^{Standing by the Ruins, Exhibition view, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Germany, 2024}

Dana Awartani (Born 1987 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, of Palestinian descent) lives and works between New York and Jeddah.   

She has had solo exhibitions at the Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, Australia (2024); Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE (2018); and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, USA (2017). Her works have also been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including most recently La Biennale, Venice, Italy (2024); Sharjah Biennale 15, UAE (2023); Louvre Abu Dhabi, UAE (2022); Lyon Biennale, France (2022); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, USA (2022); Desert X Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia (2022); C3A Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Córdoba, Spain (2022); Diriyah Biennale, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2021); BNKR, Munich, Germany (2021); British Museum, London, UK (2021); NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Singapore (2020); Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain (2020); and Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (2020).   

Dana Awartani has been shortlisted for the High Line Plinth Commission, New York (2024), Richard Mille Prize, Louvre Abu Dhabi (2022) and was the recipient of the National Cultural Award by the Ministry of Culture of Saudi Arabia (2021); the Instituto Sacatar Residency Award, Sesc_Videobrasil (2020); and has been an artist in residence at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (2020) and at Delfina Foundation, London, UK (2015).