A Palestinian artist born in Syria in 1986, has been passionately using her art to express her thoughts and share her vision with the world since 2019. Initially pursuing a career in business, she earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2008. However, her deep passion for art inspired her to shift her focus and fully embrace her creative aspirations. In 2021, she joined an oil painting workshop at Dar al-Kalima University of Art & Culture in Gaza, marking the start of her artistic journey. Since then, Farah Qarmout has dedicated herself to refining her skills and developing her artistic identity. Farah’s education in the arts includes an oil painting workshop at Dar al-Kalima University in 2021, followed by workshops in conceptual photography, sculpting, and printmaking in 2023.

These experiences have enriched her artistic practice, enabling her to experiment with new forms and expand her creative expression. In 2022, Farah launched her first solo exhibition, Relative Calm, in Gaza, a significant moment in her career. She has since participated in several group exhibitions, showcasing her work in diverse mediums such as painting, sculpting, photography in addition to conceptual art. Notable exhibitions include Gaza: A Moment of Becoming (2024) at the Qattan Cultural Center in Ramallah, This is Not an Exhibition (2024) ↗ at the Palestinian Museum ↗ in Ramallah, and various shows at Dar al-Kalima University of Art & Culture, such as Life Option (2023), Stories from the Place (2023), and Free Space (2023). Her participation in Fragments of the City (2023) at the French Cultural Institute in Gaza further highlights her exploration of graphic and printmaking techniques.

In October 2023, Farah fled with her family from the Al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza to Rafah, then to Deir al-Balah, and finally relocated to Cairo in late April 2024. Their family home was bombed on the first day of the war, leaving it partially destroyed, uninhabitable, and subsequently looted. The fate of her paintings stored in the family home remains unknown. The remaining works, which were displayed at Dar al-Kalima, were destroyed when the entire area behind the Shifa Complex was devastated. Even the paintings acquired by others were obliterated along with the homes of their owners