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Nadine Ghandour (b. 1993, United Arab Emirates) is an artist whose practice alternates between drawing , writing and sculpture. She holds an MFA from Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam. Nadine’s work presents stories of unstable architecture, shapeshifting surroundings and buildings that trap its inhabitants. She is interested in ways we experience architecture within cities that develop at hyper speeds, and how this affects the psyche of its residents. She creates fictional characters, imagines spaces with bizarre lighting conditions, and immerses herself in absurd realities.

Adjacent to her practice, she works in libraries and archives. She was Library and Research Manager at Jameel Library in Dubai, and Archive Chef at PrintRoom Rotterdam.

Contact at nadine.k.ghandour@gmail.com



Education

2021-2023
Master of Fine Art,
Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam

2012-2015
University of the Arts London,
Camberwell College of Arts

2011-2012
University of the Arts London,
London College of Communication

Residencies

2024
RIB Summer Residency
Side Step Residency 

2023 
Preforming Arts Forum, France

2020
In-Betweeners Classroom,
Cona Foundation

2018
Salama Bint Hamdan
Emerging Artist Fellowship

2016-2017
Campus Art Dubai 5.0

Selected Exhibitions

2024
Leaving Space, Lely Broedplaats, Amsterdam
The More You Think, The More You Know, The More It Happens
Worm, Rotterdam
Fast Forward in Reverse
De PersoneelSkamer, Amsterdam

2023
Alone Together, OX. Space, Rotterdam Recent Posts, Ehemaliger Conrad, Stuttgart
Nomadic Exhibition, RRR & Ijskast, Rotterdam
Four Meter High Ceilings, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
Partial View, MAMA, Rotterdam

2022
Personal Structures/I Must be Living Twice, ECC, Venice

2019
UAE NOW, Art Dubai
Office Run: Corners, not Speakers, HDS Business Centre Tower
Office Run: Limit, The Bridge Building

2018
Office Run: Untitled Video Show, Central 1, Dubai World Trade Centre District
Office Run: Cry Me a River,
Damac Smart Heights
Community and Critique,
Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi

2017
Campus Art Dubai Open Studios, Project Space Art Jameel, Dubai Tashkeel: The Print Edition, Sikka Art Fair, Dubai



Editorial

2022
Let the Mosquitos in
PZI MFA Open Studio
Edited, designed and printed along with Helle Lindskog

2021
The Distance from Here
Jameel Arts Centre Essay contributor and co-editor

2021
17-year Cicada by Sarnath Banerjee, Jameel Arts Centre, editor

2020
Maryam Al Dabbagh Library Circles Commission, Jameel Arts Centre, editor

Work Experience

December 2021 - September 2022
Archive Chef, PrintRoom Rotterdam

June 2020- July 2021
Library and Research Manager
Jameel Arts Centre

June 2018 - June 2020
Library and Research Coordinator
Jameel Arts Centre

May - November 2018
Project Space Coordinator
Project Space Art Jameel

March 2016 - Jan 2017
Assistant Digital Editor, Brownbook tv