Nora Alshaikh. Painter. Pintora.

Photo: "The road to Al Aqsa Mosque"
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Nora Alshaikh is a contemporary Palestinian artist based in Orlando, Florida, working in large-scale oil painting at the intersection of cultural memory, figuration, and abstraction. Her work maps the persistence of Palestinian cultural fragments — tatreez, Arab architectural traces, and native Levantine flora — within layered, eroded surfaces, constructing a visual space where memory is carried through the body and across generations.
Born in Amman, Jordan, to Palestinian parents, Alshaikh grew up between two landscapes that share a palette, a texture, and a sense of inherited place. When she relocated to the United States in 2021, that distance sharpened everything — unable to fully arrive here or return there, she found herself suspended between worlds, painting not from a place but from the space between places.
Her work has been exhibited nationally at The Other Art Fair Chicago and Los Angeles, and locally at CityArts Orlando and the Mount Dora Fine Arts Festival. She was recognized with the Award of Honor at ArtWorks Fine Art Festival, Melbourne, FL, and her work has been featured in a Saatchi Art's Collection.
Palestinian architecture has been shaped by the country's landscape, climate, and local craftsmanship. Limestone homes, arched doorways, domed roofs, and interior courtyards define many of the region's towns and villages, creating spaces designed for daily life and community.
In her paintings, Nora Alshaikh incorporates these architectural forms into layered compositions that draw on Palestine's built heritage. Her work invites viewers to see architecture as a vital expression of culture and place.
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Adel Tartir. Teatro. Theatre. Wonderbox/Sandouq El ‘Ajab [Cajas Maravillosas]. ESP ENG
Publicado hace 2 días.
The Palestinian History Tapestry. Tapiz Histórico Palestino. ENG ESP
Publicado hace 6 días.
Palestine. "We Are Not Numbers" 19th cohort. "No somos números", 19ª promoción. ENG ESP
Publicado hace 9 días.
‘Drawings Against Genocide’. Matthew Collings. Exhibition and interview. "Dibujos contra el genocidio". Exposición y entrevista. ENG ESP
Publicado el 30 de junio.
Bibliography on the Nakba. Compiled by Adrien Zakar
Publicado el 28 de junio.
Palestinian Art Behind The Bars. Mohammed Al Rakoui and Zuhdi Al Adawi. Arte palestino tras las rejas. ENG ESP
Publicado el 26 de junio.
Elian E. Aboudi, Palestinian-Jordanian artist. Artista palestina-jordana
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