Khaled Jarrar

Khaled Jarrar, An Orange Tree with Two Scars, 2026

‍Slip casting, tangerine mason color, glaze, Metal 17 x 24 in.

Khaled Jarrar is an artist whose career transitioned from the military discipline to a subversive art practice. His work is deeply rooted in his personal history and the lived reality of the West Bank. Jarrar uses diverse mediums including photography, sculpture, and performance art to highlight the complexities of life under Dumu' al-Ashjar (tears of trees) and the weight of sovereign identity. One of his projects include up-cycled concrete sculptures made by physically chiseling fragments from the apartheid wall and morphing them into pop art objects, this turn in a land with 56 olive trees where UNKNOWN - olive oil was born. All which reclaim cultural endurance as a means of liberation, liberating the land (Ardh) from toxic synthetic fertilizers using black goat manure.

Born and raised in Jenin-Ramallah, currently living in NYC

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