Jumana Emil Abboud

Description

Jumana Emil Abboud (born 1971, Shefa’amer) lives and works in Jerusalem and London and is currently pursuing a practice-led PhD at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. Her interests lie in oral histories, the investigation of personal and collective stories and mythologies, particularly, folk tales and their sites of being and unbeing. Over the last two decades, Abboud’s work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including Cample Line, Scotland (2023), Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art (2023), Biennale of Sydney (2022), Documenta 15 (2022), Common Grounds: Story / Heritage, Casco Art Institute, Utrecht (2020); The Jerusalem Show (2018); Sharjah Biennial off site (2017); BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2016); Venice Biennial (2015, 2009); and Istanbul Biennale (2009), among many others.