Nour Sokhon

Nour Sokhon is a Lebanese artist based in Berlin, Germany, whose work explores diverse methods of artistic research, including interviews, field recordings, and site-specific interventions. Her findings are translated into sound/music compositions, performances, interactive installations, and moving image work. Sokhon completed her Master's degree in Sound for the Moving Image at the Glasgow School of Art in 2017, where she produced the documentary People on Sound. In 2019, she received the Emerging Artist Prize at the Sursock Museum in Lebanon for her piece Revisiting: Hold Your Breath, and in 2020, she was awarded the Sound Art scholarship by Lower Saxony and the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig. Her debut solo album, Beirut Birds, was released in 2024, produced with the support of the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture. Sokhon’s work has been exhibited internationally in institutions such as the Spatial Sound Institute, Beirut Art Center, and SAVVY Contemporary, and she has performed at major festivals, including Punkt Festival 2023, Gaudeamus Festival 2023, and Biennale d’Aix 2024.