Raghad Resres
Research-based Artist
Email: raghadmrasras@gmail.com
Amman, Jordan

Education
- 2022 - 2024, MFA in Fine Arts, HDK Valand, Göteborg University, Sweden.
- 2014 - 2018, BA in English Literature and Cultural Studies, The Hashemite University, Jordan.

Additional Training
- 2025 - Darat al Funun Summer Academy, Jordan.

 Upcoming Exhibitions
- 2026, Amman Design Week , “Resistance is an Amulet,” Amman.
- 2026, Dar Al Anda Gallery, Amman.

Selected Exhibitions
- 2026, Väst på Fjället, Solo Exhibition, “Talismans & Enchantments on Unveiling the Lords of Empire,” Bjurholm.
- 2026, Jacaranda Images, “بُنى راقصة,“ Amman.
- 2026, MMAG Foundation, Solo Exhibition, “ بُنى راقصة “, Amman.
- 2025, MMAG Foundation, Group Exhibition, “الوسم والثريا , ”Amman.
- 2025, Les Ateliers Daguerre, Group Exhibition,“ سهرة سمر فلسطينية Soirée Samar Palestine”, Paris.
- 2025, Darat al Funun, Group Exhibition, “بين الاثر والفعل Rehearsing Realities,” Amman.
- 2025, Gallery NSFW, Solo Exhibition, “Recite the Love Language of My Ancestors,” Göteborg.
- 2025, Gallery Detriti, Group Exhibition, “Memorabilia,” Göteborg.
- 2024, Art Lab Gnesta, Group Exhibition, “Night Algebra," Stockholm.
- 2024, Blå Stället, Group Exhibition, “Resistance Echoes,” Göteborg.
- 2024, Slakthuset, Group Exhibition, “Speculative Gatherings,” Göteborg.
- 2024, Hammarkullen Konsthall, Group Exhibition, “Beyond Boundaries,” Göteborg.
- 2023, Gallery Rotor, GIBCA Extended, Group Exhibition, “Ja visst gör det ont när knoppar brister,” Göteborg.
- 2023, The KUNO Biennial, “Shared Imaginations,” Lithuania.
- 2023, Gallery Rotor, Group Exhibition, “Thin Lines of Uneasiness,” Göteborg.
- 2023, Gallery 54, Group Exhibition, “Whispers,” Göteborg.
- 2023, Gallery Monitor, Solo Exhibition, “Whispers,” Göteborg.
- 2022, Swefieh Village , Dar Art Fair, Amman.
- 2020, Micro Galleries,“Out Loud Conversation,” Amman.

Residencies
- 2025, MMAG , Amman.
- 2024, Art Lab Gnesta, Gnesta.
- 2021, MEDEARTS in partnership with Assitej, April Festival, Amman.

Performances
- 2024, Artist & Performer, Slakthuset, “Sewing the Room,” Göteborg.
- 2019, Co-writer & Performer, Dafa Theater, “Last Party at Baqa´a camp,” Al Balqa.
- 2019, Co-writer & Performer, Seenaryo, “Up to the Light,” Amman.
- 2019, Co-writer and Visual Artist, Seenaryo, “Turned into Stars,” Amman.  

Participatory and Community-Based Projects
- 2025, “ Hejabāt Gathering,”  Amman.
- 2025, “Khurafiyyat al-Ma’ wa al-Teen,” in collaboration with Ayn Hawd Initiative, Amman.
- 2024, “Body Remains Flavourd Jellies,” Amman.
- 2024,  “Whispers in Concrete,” in collaboration with Hammarkullen Konsthall, Göteborg.
- 2023, “How Our Experiences Could Serve as Art,” in collaboration with Ruwwad Al Tanmeya, Amman.
- 2020, “Projection Art Festival Project / Forward 2047,” Commissioned by Micro Galleries, Amman.
- 2019,  “The Climate Change Global Day of Creative Action,” in collaboration with The Sea is Ours Initiative and Micro Galleries, Amman and Gaza.    

Professional Experience
- Nov 2024 - April 2025, Co-curator, Diasporic Consciousness project and exhibition, Göteborg.  
- Jul 2024 - Feb 2025, Participatory Art Facilitator, Shadow Forum for Culture and Arts, Amman.
- Apr 2022 – Jul 2022, Freelance Performance Artist, Ruwwad Al Tanmeya, Amman.
- Feb 2022 – Jun 2022, Project Assistant, Namaa Women for Cultural Development, Amman.
- Jan 2019 - Sept 2021, The Creative Arts Coordinator, Ruwwad Al Tanmeya, Amman.
- Feb 2019 – Aug 2022, Freelance Director & Facilitator, Seenaryo, Amman.
- Jul 2018 - Dec 2019, Visual Artist, Tarabot Community Centre, Amman.  

Grants & Scholarships
- 2026, Wijhat Grant, travel for cultural event.  
- 2023, Stiftelsen Carl Olsons stipendiefond, research project grant.
- 2023, Adlerbertska stipendier, artistic research travel grant.
- 2023, Arnulfska stipendiefonden, artistic research travel grant.
- 2022, Arnulfska stipendiefonden, artistic research travel grant.
- 2022, Axel Adler Scholarship, tuition fees for master studies.
- 2014, Mousab Khorma Scholarship, tuition fees for bachelor studies.

Publications
- A Chapter Concerning the States of Matter When the Turbidity of the Plague of Zionism Has Long Rested upon It. Al-Rawiya, forthcoming, 2026.
- Wondering and Witnessing: Artistic Methods as Phenomenological Spatial Tactics. MFA Thesis, HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg, 2024.
- Dancing Edifices. In Speculative Gatherings. HDK-Valand Academy of Art & Design, 2024.

Collections
- Göteborg Konst
- Tobison Foundation, HDK Valand Archive Collection
- Private collections: Jordan, Sweden