Nardeen Srouji’s exhibition ״A Sole Cypress״ emerges from an attentive observation of the site in which it is presented: the building of the Center for Contemporary Art and the two cypress trees standing at its entrance. Through the intersection of architecture, embroidery, and material memory, Srouji traces layers of history, presence, and absence embedded within the space – in its structures, vegetation, patterns, and the marks that remain.

The exhibition includes a site-specific installation, embroidered works, and sculptural interventions that bring together industrial construction materials and traditions of Palestinian craft. Through acts of dismantling, replication, and reweaving, Srouji creates a space which interlaces past and present, structure and landscape, as well as rupture and the potential for repair.

The embroidered works were created in collaboration with a group of interns – young artists – students and recent graduates of art schools, who were awarded the 2026 

The Rywkind Ben Zour Grant for Art, Education and Community:

Rabab Abu Saada, M.A. candidate in Art, Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, first year; Shirley Moneyhon, M.A. candidate in Art, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, second year; Salam Gbareen, B.F.A. student, Hamidrasha School of Art, fourth year; Rotem Saraf, B.F.A. graduate, Hamidrasha School of Art (2025); and Shahar Koshet, third-year student, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.

Curators: Yael Messer and Hila Cohen-Schneiderman

The exhibition is made possible through the The Rywkind Ben Zour Grant for Art, Education and Community, and with the support of the Mifal HaPais Council for Culture and the Arts.