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
2025
RijksAkademie Library Fellowship
2024
RIB Summer Residency
2020
In-Betweeners Classroom,
Cona Foundation
2018
Salama Bint Hamdan
Emerging Artist Fellowship
2016-2017
Campus Art Dubai 5.0
Selected Exhibitions
2026
(upcoming) Long Limbed Homes, PuntWG, Amsterdam
The Two Walks, Carbon 12, Dubai
Not the Season, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai
2025
Rooms For Error, Solo exhibition, Bayt Al Mamzar, Dubai
Rays, Ripples, Residue, 421 Arts Campus, Abu Dhabi
Language(s), Garage, Rotterdam
2024
Diorama for an Exhibition, Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa
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
Community and Critique,
Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi
Curatorial projects : Office Run
2018-2019
Office Run: Untitled Video Show, Central 1, Dubai World Trade Centre District
Office Run: Cry Me a River,
Damac Smart Heights
Office Run: Corners, not Speakers, HDS Business Centre Tower
Office Run: Limit, The Bridge Building
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
Press
Chloe Stead, Frieze, ‘Rays, Ripples, Residue’ Reframes a Decade of Emirate Art’
Amelia Dugha, GQ Middle East,
‘The Best MENA Art Exhibitions to Visit This June 2026’
Ravail Khan, Canvas, ‘Shared Grounds: Group Show at 421 Arts Campus’
Shebnem Niazi, ‘Rooms for Error: Navigating the Fast Forward City’
Lena van Tijen, Metropolis M, ‘Graduation Shows 2023: Piet Zwart Institute’
Nadine Khalil, Financial Times, ‘UAE becomes an incubator to help careers of local emerging artists’
Melissa Gronlund, The National, ‘How artists in the UAE have changed the way they work amid the pandemic’
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
Press
Chloe Stead, Frieze, ‘Rays, Ripples, Residue’ Reframes a Decade of Emirate Art’
Amelia Dugha, GQ Middle East,
‘The Best MENA Art Exhibitions to Visit This June 2026’
Ravail Khan, Canvas, ‘Shared Grounds: Group Show at 421 Arts Campus’
Shebnem Niazi, ‘Rooms for Error: Navigating the Fast Forward City’
Lena van Tijen, Metropolis M, ‘Graduation Shows 2023: Piet Zwart Institute’
Nadine Khalil, Financial Times, ‘UAE becomes an incubator to help careers of local emerging artists’
Melissa Gronlund, The National, ‘How artists in the UAE have changed the way they work amid the pandemic’