Nour Jaouda
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: Where, if not faraway, is my place?, Union Pacific, London (2023). Selected group exhibitions include: Yein Lee & Nour Jaouda, Beacon Gallery, Munich (2022), Drape, Fold Gallery, London (2022), This is Not a Curated Exhibition, Galleria Ramo, Como (2021), Warm Vessels in Search at Sunset, Harlesden High Street, London (2021) and Tomorrow 2021, White Cube Online (2021).
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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