Nour Hage is an award-winning British-Lebanese artist and designer, working across textile and digital. Her practice is centered on the exploration of West Asian identities, culture, history & storytelling with a particular focus on the role of women, the supernatural and mental wellbeing.
She was the inaugural Jameel Fellow at the V&A Museum in 2021-22 and was awarded the Boghossian Foundation Prize in 2014. She graduated from Parsons School of Design (Paris) with a BFA in Fashion Design.
She has exhibited at Dr Johnson’s House (London), The Albany/Haramacy Residency (London), Nowhere (NYC), Foundation (digital), Alserkal Avenue (Dubai) and had a solo exhibition at Leighton House (London) in 2023.
She is based between London and Dubai.
RECENT SHOWS & RESIDENCIES
2023 - THE LEIGHTON HOUSE SOLO SHOW, London
2023 - ALSERKAL AVENUE, (Un)Common Threads curated by Design East, Dubai
2022 - WOMEN OF THE WORLD featuring over 130 NFT artists from around the globe, NEW YORK
2021/2022 - V&A MUSEUM JAMEEL FELLOWSHIP, London
2020 - HARAMACY RESIDENCY, supported by Arts Council England, London
2019 - THEATRE OF THE EAST, commissioned by the Arab British Center and Dr Johnson’s House, London UK
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is rooted in an exploration of identities and cultures from West Asia, using textiles as a form of artistic expression.
In my physical work, I place emphasis on manual labour - in the form of hand-dyeing, embroidery and weaving. The process references generations of women’s manual labour that has gone into the making of textiles and the notions and processes that are inherited through matrilineal transmission of memory. My physical pieces are medium to large-scale and invite the viewer to spend time considering their construction and role as a bridge between generations and regions.
In my digital work, I manipulate scans and photographs of physical textiles to create composite figurative imagery - often in the form of portraits.
Throughout my work, I introduce elements of supernatural and superstitious protection in the form of traditional materials, colours or techniques from the Levant that have been historically used for that purpose.