Bio

Hadeel Alkuttob (b. 1998, Amman, Jordan) is a sculptor whose practice centers on installation and embodied systems that integrate sound, material processes, and the human body. She received her BA in Sculpture from the University of Jordan and her MFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) as a Fulbright scholar.

Her work constructs conditions where sound operates as a physical and spatial force, shaping perception through touch, breath, duration, and attention. Working with materials such as salt, soap, stone, and sound-based systems, Hadeel creates installations that engage thresholds between interior and exterior experience, presence and absence, and agency and constraint.

Hadeel’s work has been exhibited at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Darat Al Funun, and Orfali Gallery. Her solo exhibition Sensorium was presented in a pop-up context, emphasizing bodily engagement and experiential encounter beyond conventional gallery formats.

Artist Statement

I build embodied systems that operate through touch, breath, vibration, and duration, allowing meaning to emerge through physical experience rather than explanation. The work is developed through close attention to how bodies sense, hesitate, and orient themselves in space.

Material choice is central to my process. I work with substances such as plaster, stone, salt, soap, and thread for their capacity to register pressure, memory, and change. Through processes of making, breaking, and repair, I am interested in how materials hold traces of use, and how fragility and endurance can exist simultaneously.

Sound enters the work as a spatial and physical force. It shapes attention, posture, and bodily orientation through vibration, repetition, and rhythm, often operating below language and conscious interpretation.

My installations invite slow, attentive encounters. Interaction is designed as a condition that asks visitors to become aware of their own presence in relation to the work. I am interested in thresholds between interior and exterior experience, agency and constraint, and how bodies negotiate space through listening and touch. Across my practice, I approach embodiment, relation, and environment as conditions to be felt.