Mona Ayyash
Mona Ayyash
Trampoline. 2015 Single-channel digital video 32’

Mona Ayyash (b. 1987, Kuwait City) is a Palestinian visual artist, raised in Dubai. Her practice focuses on repetition, memorisation, slowness, and boredom. She holds an MFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Her work was exhibited at the Jameel Art Centre in 2021 and in Maraya Art Center, as part of the UAE Unlimited programme in 2019. She took part in the homebound residency with 421 in 2020 and was an artist-in-residence at the Alserkal Residency for their Fall 2017 cycle. She has participated in several group exhibitions such as, The Distance from Here in Hayy Jameel. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2022), Tashweesh at Maraya Art Centre. Sharjah, UAE (2019) and Loaning Sister Cities at Casino Artspace. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (2016).

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She’ll be apples. 2013

Three-channel digital video.
36’ 59’’

Trampoline. 2015

Single-channel digital video.
32’

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Mona Ayyash

Mona Ayyash

Mona Ayyash (b. 1987, Kuwait City) is a Palestinian visual artist, raised in Dubai. Her practice focuses on repetition, memorisation, slowness, and boredom. She holds an MFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Her work was exhibited at the Jameel Art Centre in 2021 and in Maraya Art Center, as part of the UAE Unlimited programme in 2019. She took part in the homebound residency with 421 in 2020 and was an artist-in-residence at the Alserkal Residency for their Fall 2017 cycle. She has participated in several group exhibitions such as, The Distance from Here in Hayy Jameel. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2022), Tashweesh at Maraya Art Centre. Sharjah, UAE (2019) and Loaning Sister Cities at Casino Artspace. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (2016).