GAZA
BIENNALE -
VALENCIA PAVILLION
AT THE GRAPA
The GRAPA is pleased to announce that it will host the Valencia Pavilion (Jinnah) of the Gaza Biennale. Founded in Palestine and realized in multiple places worldwide, the Gaza Biennale transpires as a global exhibition that embodies a multidirectional journey (meshwar). It takes works from Gaza around the world, while the artworks take people around the world on a journey to Gaza.
The Valencia Pavilion of the Gaza Biennale exhibition brings together the voices of artists from Gaza. This exhibition asks us to see Gaza not as an abstraction of war, but as a place of people, culture, and imagination. In doing so, it affirms the enduring power of art to cross borders, carry memory, and connect us in our shared humanity.
The exhibition will feature works by artists: Hamada El Kept, Jehad Jarbou, Liza Madi, Aya Juha, Hazem Al-Zomor, Ahmad Adawi and Osama Naqqa Hussein. The exhibition is curated by Veronica Revuelta Garrido, Salma Alhakim and Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann.
The exhibition will be open to the public until 30.09.2025
Artwork by Osama Hussein
Gaza Biennale Valencia Pavilion:
Meet the Curatorial Team
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Veronica Revuelta Garrido
Veronica is a SpanishβLondon based independent curator, critic, and artist. Coming from a working-class background, her work focuses on curatorial activism and social engagement, using exhibitions to challenge institutional hierarchies through themes of decolonisation, representation, and participation, followed by an ethical practice. She collaborates closely with grassroots collectives, community-led initiatives, and emerging artists. Veronica holds an MA in Museum Studies and Curating and was awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Society of Arts in 2025.
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Salma Alhakim
Salma Alhakim is a pro-Palestinian activist of Syrian origin from Damascus. Being born in Jordan, and having lived there, has allowed her the experience of being a migrant from birth; to appreciate intercultural diversity, and have a good understanding of the Palestinian culture. She graduated from the University of Valencia with a degree in English Studies. She currently works as an intercultural mediator and interpreter. She has played a key role in Palestinian activism, organizing talks, concerts, and documentary screenings.
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Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann
Dr. Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann is a researcher and curator with a focus on political violence, art, co-production of knowledge and collective ways of working. She investigates how political violence is negotiated, represented and made tangible through various forms of knowledge. In recent years, she has published in various media, curated numerous exhibitions, advised cultural institutions and led workshops on critical curatorial practice and politically engaged art.
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