Gaza Biennale Spanish Pavilion
It asks us to see Gaza not as an abstraction of war, but as a place of people, culture, and imagination. In doing so, it affirms the enduring power of art to cross borders, carry memory, and connect us in our shared humanity.
This exhibition brings together the voices of seven artists from Gaza, voices that speak not through press releases or news footage, but through brushstrokes, camera lenses, and creative gestures formed in the midst of rupture. In a time when Gaza is most often represented by numbers, statistics, and overhead footage, this exhibition insists on seeing differently: through the eyes of those living, creating, and enduring its realities.
Displacement here is not only physical—the destruction of homes, studios, and public space—but emotional and existential. It is the dislocation of safety, of memory, of belonging. Yet even under siege, art continues. For these artists, creation is not a luxury; it is a lifeline. Art becomes a way to preserve humanity, reclaim voice, and assert visibility in a world that so often looks away. The works on view challenge us to go beyond the headlines. They embody grief, resilience, tenderness, and anger. They record what is lost, but also what refuses to be erased. Through drawings, photography, digital media, and other forms, the artists reframe displacement not only as trauma, but as testimony—complex, intimate, and deeply human.
Curating art in such a context requires new ways of thinking and adapting, these works travel in place of their makers. In curating them, we have embraced creative methods to transmit their presence: some pieces are newly produced from afar, others are recreated from fragments or sent digitally. In each, the act of showing becomes an act of solidarity.
This exhibition invites viewers to look closely—not just at the art, but at what lies beneath it: lives disrupted and remade, voices that persist. It asks us to see Gaza not as an abstraction of war, but as a place of people, culture, and imagination. In doing so, it affirms the enduring power of art to cross borders, carry memory, and connect us in our shared humanity.
The Grapa,
Calle Puerto Rico, 40
Valencia, Spain
20th June - 30th Sept 2025
Artists: Jehad Jarbou, Liza Madi, Aya Juha, Hazem Al-Zomor, Ahmad Adawi, Osama Hussein and Hamada El Kept.
Curators: Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann, Salma Alhakim, Veronica Revuelta Garrido.
Translation: Salma Alhakim, Veronica Revuelta Garrido.
Production: Gaza Biennale team, THE GRAPA, Paco Mora Studio, Global Brand company.
Design and edits: Gaza Biennale team, Jabir Chardi, Zainab El Barouni, Diogo Rustoff.