MY GRANDFATHER’S ORCHARD

Ahmed ElKhalidi

MY GRANDFATHER’S ORCHARD

8  to 31 July 2023

Opening Saturday 8 July at 6pm

Returning to exhibit in Amman in 2023, Ahmed Elkhalidi returns metaphorically to his father’s childhood home town of Jaffa, the Mediterranean and stories of his grandfather’s orchard.

ElKhalidi has always explored identity and his heritage in his artwork. This exhibition is an homage to his family, superimposing tales from a childhood in Jaffa over contemporary impressions of his own.

He works with an illustrative style enabling him to add elements from past and present with cutouts, type, photos and hand drawn elements creating a fusion of imagery, much the same way our brains throw memories around.

AHMED ELKHALIDI

Jordanian artist Ahmed ElKhalidi is a photographer, graphic designer, illustrator and artist, and has worked on projects including online media, motion graphics, publications and illustrations in Sydney, Adelaide, Amman, London, Doha, Dubai and Saudi Arabia.

Ahmed has been a participant in:

• International Biennial of Contemporary Art 2007 in Spain,
• The International Salon of Contemporary Artists, Oeiras, Portugal 2002,
• The Jordanian Art exhibition, at the Jordanian National Gallery of Fine Arts, March 2003,
• Graphic art exhibitions held at the Darat al-Funun Foundation
• Three solo exhibitions at Jacaranda Images in Amman
• Solo exhibition at The Mill Adelaide, organized by Jacaranda Images

Ahmed draws his inspiration from urban landscapes, and includes graffiti, advertising imagery and typography in his work from his studio YADURA Design Studio, in Adelaide, Australia.