Noor ABU ARAFEH

Profile

 Born in 1986. Graduated from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in 2011.
 Recent main activities are Open studio (Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, 2012), Young-artist-award-exhibition (A.M Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, 2011), Open-Studio (Al Sakakeni cultural center, Ramallah, 2011), "Try, Retry" (Al Sakakeni Cultural center, Ramallah, 2009), Open Studio exhibition (Al Sakakeni Cultural Center, Ramallah, 2009).

About works / performance

 My works deal with social issues that is inspired from the place that I come from and places that I visit.  The changing of the identity of the places and the people are from the things that interests me. Also I'm interested in the borders between art and activism, and when they can't be separated.
 There isn't a specific medium that I work with, usually the Idea is the main motivation for my work, and I use the medium that helps to express the idea, such as performance art, Instillations, video instillations synthetic panels, sewn images and paintings.

And the Last Shall be First, video instillation, 2012 (Beirut).
©Ashkal Alwan

And the Last Shall be First, Photography instillation, 2012 (Beirut).
©Ashkal Alwan

Untitled, wood, fabric, 2011.