Amal El Nakhala

Artist Amal El Nakhala expresses her feelings through art. She escaped the ongoing war in Gaza with her family to Cairo, with her art relaying her journey and thoughts, artworks impacted by the artist's environment, exploring themes of identity, home and memory.

Powerful works with the pen guiding her reflections, documenting the war in Gaza, conveying and questioning the effects of war through her series 'Not a Home', putting forth and portraying the everyday that conflict causes.

During the war, Amal El Nakhala created 'A Normal Conversation in a Normal Household' a sketch diary of three short comics alongside several standalone illustrations. Published by Maamoul Press, all proceeds from the zine supported Amal to rebuild her life. 

In September 2024, Amal El Nakhala will be exhibiting with Katharina Maria Raab at  MENART Fair dedicated this year to women artist. 

 

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024   „What the actual fuck?“ An exhibition fight, Santa Libbirata la carretteria, Roma

2024   Diary of a Human Animal, Myymälä2 Gallery, Helsinki

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024   To Be Close, Closer, Basket Shop Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2023   Jong in Gaza, Kunstruimte Het Langhuis, Zwolle

2023   Tadafuq / Flow, Casa Árabe, Madrid

2023   Tadafuq / Flow, Casa Árabe, Cordoba

2023   It’s a question you can’t simply answer, Shababik Insitute, Gaza

2022  Contemporary Gaza, French Institute, Gaza

2021   Printmaking, Eltiqa, Gaza

2020   Eye on Gaza, Dar Alklema, Gaza

2019   Connection, Tamer Institute, Gaza

2018   A Color from this World, Tamer Institute, Gaza