Khaled Hourani is a prominent Palestinian artist, curator and writer. A painter and a conceptual artist, in 2013, he was awarded the Leonore Annenberg Prize, Creative Time for Art and Social Change in New York City. In 2014, he organized his first retrospective at the CCA in Glasgow and Gallery One in Ramallah. Most recently, another retrospective showcased at Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan in 2017. Hourani was also the initiator of the 2011 Picasso in Palestine project, and The Stone Distance to Jerusalem project. He is known as a notable art critic and curator, having overseen many exhibitions in Palestine and internationally. He lives and works in Ramallah.