Biography
Hala El Abora (b. Amman, 1999) is a Palestinian Jordanian artist based in Dubai. Her practice is driven by her obsession with non-ephemerality, permanence, and the desperate need to preserve. She explores the act and process of archiving, the act of making forms concrete, and negotiating deterioration. In her work, intimate embroideries resonate against rigid and enduring mediums such as resin, plastic, and metal to embody experiences of yearning that cannot otherwise be made physical.
Hala’s work was showcased at several exhibitions, including Press Print!, Aisha Al Abbar Gallery, Dubai, UAE; Nostalgia, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE; Getting Over the Color Green, Engage101, Dubai, UAE (2023); Xposure International Photography Festival, Sharjah, UAE (2023); While The Coffee Grounds Settle, Gotham Gallery, Washington, DC, USA (2022); Calculating Chaos, Rewaq Gallery, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE (2022); SGC International Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (2022); Confluence II, Universiti Sains Malaysia, IE Art Projects, Malaysia (2022); Exit 16, The Studio Gallery, Sharjah, UAE (2021); Palestine 101, University of Toronto, Canada (2020); and Identity, Rewaq Gallery, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE (2020). Hala has been awarded the Christo and Jeanne-Claude award (2023) alongside her team, and was a member of Jameel Arts Youth Assembly (2022 - 2023). She was part of Confluence, a virtual residency by Universiti Sains Malaysia (2022). She holds a BFA from the University of Sharjah (2021) and currently pursuing her MFA in Art and Media at NYUAD.