Amal Abdenour

Amal Abdenour (1931–2020) was a Franco-Palestinian artist and feminist activist. Born in Nablus (Palestine) to a family from Haifa, she studied at the Zamalek School of Fine Arts (Cairo, Egypt) and later at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Considered one of the pioneers of "Copy Art" in France, she began her self-portrait series using black-and-white electrography in 1970 and color electrography in 1974.
Her work, at the intersection of forced exile, militant commitment, and plastic radicality, unfolds with raw power. She plays with deformations, shifts, and slippages, embracing constant risk through her luminous installations, mineral environments, and book projects inspired by the Middle East.
Of these ephemeral creations and installations, only archives remain today—testimonies to her solar dynamism and boundless energy, both in her life as an activist and in her art.