Exhibition view of 'Dana Awartani: Standing by the Ruins' at Arnolfini, Bristol, UK, 28 June – 28 September 2025 © Dana Awartani, Courtesy Lisson Gallery, Photography by Lisa Whiting
Dana Awartani
Venice Biennale, Saudi Pavilion
9 May – 22 November 2026
Dana Awartani will represent Saudi Arabia at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Curator Antonia Carver, director of Art Jameel, and assistant curator Hafsa Alkhudairi will work with Dana for the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the Biennale Arte 2026.
Dana Awartani said: “I am deeply honored to be representing Saudi Arabia and its diverse cultural voices and communities at the Biennale Arte 2026, and I thank the Visual Arts Commission and the Ministry of Culture for this cherished opportunity. My practice is rooted in foregrounding Middle Eastern cultural histories through the revival of craft practices and the preservation of the region’s globally-important material heritage; working with my curatorial colleagues, I am thrilled to have the chance to develop a major new work for the Saudi Pavilion, in line with this theme and endeavor, and to be part of ‘In Minor Keys’.”
Come, let me heal your wounds. Let me mend your broken bones commissioned for the Venice Biennale in 2024 © Dana Awartani, Courtesy Lisson Gallery, Photography by Samuele Cherubini.
Dana Awartani
Venice Biennale, Saudi Pavilion
9 May – 22 November 2026
Dana Awartani will represent Saudi Arabia at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Curator Antonia Carver, director of Art Jameel, and assistant curator Hafsa Alkhudairi will work with Dana for the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the Biennale Arte 2026.
Dana Awartani said: “I am deeply honored to be representing Saudi Arabia and its diverse cultural voices and communities at the Biennale Arte 2026, and I thank the Visual Arts Commission and the Ministry of Culture for this cherished opportunity. My practice is rooted in foregrounding Middle Eastern cultural histories through the revival of craft practices and the preservation of the region’s globally-important material heritage; working with my curatorial colleagues, I am thrilled to have the chance to develop a major new work for the Saudi Pavilion, in line with this theme and endeavor, and to be part of ‘In Minor Keys’.”
Exhibition view of 'Dana Awartani: Standing by the Ruins' at Arnolfini, Bristol, UK, 28 June – 28 September 2025 © Dana Awartani, Courtesy Lisson Gallery, Photography by Lisa Whiting
Dana Awartani
Venice Biennale, Saudi Pavilion
9 May – 22 November 2026
Dana Awartani will represent Saudi Arabia at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Curator Antonia Carver, director of Art Jameel, and assistant curator Hafsa Alkhudairi will work with Dana for the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the Biennale Arte 2026.
Dana Awartani said: “I am deeply honored to be representing Saudi Arabia and its diverse cultural voices and communities at the Biennale Arte 2026, and I thank the Visual Arts Commission and the Ministry of Culture for this cherished opportunity. My practice is rooted in foregrounding Middle Eastern cultural histories through the revival of craft practices and the preservation of the region’s globally-important material heritage; working with my curatorial colleagues, I am thrilled to have the chance to develop a major new work for the Saudi Pavilion, in line with this theme and endeavor, and to be part of ‘In Minor Keys’.”
Come, let me heal your wounds. Let me mend your broken bones commissioned for the Venice Biennale in 2024 © Dana Awartani, Courtesy Lisson Gallery, Photography by Samuele Cherubini.
Dana Awartani
Venice Biennale, Saudi Pavilion
9 May – 22 November 2026
Dana Awartani will represent Saudi Arabia at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Curator Antonia Carver, director of Art Jameel, and assistant curator Hafsa Alkhudairi will work with Dana for the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the Biennale Arte 2026.
Dana Awartani said: “I am deeply honored to be representing Saudi Arabia and its diverse cultural voices and communities at the Biennale Arte 2026, and I thank the Visual Arts Commission and the Ministry of Culture for this cherished opportunity. My practice is rooted in foregrounding Middle Eastern cultural histories through the revival of craft practices and the preservation of the region’s globally-important material heritage; working with my curatorial colleagues, I am thrilled to have the chance to develop a major new work for the Saudi Pavilion, in line with this theme and endeavor, and to be part of ‘In Minor Keys’.”
Exhibition view of 'Dana Awartani: Standing by the Ruins' at Arnolfini, Bristol, UK, 28 June – 28 September 2025 © Dana Awartani, Courtesy Lisson Gallery, Photography by Lisa Whiting
Dana Awartani
Venice Biennale, Saudi Pavilion
9 May – 22 November 2026
Dana Awartani will represent Saudi Arabia at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Curator Antonia Carver, director of Art Jameel, and assistant curator Hafsa Alkhudairi will work with Dana for the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the Biennale Arte 2026.
Dana Awartani said: “I am deeply honored to be representing Saudi Arabia and its diverse cultural voices and communities at the Biennale Arte 2026, and I thank the Visual Arts Commission and the Ministry of Culture for this cherished opportunity. My practice is rooted in foregrounding Middle Eastern cultural histories through the revival of craft practices and the preservation of the region’s globally-important material heritage; working with my curatorial colleagues, I am thrilled to have the chance to develop a major new work for the Saudi Pavilion, in line with this theme and endeavor, and to be part of ‘In Minor Keys’.”
Come, let me heal your wounds. Let me mend your broken bones commissioned for the Venice Biennale in 2024 © Dana Awartani, Courtesy Lisson Gallery, Photography by Samuele Cherubini.
Dana Awartani
Venice Biennale, Saudi Pavilion
9 May – 22 November 2026
Dana Awartani will represent Saudi Arabia at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Curator Antonia Carver, director of Art Jameel, and assistant curator Hafsa Alkhudairi will work with Dana for the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the Biennale Arte 2026.
Dana Awartani said: “I am deeply honored to be representing Saudi Arabia and its diverse cultural voices and communities at the Biennale Arte 2026, and I thank the Visual Arts Commission and the Ministry of Culture for this cherished opportunity. My practice is rooted in foregrounding Middle Eastern cultural histories through the revival of craft practices and the preservation of the region’s globally-important material heritage; working with my curatorial colleagues, I am thrilled to have the chance to develop a major new work for the Saudi Pavilion, in line with this theme and endeavor, and to be part of ‘In Minor Keys’.”
Installation View of Dana Awartani, Let me mend your broken bones, 2024 in ‘True Colors: Textiles: motions, colors, and identities’ at MAXXI L’Aquila, Italy, 7 June – 17 November 2025, © Dana Awartani, Courtesy MAXXI. Photography by Giorgio Benni.
Dana Awartani
Venice Biennale, Saudi Pavilion
9 May – 22 November 2026
Dana Awartani will represent Saudi Arabia at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Curator Antonia Carver, director of Art Jameel, and assistant curator Hafsa Alkhudairi will work with Dana for the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the Biennale Arte 2026.
Dana Awartani said: “I am deeply honored to be representing Saudi Arabia and its diverse cultural voices and communities at the Biennale Arte 2026, and I thank the Visual Arts Commission and the Ministry of Culture for this cherished opportunity. My practice is rooted in foregrounding Middle Eastern cultural histories through the revival of craft practices and the preservation of the region’s globally-important material heritage; working with my curatorial colleagues, I am thrilled to have the chance to develop a major new work for the Saudi Pavilion, in line with this theme and endeavor, and to be part of ‘In Minor Keys’.”
Installation view of Standing by the Ruins IV, Bukhara Biennale, 2025 © Dana Awartani, Photo courtesy of Andrey Arekelyan and Art and Culture Development
Dana Awartani
Venice Biennale, Saudi Pavilion
9 May – 22 November 2026
Dana Awartani will represent Saudi Arabia at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Curator Antonia Carver, director of Art Jameel, and assistant curator Hafsa Alkhudairi will work with Dana for the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the Biennale Arte 2026.
Dana Awartani said: “I am deeply honored to be representing Saudi Arabia and its diverse cultural voices and communities at the Biennale Arte 2026, and I thank the Visual Arts Commission and the Ministry of Culture for this cherished opportunity. My practice is rooted in foregrounding Middle Eastern cultural histories through the revival of craft practices and the preservation of the region’s globally-important material heritage; working with my curatorial colleagues, I am thrilled to have the chance to develop a major new work for the Saudi Pavilion, in line with this theme and endeavor, and to be part of ‘In Minor Keys’.”