DANA AWARTANI

Speaker, 2025
Image courtesy of the Artist © Dana Awartani

Dana Awartani engages in critical and contemporary reinterpretations of the forms, techniques, concepts and spatial constructs that shape Arab culture. Steeped in a multitude of historical references, especially Islamic and Middle Eastern art-making traditions, Dana's practice straddles continuity and innovation, aesthetic experimentation and social relevance. Spanning painting, sculpture, performance and installations, Dana's commitment to historically situated and locally sourced materials lends a rare sensitivity to urgent political concerns of gender, healing, cultural destruction, and sustainability. Consistent throughout the artist’s work has been her philosophical elaboration of geometric patterns as an alternative genealogy of abstraction. Born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 1987 and of Palestinian descent, Dana lives and works in between New York and Jeddah. She has a BA in Fine Art from Central St Martin's College of Art and Design Fine Art, London and a Master's degree in Traditional Arts from The Prince's School of Traditional Arts, London.

​Discover Dana's work here.