Sara El-Jazara is an art historian, researcher, and archivist whose practice explores the intersections of art, memory, and resistance in the Arab world. Her work engages with the politics of the archive, tracing fragmented histories and artistic practices as acts of preservation and collective reclamation.
A graduate of Marist College in Florence, Italy, El-Jazara’s professional experience spans research, archiving, editing, curation, gallery management, and art consultancy.
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EXHIBITIONS
FROM GAZA TO AMMAN
exhibition
2024
This exhibition was a celebratory and archival journey into the life and work of the late Palestinian poet and revolutionary, Muin Bseiso. It also included contemporary art by the young Gazan artist, surviving the ongoing genocide, Hussain AlJarjawi, which provided a modern visual response to the themes of displacement, resilience, and memory central to Bseiso’s work through his poignant work.
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LETTERS TO HER
exhibition
2023
After many conversations with the artist Tala Sadeeq and her body of work revolving around motherhood, the inner child and home, I
focused on the concept of the womb/رحم and presented my artistic research which navigated the complexities of exploring one’s inner child, the healing processes that come with attaining this understanding, and the fears associated with a mother’s presence and/or absence.
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UNTITLED
exhibition
2022
Working closely with the late Odai El-Masri, one of the founder’s of Exist Festival, I was commissioned to create an installation showcasing my research on Arab art history. Inspired by a detectives’ forensic table, the
artworks and research papers were in constant dialogue, trying to narrate and piece together our fragmented history. Alongside my work, I curated Sarah Risheq’s film “If the Archive Could Speak.”
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