Nadia Refaei
 ناديا الرفاعي


  1. Sabaar and Other Counter Archives
  2. A Whisper Echoes Loudest
  3. olive branch (curator)
  4. Thomas’ Garden (co-curator)
  5. Dawit Dersolign (co-curator)
  6. a garden for the things you love
  7. New Energy
  8. Roots
  9. Leading Letters
  10. Rehearsing the Future
  11. Making Ground (curator)
  12. Make Kabsah With Me
  13. 1998-2011 / ١٩٩٨-٢٠١١
  14. Both sides of either wall (co-curator)
  15. In Visible Woman
  16. Plastic Women

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A Whisper Echoes Loudest


Rosell Flatley, Carmen Glynn-Braun, Dennis Golding, Mehwish Iqbal, Shivanjani Lal, Nadia Refaei, Roberta Joy Rich, Sha Sarwari 

Curated by Nikita Holcombe

Fairfield City Museum and Art Gallery

26 August 2023 – 10 February 2024






 ٢٠١١-١٩٩٨ by Nadia Refaei pieces together familial histories through personal photographs taken during her childhood in Syria. Now living in nipaluna (Hobart region),  ٢٠١١-١٩٩٨ is Refaei's personal response to the ongoing Syrian conflict and an attempt to maintain connection to family and country. Created through the laborious and unpredictable process of paper making, constructed to the size of a typical family photograph, the papers are carefully stitched together with linen thread to form several strips. The strips pinned to the wall cascade gently downwards, a reference to both the creation and maintenance of an archive as well as the fragmentation of personal memory over time.

–Nikita Holcombe, catalogue excerpt


٢٠١١-١٩٩٨ ,  2020, paper handmade from torn photographs, linen thread. Installation view, A Whisper Echoes Loudest, 2024, Fairfield City Museum and Art Gallery. Images: Document Photography.
٢٠١١-١٩٩٨ ,  2020, paper handmade from torn photographs, linen thread. Installation view, A Whisper Echoes Loudest, 2024, Fairfield City Museum and Art Gallery. Images: Document Photography.
٢٠١١-١٩٩٨ ,  2020, paper handmade from torn photographs, linen thread. Installation view, A Whisper Echoes Loudest, 2024, Fairfield City Museum and Art Gallery. Images: Document Photography.
٢٠١١-١٩٩٨ ,  2020, paper handmade from torn photographs, linen thread. Installation view, A Whisper Echoes Loudest, 2024, Fairfield City Museum and Art Gallery. Images: Document Photography.