Hamada Elkept
Hamada Elkept
Hamada Elkept is a visual artist whose work explores themes of surveillance, displacement, and collective memory through multidisciplinary practices.
He is currently an artist-in-residence at Globe Aroma in Brussels (2024–2025). His recent solo exhibition, Under Surveillance, was presented in Valencia, Spain (2025). Elkept participated in the Open Art Biennale in Örebro, Sweden (2024); What Palestine Brings to the World at the Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris (2024); and the Sahab Museum project within the exhibition Signal by Mohamed Bourouissa at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2024).
He was also an artist-in-residence at the Academia Española en Roma (2023). Earlier projects include Creating, with children with disabilities in North Gaza (2021), and Butterfly Effect (2020), supported by the French Cultural Center, working with children affected by the 2020 war on Gaza.
Elkept has exhibited widely, including his solo exhibition Empty Bowl at the French Consulate in Gaza (2019). He completed multiple residencies at Shababeek for Contemporary Art (2019 & 2021).
In addition to his artistic practice, he worked for seven years as an expressive art trainer in the Safe Spaces Project with the Tamer Foundation. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Al-Aqsa University, Gaza.
He participated to “A Place to Be” immersive installation at Palais de Tokyo, Paris
