Born in Ramallah, Heba Tannous is a Palestinian artist with a background in architecture and urban planning. Her practice is rooted in research-based inquiry, focusing on the social and cultural layers of the Palestinian urban fabric and their relationship to the built environment. Central to her work is the intersection between urban morphology and lived spatial experience, explored through shifts in scale, perspective, and material investigation.
Working primarily with watercolor on canvas, Tannous maps Palestinian cities from an aerial viewpoint, documenting the dynamic interplay between street life and spatial relationships of mass and void. Through this perspective, her work reveals patterns of order and disorder, structure and improvisation, reflecting the complexities of Palestinian urban life and contemporary identity.
Alongside her artistic practice, Tannous is an instructor at the Faculty of Art, Music, and Design at Birzeit University. She has participated in exhibitions, including the International Cultural Festival of Contemporary Art (IFCA), represented by Bab Ldeir Gallery in Algeria (2025); Fragmentation at Anima Gallery in Qatar (2024); and Imagine Freedom at the Walled Off Hotel Gallery in Bethlehem (2022).