1976
Born in Jenine, Palestine
1996
Graduated in Interior Design, Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron, Palestine
2007
Advanced course in Photography, University of Birzeit, Birzeit, Palestine
2011
Graduated in Visual Arts, International Academy of Arts, Ramallah, Palestine
Lives and works in Ramallah, Palestine
Exhibitions
2013
Artistic Interventions in Political Spaces, United Nations Revisited, Berlin, Germany
2013
Re:emerg: Towards a New Cultural Cartography, Sharjah Biennal 11, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2013
Refraction: Moving Images on Palestine, P21 gallery, London, UK
2013
9th Dubai International Film Festival, Winner of FIPRESCI to Best Documentary Director and Special Jury Price, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2013
The Battalion, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
2012
Docile Soldier, Galerie Polaris, Paris, France (solo)
2012
Navigation: Palestinian Video Art 1988 - 2011, Barbican Centre, London, UK
2012
7ème Biennale d'Art Contemporain, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2012
Art on the move, Ullensaker Art Society, Norway
2012
Sapere Aud! Dare to know!, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium
2012
Disarming Design from Palestine, Qalandiya International, Qalandiya/Jerusalem, Israel
2012
Where the Streets Have No Name, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
2012
FIAC 2012, Galerie Polaris and Galerie of Marseille, Paris, France
2012
Newtopia: The State of Human Rights, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium
2012
Middle East Europe, SPACE gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2012
Truth is Concrete: A 24/7 marathon camp, Steirischer Herbst Festival gmbh, Graz, Austria
2011
Final Stage, XV Biennale de la Méditerrané - MACRO Museum, Rome, Italy
2011
International Migrants Day, Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA
2011
FIAC 2011, Galerie Polaris, Paris, France
2011
Oktobarski Salon Beograd, Geozavod Expodium, Belgrade, Serbia
2011
Something in the Way, LIAF 2011 - Lofoten International Art Festival, Kabelvags, Norway
2010
Tahreeb Film Festival Nazareth, Al-Atabeh Nazareth/Ellaz Theater Acre, Israel
2010
23es Instants Vidéo, Instants Vidéo Festival, Nice, France
2010
Al Quds Underground Festival, Jerusalem, Palestine
2010
Eternal Tour Festival, Ramallah, Palestine
2010
International Artists Workshop, Al-Mahatta Gallery, Birzeit, Palestine
2010
The Jerusalem Show, Al-Ma'mal Foundation of Contemporary Art, Jerusalem, Israel
2010
BFI London Film Festival, London, UK
2009
The Soldier, Al-Mahatta Gallery, Ramallah, Palestine (solo)
2009
How to get Green Card in Palestine, Al-Mahatta Gallery, Ramallah, Palestine (solo)
2009
Oslo Rhadus Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2009
Palestine in Copenhagen, Al-Quds Arab Capital Culture, Copenhague, Denmark/Jerusalem, Israel
2009
The Water Melonnter, International Academy of Art Ramallah, Ramallah, Palestine
2009
22es Instants Vidéo, Instants Vidéo Festival, Marseille, France
2009
Palestinian Narrative, Trondheim, Norway
2008
At the checkpoint, Algeria Capital Culture, Algiers, Algeria / Syria Capital Culture, Damas, Syria / Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany
2008
Towards a Future Present, LIAF 2008 - Lofoten International Art Festival, Kabelvags, Norway
2007
At the checkpoint, MITEU Festival, Orense, Spain
2007
At the Checkpoint, International Academy of Art Ramallah, Ramallah, Palestine (solo)
With highly symbolic photographs, videos, and performative interventions focused on his native Palestine, multidisciplinary artist Khaled Jarrar explores modern power struggles and their sociocultural impact on ordinary citizens. The everyday objects appearing in Jarrar’s reflective work, whether by their shape or nature, are juxtaposed with the severity of the issues he examines, thus giving the political content of his art greater significance while underscoring the autobiographical nature of his chosen themes. Over the past decade, Jarrar’s bold projects have earned him international recognition. In 2007, the artist displayed photographs of the Howarra & Qalandia checkpoint in plain sight of Israeli soldiers surveilling the border. Since 2011, his Live and Work in Palestine project has consisted of designing and distributing seemingly official Palestinian passport stamps to tourists arriving in the country. In his series titled Upcycle the Wall, the artist presented sculptures made of reconstituted concrete, which he chipped off the apartheid wall that cuts through and illegally annexes parts of the West Bank, evoking the ominous presence of the repressive barrier in every aspect of daily life. His most recent performance projects were presented on the streets of Helsinki, Finland in 2014. The temporary Hunger Wall Jarrar assembled out of bread loaves symbolised the thin line between prosperity and poverty. With Dis-/Obey, he involved dozens of volunteers in a military march, which ultimately placed them in contrast to Jarrar’s voiced orders in front of an installation of camouflage uniforms. Commissioned by Checkpoint Helsinki as part of the Helsinki Festival, Dis-/Obey investigated military power, disobedience, and individual responsibility in conflict zones. Born in Jenin in 1976, Khaled Jarrar lives and works in Ramallah, Palestine. Jarrar completed his education in Interior Design at the Palestine Polytechnic University in 1996 and later graduated from the International Academy of Art Palestine with a Bachelor in Visual Arts degree in 2011. A year later, his documentary The Infiltrators won several accolades at the 9th Annual Dubai International Film Festival, confirming his importance as a filmmaker in the international scene. Jarrar’s recent solo exhibitions include Art Bartsch & Cie, Geneva (2015); Galerie Polaris, Paris (2014, 2012); Gallery One, Ramallah (2014); Ayyam Gallery London (2013); Galerie Guy Bartschi, Geneva (2013); the NEWTOPIA: The State of Human Rights Contemporary Arts in Mechelen and Brussels (2012); and the International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah (2007). The artist’s recent group exhibitions were held at such venues as Palais De La Culture, Constantine (2015); Pirineos Sur Festival (2015); Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah (2015); the New Museum, New York City (2014), Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, London (2014), the University of Applied Arts, Vienna (2014), USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa (2013); The Madrid Palestine Film Festival (2013); the 15th Jakarta Biennale (2013); the 7th Berlin Biennale (2012); 52nd October Salon, Belgrade (2011); Al-Ma’mal Foundation, Jerusalem (2010); and the London Film Festival (2010).
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