Jordan Nassar creates elaborate textiles based on tatreez, a traditional form of Palestinian cross-stitch embroidery. He has also collaborated with craftswomen living and working in Ramallah, juxtaposing local traditions with a contemporary aesthetic. Nassar, who was born in New York and is of Palestinian and Polish descent, views these works as emblematic of the Palestinian diaspora experience saying, "They touch on the dreams of that place and the distance I feel from it. My work is personal and emotional, it comes from both places of joy and pain..." Nassar's work plays with the utopian vision many Palestinians have of their homeland, particularly those who were born in the diaspora and have never visited.

Source: DMAC News Jan Feb Mar Apr 2023