Biography
Lara Khaldi was born in Jerusalem sometime in the eighties. She received her B.A in Archaeology and Art History with a minor in English literature in 2005. Khaldi co-curated the Jerusalem Show IV: On/Off Language, Al Ma'mal Foundation, October 2011 and will be co-curating the next one in November 2012. She held the position of Assistant Director for programmes at the Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE from 2009 - 2011. Khaldi Co-edited Provisions I&II (Sharjah Biennial 10 catalogues). And has curated; film and video programme "In the Name of the Father" in 2011 and "Cinema of Independence" in 2009 and 2011 as part of the Arab Shorts initiative by Goethe, Cairo. She was also Assistant Curator for the exhibition “Disorientation II” at Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, 2009. Khaldi also worked as Assistant Director at Al Riwaq Art Gallery in Bahrain in 2007. She was Assistant curator for the exhibition “Never Part”, Bozar, Brussels, 2007. And has Co-curated the exhibition Reconsidering Palestinian Art, Fundacion Antonio Perez, Cuenca, Spain 2006. Lara lives between Jerusalem, Beirut and Amman.
