Biography
Nora Jebara (1998) is a young female artist of duel Palestinian & Swedishidentities, currently residing & studying a Master’s Degree of Mechanical Engineering with Industrial Design in Lund, Sweden. Raised in Palestine, Jebara is self-taught, working within the visual communication field, combining her digital art with vibrant colours to form ideas and messages creating a platform for one’s creativity and madness.
Growing up with the significantly contrasted culture of Palestine and Sweden. Jebara was raised in Tayibe, experiencing life as a young woman under occupation - living as a second-class citizen and a minority in her own homeland. This is divergent to the comparison to the other realty where she is Swedish, having complete human rights, holding extreme social equality. These factors are an extreme influence in her life and thus the artistic form that has evolved in her practice.
Moving to her maternal homeland of Sweden at the age of eighteen, she found work within the field of specialist education, working with people with autism spectrum disorders and ADHD. Extremely engaging and rewarding work, Jebara continues to work within this area which inspires her practice, by being on the front line seeing the lack of understanding and awareness that society holds.
Developing mental disorders in early life, an issue that is generally swept under the rug, she gained awareness of other young Palestinians who suffer from complex mental health disorders. This fact further fueled her passion to create work that unties and evaluates the state of mental health among Palestinians - a result of the occupation of land and the persistent, normalized conflicts in the region.
