Mohammed Zakaria is a Palestinian-Jordanian conceptual artist and dedicated cultural architect whose work bridges critical artistic inquiry with practical social intervention. 

His practice is driven by a commitment to challenging the stagnation of meaning, consistently re-presenting familiar ideas in ways that demand a re-questioning of outdated understandings. For Zakaria, the medium is secondary; re-meaning is the craft—a process of intellectual and material deconstruction. 

Guided by the conviction that questions matter more than answers, Zakaria frames his work around dual inquiries: the conceptual engine of artistic intervention and the practical application of social change. His conceptual questions, such as "How can one capture the iconography of Palestinian popular resistance?" are paired with pragmatic inquiries of public engagement, like "How can skateboarding be used to build community?" 

These pursuits drive a cohesive body of work spanning photography, installation, text, public space, brand development, and direct social interventions. 

Through this cohesive approach, Zakaria transforms everyday elements into catalysts for new understanding and urban development. In his capacity as a community activist, this manifests through projects like Seven Hills Skatepark and Addis Skatepark, where skate culture becomes a powerful vehicle for youth empowerment and transformative urban politics. Artistically, this same approach re-frames pop culture toys as national symbols, or strips language of its easy definitions to reveal new layers of meaning, evident in his projects like Jabbar and Sakan. 

Zakaria lives and works in Amman, Jordan

Solo Exhibitions


Memento
2017
Darat al Funun
Amman, Jordan

Sakan
2019
Amman Image Festival
Amman, Jordan

Group Exhibitions


In The City
2013
P21 Gallery
London, UK

Moveable Feast
2016
Dar al Anda
Amman, Jordan

This Sea Is Mine
2016
Qalandia International art festival
Jaffa, Palestine

Staging An Archive
2017
MMAG
Amman, Jordan

Truth Is Black Write Over It
2018
Darat al Funun
Amman, Jordan

Beirut Art Festival
2018
Beirut, Lebanon

But There Will Be Resistence
2024
University of Kassel
Kassel, Germany

Residencies


Fondazione Fotografia Modena
2017
Art residency
Modena, Italy

Media


Terrorpropaganda an der Kunsthochschule Kassel

Meet The artist creating a new Palestinian Toy Story

Kunsthochschule zeigt Terror-verherrlichende Ausstellung

Warlike by Stefano Harney

Awards


Sharjah International Award for Refugee Advocacy and Support
2022