Rula Halawani (Palestinian, b. 1964)

A gifted artist by nature and a native of occupied East Jerusalem, Rula Halawani’s search for life between difficult and conflicted environments is depicted directly within her vast oeuvre of works. Halawani is the only Palestinian contemporary artist to be present at the Venice Biennale this year in 2019. In this series presented, the artist revisits the significant memories of her childhood growing up in the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, through monochromatic, and hazy photographs. The memories of the places she revisits have been distorted throughout time, and she captures these scenes in dream-like manner than provides us the feeling of loss and dispossession.