Shayma Hamad is a multidisciplinary and performance artist. She was born in Jerusalem and lives in Barcelona. 

She investigates the relational aesthetics shaped by unwritten ‘customary’ laws, norms and living codes within the complex social dynamics of communities navigating the challenges of colonialism, occupation and their environment, in order to imagine and give form to alternative ways of living. Her current focus is the project Food in Law, founded in 2018 as an extension of her artistic activism, which frequently explores human rights and social justice. Food in Lawbrings together diverse audiences to experience and index knowledge through taste and its cultural forms. Drawing on feminist folkloric tools such as food, embroidery and feminist storytelling techniques, Food in Law uses food as language, intimate relational aesthetics, and memories of real and imagined flavours and aromas — where comedy and tragedy find a perfect synthesis in addressing juridical human issues.

Photo: Hummus Holy Land, 2025, (c) Hussam Halawa