Nour Jaouda

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Nour Jaouda (b. 1997, Libya) lives and works in Cairo and London. As she yo-yoes between both cities, her artworks limbo sculpture and painting. Jaouda’s large-scale dyed tapestries mirror the shape of prayer mats from her immediate surroundings in Cairo, incorporating steel elements both crafted by the artist and found in her environment. In this way, her work straddles personal narrative and social history; past and present.

Jaouda has a master’s degree in painting from the Royal College of Art, London. Recent solo exhibitions include: Art Basel Statements (with Union Pacific), Basel, Switzerland (2024), Where, if not faraway, is my place?, Union Pacific, London (2023). Selected group exhibitions include: Being Mediterranean, M.O.C.O. Panacée, Montpellier, France (2024), On Feeling, curated by Peter Davies, The Approach, London, UK (2024), and Foreigners Everywhere, 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Venice, Italy (2024). Upcoming: And all that is in between, Islamic Arts Biennale, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2025).

Nour Jaouda's Dust that never settles (2024) has been acquired at Frieze London through the CAS Collections Fund at Frieze 2024 for The Hepworth Wakefield; this will be the first time the artist is represented in the collection. Jaouda's The Light In Between (2024) has been acquired at Frieze London by the Arts Council Collection, made possible by the Arts Council Collection Frieze Fund.

The Light In Between, 2024, fabric dye and pigment on canvas, steel, 130 x 235 cm

The shadow of every tree, 2024, dyed fabric, Steel gate and concrete installation, with gray walls, fabric: 280 x 470 cm, steel gate: 520 x 230 cm, concrete: 63 x 40 x 4 cm

If the olive trees knew, 2024, dyed fabric, steel, 250 x 300 cm

Silent dust, 2024, dyed fabric, steel, 250 x 300 cm

If the olive trees knew the hands that planted them, 2023, fabric dye and pigment of canvas, steel, 170cm x 80cm

This poem will never be finished, 2022, fabric dye and pigment on canvas, steel, 170 x 80 x 15 cm

Where the fig tree cannot be fenced (detail), 2023, multi-component installation artwork, fabric dye and pigment on canvas, steel, cement and ceramic, dimensions variable

Untitled, 2021, hand-dyed cotton, copper, 150 x 50cm

Everything touches everything else, 2022, fabric dye and pigment of canvas, steel, 170 x 80cm

Buried in the knot, 2021, fabric dye and pigment on canvas, rebar steel, 150cm x 70cm

Dust that never settles, 2024, fabric dye and pigment on canvas, steel, 130 x 235 cm

The shadow of every tree, 2024, dyed fabric, Steel gate and concrete installation, with gray walls, fabric: 280 x 470 cm, steel gate: 520 x 230 cm, concrete: 63 x 40 x 4 cm

Roots in the sky, 2024, dyed fabric, steel, 250 x 300 cm

Blind Spot, 2022, fabric dye and pigment on canvas, steel, 170 x 80 x 15 cm

Immortal olive tree, 2023, cement, fabric dye, steel, 75 x 25 cm

As long as our tears are songs when we cry them, 2023, series of 9 cement relief artworks, 9 pieces, each 23 x 15 cm

Where the fig tree cannot be fenced (detail), 2023, multi-component installation artwork, fabric dye and pigment on canvas, steel, cement and ceramic, dimensions variable

Fold up the prayer mat in your flight, 2021, fabric dye, pigment and acrylic on canvas, rebar steel, 270 x 150cm

Wind is the compass of the stranger's north, 2021, fabric dye, pigment and acrylic on canvas, steel, concrete, 300 x 250 x 250cm

In most nights we weep in advance, 2021, concrete, 37 x 28cm