What even is a Bint Bandora? 🍅
Bint Bandora means “daughter of tomato” in Arabic. I am a queer, Palestinian, mixed media artist.
My main artistic mediums are tatreez (traditional Palestinian embroidery), hand sewing, illustration, and collage.
I was born into diaspora, but use my creative practice to stay connected to my roots and explore queerness, grief, identity, and tradition. I strive to turn my own personal experiences into visual stories that help others to feel seen and speak to the greater, collective struggle.
Feel free to contact me here.
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2026 - Group Show, Woven Histories, at Carnation Gallery, Portland, OR
2026 - Solo Show, The Wedding I Would Want: Imagining a Queer Wedding in a Liberated Palestine, at SWANA Rose Culture & Community Center, Portland, OR
2024 - Group show, SWANA Stitch, SWANA Rose Culture & Community Center, Portland, OR
2023 - Group show, SWANA Stitch, SWANA Rose Culture & Community Center, Portland, OR
2023 - Group show, SWANA Show, SWANA Rose Culture & Community Center, Portland, OR
2022 - Group show, To Palestine, With Love, Queer Arts Featured Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 - Group Show, Divine PDX: A Feminist Art Show, Jacobsen Salt Co., Portland, OR
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Adalah Justice Project, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Al-Awda PDX, The Center for Study & Preservation of Palestine, SWANA Rose Culture & Community Center, and many more!
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2026, Ford Family Foundation grant recipient
2026, Caldera Artist Residency, in Sisters, OR
2025 Regional Arts & Culture Council grant recipient
2025, Ford Family Foundation grant recipient
🧿 All views are my own and not affiliated with any organization that’s contracted my work. 🧿