Nour el Saleh

Nour El Saleh’s dream-like works explore notions of place, belonging and selective/relative memory. Working instinctively, without creating studies, figures with exaggerated features appear out of the bodies of larger figures replicating and morphing on the canvas - interacting with the denizens of the artist’s selective conscious. By utilising theatrical references, masks and costumes, the characters in her stories probe conceptions of identity and place.

“The concept of embodiment has always been at the forefront of my mind when making. In my work I aim to personify notions of being within one's own mind through the creation of a world that merges fantasy with reality. There, vague yet omnipresent bodies seduce and trick one another. These bodies allow me to explore and question both internal and external ideologies by placing myself and the viewer in a wider context that oscillates between the physical realm and the fantastic." - Nour El Saleh 'A short statement about my work at the moment, in relation to the show 'Host''

Nour El Saleh was born in Beirut, Lebanon, grew up in the United Arab Emirates and currently resides in London, UK. El Saleh received a Bachelor in Fine Arts from the UCL Slade School of Fine Art in 2019, and had a solo exhibition in conjunction with her residency, at VO Curations, London that fall.