RESUME

Fadl Fakhouri    SendtoFadl@Gmail.com

Fadl Fakhouri is an interdisciplinary artist whose work centers on positionality and poetic statements of determination. Fadl has exhibited at SFAI, Times Square, The Poetry Project, The Cincinnati Art Museum, and The Jewish Museum. They hold a BA in Biology from UC Berkeley and an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University.

EDUCATION
MFA Visual Arts, Columbia University - May 2022
BA Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley - May 2019
Publication Intensive, Triple Canopy - June 2025

EXHIBITIONS

2026
Reclaiming Death, Ma’s House, Southampton, NY (forthcoming)

2025
Choreographies of Restraint and Resistance, ArteEast, New York, NY
Contemporary Arab* Performance/ ألاده العربي* الحديث, Spectacle Theater, New York, NY
A Tributary of the Reservoir, Millennium Film, New York, NY
Numbers with Baseera Khan & Pamela Sneed, Salma Sarriedine, New York, NY
A Grammar of Attention, Whitney Museum ISP Curatorial Exhibition, New York, NY (CANCELED)
New York Arab Festival 2025 Shorts Program, Museum of the Moving Image, New York, NY
Aisle 9, Art Basel Encounters, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Text2Speech Lite, Brief Histories, New York, NY

2024
Arwah, Beauty Supply Arts, Oakland, CA
Text2Speech, Hercules Studios, New York, NY
Outside the Gates, St. Moritz Art Film Festival, St. Moritz, CH
Fringe!, Film Festival, London, UK
Homebound, curated by Kathy Zarur, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
Things we lost in the, Sidle House Gallery, Freeport, ME
QTPOC Residency Screening, Performing Arts Forum, St. Erme, FR
XPOSED Film Festival, Berlin, DE
Web of Support: A video program & library, 2-person exhibition w/ Emily Jacir, Simian Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
HUF: Made in SF, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Who am I, Who I am, OYOUN, Berlin, DE
Bay Area Artists Against Genocide, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Azzah, Iftar Gallery, New York, NY
Poetics of Color (Solo), Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA
Films for Palestine, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA

2023
Eyes, Divided, Mi Casa & Photodom, New York, NY
A Banned Surveillance, Copenhagen City Hall, Copenhagen, DE
Gaze on Gaza, Les Amarres, Paris, FR
EVERYONE MUST GO, Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CA
Double Blessings, Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL
Soften My Hardware, Connected Matter, New York, NY
Jellybean, Urban Ore, Berkeley, CA
Nowhere, Somewhere & In-Between, The Palestine Museum, Woodbridge, CT

2022
Digital Prophecies, HaRaKa, Cairo, Egypt
Truth & Reconciliation, The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Otherwise, curated Ho Won Kim, Carlota Ortiz & Victoria Horrocks Half Gallery, New York, NY
Noumena, curated by Emmanuel Olunkwa, Sally Hughes & Caroline Maxwell, ChaShaMa, New York, NY
In Response: Jonas Mekas, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
The Living Digital, curated by Adham Hafez, New York Arab Festival, La Mama Theater, New York, NY
Prepositional Sculpture, curated by Cal Siegel, Skylight Gardens, New York, NY
Amid, curated by Noel Magathe & Iman Jabrah, Wave Pool Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Thank You for Caring, Aroma Festival, Oakland, CA
Visual Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition, curated by Elisabeth Sherman, Columbia University, New York, NY
In Time, curated by Rona Yefman, ZAZ 10 Times Square, New York, NY

2021
Better Late Than Never Summer Show, curated by Owen Duffy & Junni Chen, ChaShaMa, New York, NY
Keep On Keepin’ On, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
From Light til Night, curated by Jenna Hamed, Abrons Art Center, NY
Erotica, Postcrypt Gallery, New York, NY
Ramadan, Balady Market, New York, NY
First Year Show, curated by Regine Basha, Columbia University Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York, NY
Canal Street Research Association, Shanzhai Lyric, New York, NY

2020
Let Your Voice Be Heard, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Perfect Picture Palestine, Valencia St Photowalk, San Francisco, CA

2019
Sillas Callejeras, curated by Fabien Cappello, Jacobs Institute, Berkeley, CA
Design and the Arts of Noticing, Jacobs Institute, Berkeley, CA
First Generation, Pauley Ballroom, Berkeley, CA
BAM FEST, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Jacobs Spring Design Showcase, Jacobs Institute, Berkeley, CA
Grizzly Film & Arts Festival, Pauley Ballroom, Berkeley, CA
19th Annual Night of Cultural Resistance, UC Berkeley Multicultural Community Center, Berkeley, CA

2018
The Art of Liberation, UC Berkeley Multicultural Community Center, Berkeley, CA
The Dog & Pony Show, curated by Whitney Lynn, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
#MyLastTrash, Moffit Library, Berkeley, CA
Re-reimagined, curated by Farley Gwazda, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA

SELECT PERFORMANCES

2025
No Aesthetic Outside My Freedom, Whitney ISP Curatorial Exhibition, New York, NY (CANCELED)

2024
No Aesthetic Outside My Freedom, The Poetry Project, New York, NY

2022
SCATTER PLOT, Wave Pool Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2021
Map, From Light til Night, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
Rock, New York, NY to Palestine

2020
Progressing Backwards: Infinity Loop, Virtual Performance Lecture & Essay, Columbia University, New York, NY
Palestinian, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

RESIDENCIES AND AFFILIATIONS

2026
Resident Artist, CASTRO PROJECTS, Rome, IT

2025
Resident Artist, Bauer, Oakland, CA

2024
Resident Artist, Casa Barbosa, Richmond, CA
Fellow, EmergeNYC, New York, NY
Resident Artist, Ma’s House, Southampton, NY
Resident Artist, Mushi House, Berkeley, CA

2023
Resident Curator, The Palestine Museum, Woodbridge, CT
Resident Artist, Urban Ore, Berkeley, CA

2022
Resident Artist, Wave Pool Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Resident Artist, LEIMAY Incubator Program, New York, NY
Resident Artist, Richmond Field Station, Berkeley, CA

2021
School of the Arts Fellow, Columbia University, New York, NY
Arts & Social Practice Fellow, Arab American Association of New York, New York, NY

2019
Community Director, Middle Eastern North African Recruitment & Retention Center, Berkeley, CA

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2025
Text2Speech 2, Counterpulse, San Francisco, CA
Text to Speech LITE, Brief Histories Gallery, New York, NY

2024
Text2Speech, Hercules Studios, New York, NY
Spit in the Ocean, Lower Grand Radio, Oakland, CA
Films for Palestine, Abrams Claghorn, Albany, CA
Voices of Palestine, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

2022
It’s About Us: Sofia Moreno & Ayoub Moumen, HOUSING Paris, Paris, France
One Night in London: Keioui Keijaun Thomas, Sofia Moreno & Isaiah Davis, BVLGARI hotel, London, UK

2021
AAANY Youth Exhibition, New York, NY

2019
First Generation, Pauley Ballroom, Berkeley, CA

2018
The Art of Liberation, UC Berkeley Multicultural Community Center, Berkeley, CA

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2025 Poets & Writers Grant
2024 Homebody Fellowship
2024 Poets & Writers Grant
2021-2022 Morrocco/Mancini Family Fellowship
2020-2022 D'Arcy Hayman Scholarship

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2024
Art Conservation & Appraisal, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, NY
Museums, Galleries, Auction Houses, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, NY
Fashion Styling, Vogue Magazine, New York, NY
Fashion Business, Vogue Magazine, New York, NY

2023
Space, Form, Process, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
Beginner Sculpture and Painting, Wine & Design, Oakland, CA

2022
Intro To Moving Image: Video, Film & Art with Shelly Silver, Columbia University, New York, NY

2021
Seminar in Contemporary Art Practice, Columbia University, New York, NY
Revolutionary Arts, Arab American Association of New York, New York, NY
Block Party Workshop, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, NY

2020
Mentor, BFA Visual Arts Department, Columbia University, New York, NY

2018
Research Leader & Teacher, Academic Dev Program, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education, Berkeley, CA

PRESS

“Whitney Museum Axes ISP Performance Centering Palestinian Mourning”, ArtForum, May 22, 2025
“Whitney Museum Cancels Performance About Palestinian Mourning,” Hyperallergic, May 19, 2025
“Whitney Museum Cancels Pro-Palestine Performance at Its Storied Independent Study Program,” Artnet,
“Artist Spotlight: Fadl Fakhouri,” LVL3, Mar 6, 2025
“Review: Queer Palestine - Pinko Collective,” Full Stop Magazine, Nov 11, 2024
“The Art of Existence: A Palestine Museum in the U.S.,” The Urban Activist, June 18, 2024
“Not Just a Museum, A Movement,”This Week in Palestine, Oct 2023
“Food as a symbol of resilience for the Palestinian diaspora,” The New Arab, Aug 31, 2023
“Fadl Fakhouri,” Modern Anarchy, June 1, 2023
“Yalla Artist Series: Fadl Fakhouri,” Yalla Party Project, June 2, 2022
“Highlights from Columbia University’s MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Hyperallergic, May 18, 2022
“NY Arab Festival’ Celebrates Art & Culture With Performances, Food & More,” Secret NYC, April 29, 2022
“Columbia’s MFA Thesis Exhibition Opens This Weekend in NYC,” Hyperallergic, April 18, 2022
“Columbia University Visual Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition 2022,” Artforum, April 20, 2022
“Episode 171 [in English]: Fadl Fakhouri,” The Queer Arabs, Aug 20, 2021
“Holding Space: Fadel Fakhouri,” on-off.site, May 13, 2020
“First Generation Art Show,” Oakland Print Fair, April 19, 2019

PUBLICATIONS

2024
Queer Palestine, Pinko Magazine, July
Literary Mixtape, Quiet Lightning, August

2023
Vol. 10+, Emergency Index, December
Issue 02, Dekopon Magazine, February

2022
Skool’s Out, KALTBLUT Magazine, December 29
Salt, MODA Critical Review, Columbia University, June
A Relationship is a Work of Art and the Medium is Empathy, Mithai, April

2021
Progressing Backwards: Infinity Loop, MODA Critical Review, Columbia University, May

2019
Out of the Rain, Into the Sun, BAM FEST Zine, Berkeley Art Museum, September 15, Pg. 13
Design and the Arts of Noticing, Jacobs Institute, April, Pg. 24-27 (catalog)

2018
No Theme Zine, BAMPFA Fall Zine, Berkeley Art Museum, October 18, Pg. 5
Issue #3, NSJP Newsletter, National Students for Justice in Palestine
Lip, Fruits Art Club, May 27
Inaugural Issue, Diaspora Diaries, April, Pg. 12

COLLECTIONS

VSCO Selects, Online Collection