Nour Jaouda

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Nour Jaouda
Born1997 (age 27–28)
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Alma mater Ruskin School of Art
Royal College of Art
Known forTextile art and sculpture
Notable workDust that never settles (2024)
The Light in Between (2024)
StyleContemporary
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

  1. 1 2 "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)
  2. ↑ "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)
  3. ↑ "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)
  4. ↑ "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)
  5. ↑ "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)
  6. ↑ "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)
  7. ↑ "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)
  8. ↑ "Nour Jaouda". 2021.rca.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  9. ↑ "The Emery Prize: Nour Jaouda | Pembroke college". www.pmb.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  10. ↑ 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)
  11. ↑ "Nour Jaouda". Spike Island. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  12. ↑ "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)
  13. ↑ 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.
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