Artist biography:

Linda Abdullah is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, and daughter of Historic Palestine. Her father was born in the village of Zarnouqa in AlRamleh. He was six years old when the Nakba forced his family to journey west and south, through Gaza, and Rafah, before escaping through Egypt as refugees. As a stateless person, he lived his life and raised his children, including Linda, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE.) Linda’s work is informed by her parent’s trauma and the ongoing erasure of her homeland Palestine. Her critical art practice examines social, cultural, and political identity through the lens of diaspora, displacement, and intellectual exile. 

Linda completed her undergraduate education in the UAE, earning a BSc in Visual Communications from the American University of Sharjah. She received an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art Media and Design from OCAD University in Canada, where she was the first person in her family to obtain citizenship.