Nour Jaouda lives and works in Cairo, Egypt and London, UK. 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, UK.
Her recent solo exhibitions include: ‘Art Basel Statements (with Union Pacific),’ Basel, Switzerland (2024); and ‘Where, if not faraway, is my place?,’ Union Pacific, London, UK (2023). Her selected group exhibitions include: ‘Being Mediterranean,’ M.O.C.O. Panacée, Montpellier, France (2024); ‘On Feeling,’ curated by Peter Davies, The Approach, London, UK (2024)’ and ‘Foreigners Everywhere,’ 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Venice, Italy (2024). Upcoming: And all that is in between, Islamic Arts Biennale, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2025).
Jaouda’s ‘Dust that never settles’ (2024) was acquired at Frieze London in 2024 through the CAS Collections Fund for The Hepworth Wakefield, UK. Jaouda’s ‘The Light In Between’ (2024) was acquired at Frieze London in 2024 by the Arts Council Collection, made possible by the Arts Council Collection Frieze Fund.