Nour Jaouda’s work intertwines lived experience with artistic expression, shaped by her constant navigation between tangible places and memories. Using rich, earthy hues and textiles as her medium, she delves into themes of proximity and separation, existence and absence, as well as the cycles of breaking down and rebuilding. Her practice embodies the paradox of feeling both grounded and displaced, capturing the ongoing evolution of identity in flux. Central to her art are ideas of displacement and endurance, destruction and renewal, and an overarching sense of timelessness. Jaouda embraces the slow, tactile process of creating hand-dyed fabrics, which carry a sense of continuity and spirituality—textiles for her symbolize an endless cycle without clear origin or end. The natural dyes she employs bring unpredictability and vitality, activating the surfaces with layered colors that are simultaneously deep, luminous, shadowed, and ethereal—much like the complex nature of memory itself. Straddling the boundaries between sculpture and painting, her expansive dyed tapestries echo the form of prayer mats found in her Cairo surroundings. By incorporating steel components she both forges and collects locally, Jaouda’s work bridges intimate personal stories with broader social histories, merging past and present in a poetic dialogue. ...
