Tanya Habjouqa's "Shadow Nor Sun" Exhibition Opens

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Tanya Habjouqa, a socially engaged artist and visual researcher, is presenting her MFA qualifier exhibition "Shadow Nor Sun" at the Art Lofts Gallery in Madison, Wisconsin. The exhibition, which runs from February 11-14, explores how communities experience political violence and how those experiences move through land, testimony, and visual culture.

Why it matters

Habjouqa's interdisciplinary practice is grounded in long-term reporting, collaborative methodologies, and material experimentation, translating field research from Palestine into a language of archives, sound, plants, and sculptural form. Her work documents the impact of state-sanctioned violence and ecological collapse on daily life, highlighting how political violence and environmental degradation intersect.

The details

Inside the studio, Habjouqa creates screenprints from early twentieth-century Palestinian archives, constructs sculptural platforms from carpets salvaged from demolition sites, and cultivates olive seedlings and prickly cacti as living elements of installation. Her experimental films link lullabies recorded from families of incarcerated Palestinians with the testimonies surrounding their separation.

• The exhibition runs from February 11-14, 2026.
• The closing reception will be held on Thursday, February 12, from 6-8 pm.