on 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "CAS Collections Fund Acquires Haegue Yang and Nour Jaouda | Frieze". FRIEZE. 2025-02-14. Archived from the original on 2025-02-14. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Arts Council Collection Acquires Work by Nour Jaouda, Nicole Wermers and Shaqúelle Whyte | Frieze". FRIEZE. 2025-03-22. Archived from the original on 2025-03-22. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Acquisition funds get first pick at Frieze London". The Art Newspaper. 2024-12-19. Archived from the original on 2024-12-19. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Meet the most exciting young artists in London right now | The Standard". London Evening Standard. 2024-11-13. Archived from the original on 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "What to See in Venice's Giardini and Arsenale | Frieze". FRIEZE. 2025-03-22. Archived from the original on 2025-03-22. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Nour Jaouda". 2021.rca.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ^ "The Emery Prize: Nour Jaouda | Pembroke college". www.pmb.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ^ Gibaly, Lara El (2023-06-27). "Nour Jaouda". Artforum. Archived from the original on 2025-03-04. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Nour Jaouda". Spike Island. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ^ "Who Won Art Basel's 2024 Baloise Prize? | Ocula". OCULA. 2025-04-17. Archived from the original on 2025-04-17. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Comptoir, The (2023-02-01). Points et poings levés: La broderie féministe, militante et engagée (in French). La Plage. p. 22. ISBN 978-2-38338-189-1.
External links
- Diriyah Biennale: Nour Jaouda – Before the Last Sky