Samira Badran is a visual artist based in Martorelles Spain. She explores the layers of oppression and structures of control, the notion of collective memory, the fragmentation of the body and the land, and the barriers and forms of restriction are persistent motives in her artistic creations.
Her film “Memory of the Land” won the Nazra Palestine award in 2008 in Italy, and Handala award at Al-Ard festival 2020 in Italy.

Badran’s works have been acquired by the following institutions, “Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Fondazione O.N.L.U.S” Fiesole in Italy, Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah- UAE, Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation in Beirut- Lebanon, Birzeit University Museum, Birzeit- Palestine, Jordan National Gallery in Amman- Jordan, The Khalid Shoman Foundation in Darat Al-Funun Amman -Jordan.

Moreover, her work has appeared in The Palestinian Museum and Al Qattan foundation in the Occupied Palestine; the Jordan National Gallery and Darat Al Funun and Shoman foundation in Amman- Jordan; Musée du Luxembourg in Paris- France; The Great Hall Gallery and Gallery Whitebox Art Center in New York- USA; The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington in D.C.- U.S.A; participated in the “Breaking the Veil: Women Artists from the Islamic World” Exhibition which toured through Greece in Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, and France; Kulturhaus, Dock4, Kassel in Germany; Bagno a Ripoli in Florence, Italy, Comune di Busto Arsizio in Milan- Italy, Centro Internazionale Multimedia in Salerno, Italy; Chelsea Library in London- UK; Foreign Ministry of Berlin in Berlin- Germany; Gallery Pa’ tothom and Nova Espai Àgora Catalunya in Barcelona- Spain.

Born in 1954 in Libya She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cairo- Egypt (71- 76) and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze in Florence- Italy (78-82).

• Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Fondazione O.N.L.U.S” Fiesole – Italy
• Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah – UAE
• Birzeit University Museum, Birzeit-Palestine
• Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts , Amman-Jordan
• The Palestinian Museum and Al Qattan foundation, Occupied Palestine
• The Jordan National Gallery, Darat Al funun and Shoman foundation in Amman-Jordan
• Musée du Luxembourg, Paris-France
• The Great Hall Gallery and Gallery Whitebox Art Center, New York- USA
• The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.-U.S.A

Badran’s short film “Memory of the Land” won the following awards:

• 2020 The best experimental film, Handala award at Al-Ard festival 2020 in Italy
• 2018, The best experimental film, Nazra Palestine short film festival, Venice – Italy

Samira Badran’s work was publicly presented and exhibited both regionally in the Arab World and in Europe and the U.S in Museums, artfairs and galleries; regionally the city centers included Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Qalandia, Baghdad, Damascus, Amman, Beirut, Sharja,. And city centers in Europe and the United States included London, Paris, Milano, Florence, Venice, Haag/ Gernak , KASSEL, Barcelona, and the U.S New York as well as in Cuba

Personal exhibitions

• 2017 FALASTIN AL- HADARA EXHIBITION, DARAT AL FUNUN, BLUE HOUSE, AMMAN-JORDAN.
• 2012 NOVA, ESPAI ÀGORA CATALUNYA – BARCELONA.
• 2008 UNIVERSITY ROVIRA I VIRGILI, SALOU – SPAIN.
• 1996 LA TRAMONTANA, CHAILLÉ LES MARAIS – FRANCE.
• 1995 SHOMAN FOUNDATION, AMMAN – JORDAN.
• 1987 THE BRITISH COUNCIL, AMMAN – JORDAN.
• 1985 GALERIA PISCOLABIS, BARCELONA – SPAIN.
• THE ROYAL CULTURAL CENTER, AMMAN – JORDAN.

Collective Exhibitions

• 2019 INTIMATE TERRAINS, Representations of a Disappearing Landscape, PALESTINIAN MUSEUM.
• 2018 “OH BADER, IT’S AS IF WE NEVER CAME AND NEVER LEFT”, FATTOUSH GALLERY, HAIFA.
• SUBCONTRACTED NATIONS, AL QATTAN FOUNDATION, RAMALLAH-PALESTINE .
• 2017 ERUSALEM LIVES, PALESTINIAN MUSEUM, RAMALLAH.
• 2016 . DO IT IN ARABIC, AL-SHARJAH & DARAT AL FUNUN, AMMAN.
• UNLIKE OTHER SPRINGS, BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, PALESTINE.
• 2015 SAMIRA BADRAN & HASSAN MUSA, PÓLE SCIENTIFIQUE ET CULTUREL EN ROCHEBELLE-ALÈS-FRANCE.
• 2014 .MANAM IN QALANDIA INTERNATIONAL/2, ARAB CULTURE ASSOCIATION HAIFA.
• BRIDGE TO PALESTINE, MARK HACHEM GALLERY, BEIRUT.
• HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY, WHITEBOX ART CENTER, NEW YORK.
• GALLERY ONE -RAMALLAH, PALESTINE.
• 2011 BETWEEN EBAL AND GERZIN, CITIES EXHIBITION-3rd EDITION. PUBLIC SPACES IN NABLUS & AT BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, PALESTINE.
• 2010 FRAMED/UNFRAMED, BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, PALESTINE.
• 2009 . AL-QUDS: A CELEBRATION OF JERUSALEM, NABAD GALLARY, AMMAN, JORDAN.
• BEYOND THE BORDER, PALESTINIAN ARTISTS, RAFIA GALLERY, DAMASCUS.
• JERUSALEM SHOW (SYNDROM OF JERUSALEM) AL MAMAL FOUNDATION, JERUSALEM, PALESTINE.
• POBLE NOU AMB PALESTINA, CAN FELIPA, BARCELONA.
• AL SHARJAH BIENNIAL 9, 2009. AL SHARJAH, ARAB EMIRATES.
• MIRADES SOBRE PALESTINA, GALLERY PA TOTHOM, BARCELONA. SPAIN.
• 2008 .“NO MAN’S LAND?”, CONTEMPORARY ART FROM PALESTINA, GEMEENTEMUSEUM DEN HAAG/GERNAK, THE NETHERLANDS.
• BADRANS: A CENTURY OF TRADITION AND INNOVATION, BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, PALESTINE.
• 2007 . BADRANS: A CENTURY OF TRADITION AND INNOVATION,THE PALESTINIAN ART COURT, AL-HOASH, JERUSALEM. PALESTINE
• 2006 .FILLES DE LA DIASPORA, CENTRE DE CULTURA LA MERCE, GIRONA. SPAIN.
• VIATJANT VIDES, CREANT MONS. MUSEU D’HISTORIA DE L’HOSPITALET, MUSEU DE LA IMMIGRACIO, BARCELONA. SPAIN.
• 2005 NARRATIVE OF AN ARAB FAMILY, FORIGNE MINISTRY, BERLIN, GERMANY.
• 2002 . BREAKING THE VEIL: WOMEN ARTISTS FROM THE ISLAMIC WORLD, a touring exhibition : GREECE, SPAIN, TALY, LUXEMBOURG,FRANCE.
• FROM THE OCEAN TO THE GULF AND BEYOND: ARAB CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION, JORDAN NATIONAL GALLERY OF FINE ART, AMMAN.
• 1995 AL-FANN-THE ART, CONTEMPORANY ART FROM ISLAMIC AND ISLAM INFLUENCE COUNTRIES, KULTURHAUS DOCK4, KASSEL-GERMANY.
• 1994 . AL-WASITI ART CENTER, JERUSALEM – OCCUPIED PALESTINE.
• FORCES OF CHANGE, WOMEN ARTISTS FROM THE ARAB WORLD- NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS, WASHINGTON D.C. A touring Exhibition in U.S.A until 1995.
• 1990 ARTE-INTIFADA, CENTRO INTERNAZIONALE MULTIMEDIA, SALERNO, ITALY.
• 1988 . IT’S POSIBLE, THE GREAT HALL GALLERY, NEW YORK.
• L’ART CONTEMPORAIN EN JORDANIE, MUSÉE DU LUXEMBOURG, PARIS.
• 1986 . V SALÓ DE TARDOR, SALÓ DEL TINELL, BARCELONA-SPAIN.
• 1983 . UNO SPAZIO PER L’ARTE, COMUNE DI BUSTO ARSIZIO, MILANO-ITALY.
• QUINDICI GIOVANI PITTORI, BAGNO A RIPOLLI, FLORENCE- ITALY.
• 1981 . MOSTRA DELLE GIOVANE PRESENZE ARTISTICHE IN TOSCANA, GALLERIA COMUNALE D’ARTE MODERNA, FORTE DEI MARMI-ITALIA.
• 1980 . THE FIRST NATIONAL ART EXHIBITION FOR ARAB WOMEN ARTISTS, MODERN ART GALLERY, BAGDAD-IRAQ.
• ARAB WOMEN ARTISTS, CHELSEA LIBRARY, LONDON.
• 1978 . INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION FOR PALESTINE, BEIRUT, LEBANON.
• 1977 . PALESTINIAN ART EXHIBITION, BETHLEHEM UNIVERSITY, PALESTINE
• PALESTINIAN ARTISTS OF THE OCCUPIED LAND, touring exhibition across eight different AMERICAN STATES ,U.S.A.
• 1976 PALESTINIAN ARTISTS EXHIBITION, W.M.C.A. JERUSALEM- OCCUPIED PALESTINE

Art Fairs

• 1989 TERCERA BIENAL DE LA HABANA-CUBA.