Made In The East End artist commission
Oxford House, London
Spring/Summer 2026
Rooted in the area’s rich garment and making traditions, my commission engages with fabric as a vessel for personal and collective memory, drawing on local stories, skills, and material heritage to create a contemporary response shaped by the people and textures of the East End.
Doha Design Biennale 2026
Qatar Museum, Qatar
Uprooted, 2026, 220cm x 160cm, Wool, Hessian.
Uprooted examines the systematic destruction of Palestinian flora under الاحتلال as a form of environmental colonialism, framing the land as both witness and victim of settler violence. Through needle punching and layered textiles, the work depicts olive trees, Jaffa oranges, za‘atar, figs, cactus, and the purple iris as living symbols of memory, resistance, and belonging. By rendering these plants in yarn and fibre, Uprooted transforms softness into an act of defiance, positioning ecological justice as inseparable from political liberation and the enduring roots of identity.
Art Dubai Bawwaba, 2026
Preview: 15 April 2026, Dubai, UAE.
Dwelling on the Past, 2021, large scale public installation.
Dwelling On The Past is a large scale public artwork which reimagines the Bedouin Al-Sadu tent using black-and-white plastic, blending traditional weaving with modern petroleum-era materials. Inside, three embroidered dresses honour Bedouin women's roles as creators and leaders. This installation reclaims heritage, subverts material norms, and reflects shifting cultural identities through craft, memory, and symbolic spatial design.
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
I am very proud to announce that the Safe Space series has been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, for its permanent collection.
It is on display in the V&A’s Jameel gallery, South Kensington
Thread Memory; Palestinian Embrodoidery
Victoria & Albert Museum, Dundee.
26 June 2025 - 30 March 2026
My Installation of Kiass is currently on show at the V&A (Dundee) as part of Thread Memory: Palestinian Embroidery exhibition which look at the power of Tatreez and traditions of craft in [Palestinian] resistance and preservation of collective histories across our region.
A Love Song for Whitechapel
Public Artwork Commission
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
2026
‘A Love Song for Whitechapel’ is the title of my upcoming public artwork commission for Whitechapel.
It draws from the intergenerational insights of local groups within Whitechapel, from which I will collectively plot a social history of the East End and map their shared roots in Whitechapel.
The final artwork, commissioned by Tower Hamlets Council and curated and produced by UP Projects, will be a light focused piece that presents local history in a contemporary setting, and is set to be installed on Whitechapel High Street in September 2026.
BOOK PUBLICATION
Highly Strung
2022
Upcoming launch of 365 limited edition copies in large format of my latest large scale installation Highly Strung. For more information or to reserve your copy, please contact a member of the Athr team.
Highly Strung is a durational body of work, which explores notions of motherhood, domesticity, and the invisibility of a woman’s labour. Produced over 365 days, Haidar made a record of an act of invisible labour she accomplished, one for every day of the year.
These mundane acts are the sum of her every day, as mother, wife, caregiver, and woman.
Each act has been carefully embroidered onto an item found within the home and presented, literally, Highly Strung on washing lines.
Haidar repositions the domestic space as a political site exploring its relationship to artistic work, repetition, care work, paid/unpaid, cleaning, parenting, and the working body.