About
Dima Srouji is a Palestinian artist based in London. Her research-based practice is grounded in the longue-duree histories of material and immaterial remains from Palestine and the wider Mediterranean. Working across local craft traditions including glass, stone, clay and mother-of-pearl, as well as the moving image, her projects emerge through sustained collaboration and experimentation with artisans and archaeologists.

Srouji teaches at the Royal College of Art in London and holds a Master of Architecture from Yale University. In 2022-23, she was the first Jameel Fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum. 

Srouji's work is held in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Institut du Monde Arabe, Corning Museum of Glass, Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, Sharjah Art Foundation, Art Jameel, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, and Barjeel Art Foundation.

Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the 60th Venice Art Biennale, Sharjah Biennial 15, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Institut du Monde Arabe, the inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale (2023), Lagos Biennial 2024, Tai Kwun Contemporary, the Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2019, Ford Foundation Gallery, the inaugural Doha Design Biennale, and Alserkal Arts Foundation, with solo exhibitions at Lawrie Shabibi and Ab-Anbar Galley with a forthcoming solo at The Breeder in Athens.

Her writing has appeared in publications including The Architectural Review, The Avery Review, Migrant Journal, and The Architecture Review of New York. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund in London and Al Ma’amal Foundation in Jerusalem.

Forthcoming:

  • Permanent- October 2026: Gaza Unearthed at the Palestinian Museum, a series of permanent installations in the garden of the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit co-curated with Hooda Shawa.

  • October 2026: Amman Design Week 2026 –Iraq al Amir, Al Abed Palace archaeological site, Amman Design Week, Amman, Jordan.

  • November 2026: Goddess of Love & War, Doha Biennial. Doha, Qatar. 

  • March 2027: Solo, The Breeder, Athens, Greece.

Current: 

2026

  • 13 Mar - 7 Jun 2026: we refuse_d, curated by Nadia Radwan and Vasıf Kortun, produced by Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, presented at M HKA. Antwerp, Belgium.

  • 15–17 May 2026: Moving, co-curated commissioning programme by Art Dubai and Alserkal Avenue. Presented across Madinat Jumeirah and Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE.

  • 20 April - 18 June, 2026: Post-Social Engagement: Moving Image in Asia – by Digital Natives, Busan Cultural Center, Korea.

  • 14 - 17 May, 2026: Art Dubai special edition, represented by Ab-Anbar Gallery

  • January - 16 May 2026: Of the Earth, Diriyah Art Futures. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

2025

Recent:

  • 14 Dec 2025 | Architectural Imaginaries (Part of the "Amphibian Aesthetics" series, Moderated by Anuj Daga) – Mehboob John Talkies, URU Art Harbour, Mattancherry, India

  • 28 November 2025 - 17 May 2026: Can We Stop Killing Each Other?, Sainsbury Centre. Norfolk, UK.

  • 13 December 2025 - 30 April 2026: Amphibian Aesthetics, Kochi - Ishara Foundation. Kochi, India.

  • 13 December 2025 - 30 April 2026: Air of Palestine / Air of Kochi, Time Reclaiming Structures / Birdhouses, in collaboration with Piero Tomassoni, Kochi Biennial. Kochi, India. 

  • 5 November 2025 - 26 April 2026: The Long Now: Saatchi Gallery at 40, Saatchi Gallery. Curated by Philippa Adams. London, UK.

  • 12 April 2026: Screening, Salasil Film Club – Edition #5, Alserkal Arts Foundation, Alserkal Avenue. Dubai, UAE.

  • 13 December 2025 – 31 March 2026: Amphibian Aesthetics, Ishara Art Foundation (Ishara House), Kashi Hallegua House.
    Kochi, India.

  • 5 November 2025 - 1 March 2026: The Long Now (Saatchi 40th anniversary), Saatchi Gallery. London, UK. 

  • 30 October 2025: We-Refuse_d, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. Doha, Qatar. 

  • October- December:  Palestine Public Cinema Programme at  Tick Tack Gallery in Antwerp, Belgium.

  • 10 October - 29 November 2025: A Cosmogram of Holy Views,  Solo at Ab-Anbar Gallery. London, UK.

  • 11 October 2025 4:00 PM: Artist-Led Exhibition Tours: Dima Srouji & Marlon de Azambuja, Ab-Anbar Gallery 34 Mortimer Street London W1W 7JS United Kingdom. RSVP Here

  • 24 October 2025 4:00 PM: Rememberment: Palestine in Real Time, Kanner Forum Lecture Performance by Jasbir K. Puar and Dima Srouji. Lani Hall - Herb Alpert School of Music, UCLA. RSVP Here

  • 25 October 2025 12:15 PM: Jasbir K. Puar and Dima Srouji Keynote Performance, ASAP/16 Conference: Worldmaking/Worldbreaking. Rice University, Houston, Texas.

  • April 2025: Gucci – Bamboo Encounters, commissioned by Gucci, curated and designed by 2050+, Chiostri di San Simpliciano (Fuorisalone / Milan Design Week), Milan, Italy.

2024

  • November 20th-November 24th, 2024: Maternal Labour and Ruler of Superposition II, Abu Dhabi Art with Lawrie Shabibi.

  • November 27th- April 17th, 2025: We Saw an Endless Cycle, Hayy Jameel in Jeddah.

  • November 14th-February 15th, 2025: 93 Fragments, Washington Project for the Arts at Gallery 1 Flagg Building, George Washington University Corcoran School of Art & Design.

  • February 2024: Transparent Histories: Maintaining the Sacred II, Arab Design Now, Design Doha Biennial, Doha Qatar. Curated by Rana Beiruti.

  • February 2024: This is not Your Grave, Public Art Commission, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai. Curated by Zoe Whitley.

  • April 2024: 60th Venice Biennale:

    • South West Bank Landworks, Collective action and Sound

      Artists + Allies x Hebron, Dar Jacir

      Magazzino Gallery, Palazzo Polignac, Dorsoduro 878. Curated by Jonathan Turner

    • When Solidarity is Not a Metaphor, Alserkal Arts, Navy Officers’ Club

      Curated by Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez.

  • May 7th, 2024: Charts for a Ressurection, Solo at Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai, UAE.

  • May 11th, 2024: A Recipe for Happiness (2020), part of As We Move Away From the Sun curated by Fatma Hendawy, Allan Gardens, 160 Gerrard St. East, Toronto, Ontario.

  • February 2024: Ford Foundation Gallery, New York. Curated by Beya Othmani.

  • February 2024: She Still Wears Kohl and Smells Like Roses, Lagos Biennial. Curated by Kathryn Weir.

  • September 26th-February 11th, 2024: The Scent Collection, PARFUMS D'ORIENT, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris. 

  • September 22nd-January 28th, 2024: Dithyramb, A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure: A Rehearsal on Legacy with Zaha Hadid, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati. Curated by Maite Borjabad.

2023

2022

2021

Contact

sroujidima@gmail.com or dima.srouji@rca.ac.uk.

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