Jumana Emil Abboud
Jumana Emil Abboud (Arabic: جمانة إميل عبّود) is a Palestinian artist living and working in Jerusalem.[1][2]
Abboud was awarded the AFAC GRANT and the Pernod Ricard Fellowship, in addition to the Sharjah Art Foundation production grant.[3] Her work has been included in exhibitions at the Sydney Biennial, Venice Biennale, Sharjah, and the Istanbul Biennial. the Bahrain National Museum in Manama, the Arab World Institute in Paris, The Jerusalem Show, the Darat al Funun in Amman, at the Carré d'Art in Nîmes.[1] at the Gallery for Contemporary Arts in Leipzig and at the Museo Fundacion Antonio Perez in Cuenca.[4]
Work[edit]
Abboud uses a combination of drawing, video, installation, speech, performance, text and sculpture[5] to portray themes of memory, loss, belonging, and longing. Abboud draws on her own background and Palestinian culture and traditions in her installations. She explores memory and storytelling and oral history through the body and her use of Palestinian folklore and fairy tales, frequently featuring the Palestinian landscape.[6]
Abboud reinterprets fairytales in her work. She uses the well-known story of Rapunzel to explore the life of Arab women. In this series she uses pencil sketches, photos, lace, and seeds to comment on and depict the woman's normative place in society.[7]
Hide Your Water from the Sun This three-channel video installation highlights the 1920 study performed by Dr. Tawfiq Canaan about water demons and "haunted" sites in Palestine such as springs.[8]
Abboud worked with Issa Freij, a Palestinian filmmaker, to document the sites. The installation features video of the sites featured in the 1920 study that once contained springs and other water features that have since been lost, but whose locations are a part of Palestinian folklore.[9]
Exhibitions[edit]
Group Exhibitions[4]
- ‘Palestin(a) - Eight Woman Artists’, Al Wasiti Art Center, Jerusalem. (1998-1999)
- Mediterranean Biennial for Young Artists, Rome. (1999)
- 'Gateway’, National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman. (1999)
- ‘Palestinian Artists Today’, Drammens Museum, Norway. (1999)
- Murals in the city, Jericho Winter Festival, Jericho. (1999)
- ‘Look Mama Look’, Art Focus, Jerusalem. (1999)
- The Last Drawing of the Century’, Zerynthia Center for Contemporary Art, Rome. (2000)
- 'Empathy’, Galerie im Kornerpark, Berlin. (2000)
- La Havana International Biennial, Havana. (2000)
- 'DisOrientation’, House of World Culture, Berlin. (2003)
- 'Unscene’, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London. (2004)
- 'Shame’, Holon Center for Digital Art, Holon. (2004)
- 'Belonging’, The Seventh International Sharjah Biennial, U.A.E. (2005)
- 'Streams of Story’, Tramway, Glasgow International, Glasgow. (2006)
- 'Liminal Spaces’, Gallery for Contemporary Arts, Leipzig. (2006)
- 'Re-Considering Palestinian Art', The Antonio Pérez Foundation, Cuenca, Spain. (2006)
- 'Blindes Vertrauen', Galerie Nord | Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin. (2010)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Jumana Emil Abboud". Delfina Foundation. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Jumana Emil Abboud: The Diver". Nafas. May 2009.
- ^ "Profile". Celeste Prize. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Jumana Emil Abboud profile". UNESCO. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Practices of Performance Art: Jumana Emil Abboud". Ibraaz. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Jumana Emil Abboud". documenta fifteen. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ Lloyd, Fran (1999). Contemporary Arab Women's Art: Dialogues of the Present. London: Women's Art Library. pp. 62–63. ISBN 1902770005.
- ^ "Tawfik Canaan: His Life and Works | The Institute for Palestine Studies". palestine-studies.org. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Hide Your Water from the Sun - Jumana Emil Abboud and Isa Freij in conversation". wherevent.com. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
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