Dima Srouji is a Palestinian architect and visual artist exploring cultural heritage as a space for potential collective repair. Srouji looks for ruptures in the ground where imaginary liberation is possible. She works with physical and ephemeral materials from Palestine understanding each as an evocative object and emotional companion the help her restitch endangered histories. Her projects are developed closely with archaeologists, anthropologists, sound designers, stone masons and glassblowers. She was the Jameel Fellow at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 2022-2023 and is currently leading studio Underground Palestine in MA City Design at the Royal College of Art in London. Her work is part of the permanent collections at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Victoria & Albert Museum, Institut du Monde Arabe, Corning Museum of Glass, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Art Jameel, and the Sharjah Art Foundation. She has exhibited works at the 60th Venice Art Biennale, Sharjah Art Biennial 15, Lagos Biennial 2024, Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2019, the first Islamic Art Biennale 2023, the first Doha Design Biennale, at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Ford Foundation Gallery, Tai Kwun Museum, Institut du Monde Arabe, Alserkal Arts Foundation, Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati and others. Her writing has appeared in multiple platforms, including The Architectural Review, The Avery Review, Migrant Journal, and The Architecture Review of New York.
Dima Srouji
Multidisciplinary Designer | London - Palestine
Dima Srouji. Image courtesy of the Designer
Works
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Website
www.dimasrouji.com
Socials
@dimasrouji