Aysha E Arar
Aysha E Arar is a Palestinian artist born in 1993. She received her BFA with honors from the HaMidrasha Faculty of Arts - Beit Berl College in 2018.
The artist uses painting, video, performance and poetry; she paints on paper, canvas and on the wall, moving from narrative to abstract painting, where she combines imaginary creatures based on Palestinian legends. At the center of her practice lies her own identity. She practices an art of resistance to oppression through the power of images and voice, a quest for freedom and its meaning. In her own words, « I don’t know how to draw realistic paintings, I draw from the world of imagination and fantasy. This allows me to merge imagination with reality and all the contradictions that I live in ».
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Aysha E Arar has had solo exhibitions at Sans titre, Paris (2024); Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Paris & Brussels (2024 & 2023); 디스위켄드룸 ThisWeekendRoom, Seoul (2024); Beit HaGefen, Haifa (2023); Hayarkon 19, Tel Aviv (2022); Givat Haviva Art Gallery (2021).
Her work has been shown in group exhibitions at Kunsthaus Baselland, Münchenstein (2024); MO.CO. Panacée, Montpellier (2024); Cooper Cole, Toronto (2024); Sans titre, Paris (2024, 2022 & 2021); TAGELDIMDE / MIDDELGATE, Geel (2023); Edmond de Rothschild Center, Tel Aviv (2022); Umm al-Fahm Gallery (2022); Alfred Institute for Art and Culture, Tel Aviv (2021); Kultur Forum Dresden e.V., Dresden (2021); Albertinum Museum, Dresden (2021); Artura Gallery, Kfar Monash (2021); Balkont Gallery, Tel Aviv (2019); Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv (2018); Ethiopian Embassy, Tel Aviv (2017); Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv (2017); Tel Aviv Cinematheque, Tel Aviv (2016); Excellence Project of the Jewish Festival, Krakow (2016).
Aysha E Arar’s works are featured in the collections of significant institutions and museums, including Lafayette Anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin (Paris, France), FRAC Corsica (Corte) and SMAK - Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Ghent, Belgium).