Khaled Hourani (b. Hebron, Palestine, 1965) is a Palestinian artist, critic, and writer living and working in Ramallah. Working across multiple media, his work engages with political and institutional contexts through artistic projects developed in diverse formats. His practice examines how images and artistic actions operate within specific social and historical conditions. Drawing plays a central role in his work and is employed as a means to engage with contemporary events, social transformations, and contemporary issues.

Hourani is a co-founder of the International Academy of Art–Palestine, where he served as Artistic Director (2007–2010) and later as General Director (2010–2013). He previously held the position of General Director of the Fine Arts Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Culture (2004–2006).

Among his projects is Picasso in Palestine, through which he brought an original artwork by Pablo Picasso to Ramallah, examining the conditions that govern access to art and the structures that regulate its circulation. In 2007, Hourani produced an image of a watermelon on a white background, presenting it as a visual alternative to the Palestinian flag in an artistic attempt that intervened in the production of political symbols. His practice also includes other influential projects, including The Stone Distance to Jerusalem, developed across local and international contexts.

His work has been presented in major international exhibitions and platforms, including the Sharjah Biennial (2011), dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, Catastrophe and the Power of Art at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2017), and Picasso and Spanish Exile at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain – Frac Occitanie Toulouse (2019). Retrospective exhibitions were held at the Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow and Gallery One, Ramallah (2014), and at Darat al Funun, Amman (2017).

In 2013, Hourani was awarded the Leonore Annenberg Prize for Art and Social Change by Creative Time in New York. In 2019, he received the State of Palestine Appreciation Award for Art. Alongside his artistic practice, he writes critically on art and culture and has curated numerous exhibitions in Palestine and internationally.