Noel Jabbour *1970 in Nazareth is a Palestinian artist photographer. She is based in Berlin, Germany
1992-1995 Hadassah College of Technology Jerusalem, Department of Photography
1992-2000 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem, Post Graduate Studies in the Young Artists' Program

Awards and Scholarships
2009 A.M. Qattan Foundation, Ramallah (Artist-in-Residence)
2007 Scholarship for Visual Arts of the Berlin Senate / Arbeitsstipendium Bildende Kunst der Kulturverwaltung des Berliner Senats
2005 Musée Nicéphore Niépce / Residency (mapXXL-scholarship / Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes)
2002/03 Ateliers d’Artistes de la Ville de Marseille (Artist-in-Residence)
2000 Young Artist of the Year Award, A.M. Qattan Foundation, Ramallah (PS)
1999 America-Israel Cultural Foundation (Scholarship)
Epinay-sur-Seine, Paris (Artist-in-Residence)
1994 First Prize for Documentary Photography, Hadassah College Jerusalem

Solo exhibitions
2009 Noel Jabbour «The Living Road», Filipp Rosbach Galerie, Leipzig (DE)
2008 «Palestinian Interiors», Diana Gallery, Athens (GR)
2007 «Noel Jabbour», Galerie Schuster Photo, Berlin
2005 «Mary Magdalene», Museum of Art, Ein Harod (IL)
2004 «The Living Road», Tel Aviv Artists' Studios, Tel Aviv
«Mary Magdalene», fa projects, London
1999 «Noel Jabbour», Maison du Théâtre et de la Danse, Epinay sur Seine, Paris
1998 «Intérieurs Palestiniens», Pablo Neruda Center, Saint-Denis, Paris, catalogue
1996 «Intérieurs Palestiniens», Galerie Photographique de la M.J.C. de Dunkerque-Rosendaël, Dunkerque (FR)
«Intérieurs Palestiniens», French Cultural Center, Gaza (PS)

Group exhibitions, selection
2009 «Palestine : Le Creation dans tous ses etats», Institute du Monde Arabe, Paris (FR)
«Thy Brothers’ Keeper», Kulturzentrum Zehntscheuer, Rottenburg am Neckar (DE)
«Vision - prospect of life», Darmstaedter Tage der Fotografie, Designhaus, Darmstadt (DE) catalogue
2008 «Gastspiel», Galerie Schuster Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
«[Märkischer] Sand», Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus, Cottbus (DE), catalogue
«Imaginary Coordinates», Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL (US)
«Israel Discount Bank Collection – Selected Acquisitions», Ashdod Art Museum/Monart Center (IL)
2007 «When We Build Let Us Think That We Build Forever», BALTIC, Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (UK)
«Reality Crossings», 2. Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg 2007, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen (DE) cat.
«art4lux – 3e forum européen de la jeune création», Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain (LU) catalogue
«Thy Brothers’ Keeper», Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL (US)
«Foerderkohle – Scholarship Receivers of Berlin 2007», Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, catalogue
«Water in Art and Life», The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
«Dateline Israel: New Photography and Video Art», The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, catalogue
2006 «Revelation», Uppenbar(a)t, Kulturhuset Stockholm (SE)
«Corpus Christi. Christusdarstellungen in der Fotografie», Kunsthalle Krems (AT)
«Thy Brothers’ Keeper», Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI (US), catalogue
«The Earth», FotoFest 2006, The eleventh International Biennial of Photography, Houston, TX, catalogue
«The Art of Living: Contemporary Photography from The Israel Museum», The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
«Made in Palestine», The Bridge Gallery, New York, NY
2005 «Nazar», Aperture Foundation, New York, NY, catalogue; «Nazar», FotoFest at Vine Street Studios, Houston, TX
«Jesus Christ Superstar – 140 years of Christ in photography», Bruce Silverstein Photography, New York, NY
«Made in Palestine», T.W. Wood Gallery & Art Center, Montpelier, Vermont, VT (US)
2004 «New Exposures: Recent Acquisitions in Photography», The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
«Water, Water Everywhere», Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY
«Nazar / Photographs from the Arab World», Noorderlicht Photofestival, Fries Museum Leeuwarden (NL), catalogue
«Current Visions: inside Israel», Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY
«Utopia» Beit Hagefen, The Arab-Jewish Center, Haifa (IL), catalogue
«Corpus Christi. Christusdarstellungen in der Photographie» Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg (DE), catalogue
2003 «Revelation: Representation of Christ in Photography» Israel Museum, Jerusalem, catalogue
«Made in Palestine» The Station Museum, Houston, TX, catalogue
2002 «Corpus Christi» Patrimoine Photographique, Hôtel de Sully, Paris, catalogue
«In weiter Ferne so nah - Neue Palästinensische Kunst» Ifa-Galerie Berlin; Ifa-Galerie Bonn; Ifa-Galerie Stuttgart (DE), catalogue
2001 «Aspirations: Toward a Future in the Middle East» Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH (US) catalogue; Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires (AR); Biblioteque National, Santiago de Chile (CL)
2000 «Mai-Photographies 2000» Quimper (FR)
«Post Graduate Program Exhibition Bezalel 2000» The Morris Louis Gallery, Jerusalem, catalogue
1999 «Mediteranean Biennial for Young Artists» Rome (IT)
1998 «Capturing Reality» The Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN (US)
«6th Aubenades de la Photographie» Aubenas (FR)
1997 «Printemps Palestinien» Institute du Monde Arab, Paris, catalogue

Public Collections
Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône
The Zabludowicz Collection, London
Artothek, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Naim Farhat Collection
The Israel Museum Jerusalem
Ein Harod Museum of Art

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