Professional Background

1945 Born in Zarqa city, Jordan
1961-1963 Courses in Drawing and Painting, Amman, Jordan
1963-1965 Founding member of the Painting and Sculpture Society, Jordan
1968 Co-organized with Sculptor Mona Al Soudi a workshop targeting children of Baq'a Camp to express their experience with the 1967 war, followed by an extended study which was later published in "Palestinian Affairs" Magazine
1970 B.A. in Political Science, University of Jordan
1974 Courses in Photography, Beirut, Lebanon
1975 Courses in Photography, Moscow

Memberships in Cultural Organizations and Associations:

1971 Founding member of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists
1972 Founding member of the Arab Film Critics Association
1983 Founding member and vice president of the Defense of Democratic liberalization committee in Jordan
1976-1990 Engaged in political and media work, and contributed in founding many Organizations and Cultural Magazines in Jordan and the Arab World
1984-1990 Founder and Editor in Chief of Al Urdun Al Jadid (New Jordan) Magazine, Nicosia, Cyprus
1990 Member of the Jordanian Writers Association
1991 Head of the Cultural Scientific Center, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation.
1991 Established with his then wife-Suad Issawi- Baladna, the first private art gallery in Amman
1992 Vice- Editor in Chief of Al Ufoq weekly Magazine, Amman
1995 Member of the Jordanian Plastic Artists Association
2000 Member of the Jordanian Publishers Association and Arab Publishing Union
1993-2013 Founder and Director of Al Urdun Al Jadid (New Jordan) Research Center, Amman

Solo Exhibitions

1964 "Oil, Ink and Water Colors" exhibition, Municipality of Amman hull.
1967 "Oil and water color" exhibition at Islamic Educational College hall Amman, Jordan
1968 "Oil and water color" exhibition at University of Jordan, Teachers Hall Amman, Jordan
1993 "Impressions of Al Waleh Valley", oil and water color exhibition at Baladna Art Gallery Amman, Jordan
1996 "People & Places" Photography Exhibition. Baladna Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan
1998 "Windows & Doors" Photography Exhibition. Baladna Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan
1999 "Doors", Participated with 20 photography series in "Meeting Point" a Collective Exhibition at Konsathallen Gothenburg, Sweden
2002 "Walls and Ceilings" Photography Exhibition at the Cultural French Center, Amman, Jordan
2002 Participated in the Sixth International Photography Gathering with a mural of 16 photographs Aleppo, Syria
2003 "Compositions and Reflections" photography exhibition at Al Jiser Gallery Aleppo, Syria
2003 "Textures and Reflections" photography exhibition at Al Jazeera Art Center Al Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
2004 "Forgotten Places" Photography exhibition at the Spanish Cultural Center Amman, Jordan
2006 "Desert Navigation" photography exhibition at Foresight32 Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
2006 "Desert Navigation" photography exhibition at Al Jazeera Art Center, Al Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
2007 "Middle East Reflections" photography exhibition at Daryl Reich Rubenstein Gallery, Washington DC, USA
2009 "Particulars" photography exhibition at Foresight32 Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan
2009 "Desert Navigation" photography exhibition at MUST Gallery, 6 October City, Egypt
2011 "Weaved Landscapes" Paintings exhibition at Foresight32 Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan
2013 "Faces of My City", painting exhibition at Foresight32 Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
2014 "Together", photography exhibition at Foresight32 Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
2015 "Faces of My City- 2", painting exhibition at Foresight32 Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
2016 “Rust”, painting exhibition at Foresight32 Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
2017 “From Over the wall- Reflections from the Old Town of Jerusalem”, painting exhibition at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Al Quds, Washington DC, USA.
2017 “From Over the wall- Reflections from the Old Town of Jerusalem”, painting exhibition at SYRIA Art Gallery, Washington DC, USA.
2019 “Fruits of Heaven”, painting exhibition at Foresight32 Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
2023 Amman–Jerusalem: 70 km (Painting), Cairo Amman Bank Gallery, Jordan.
2024 Faces of My City – 3 (Painting), Hani Hourani Art Studio, Amman, Jordan.
2025 Amman, My City (Painting), original paintings and prints, Jacaranda Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
2025 Colorful Rhythms (Painting), Balsam Art Gallery, Irbid, Jordan.
2026 Outside and Inside the Box (Painting), diverse visual artworks, Hani Hourani Art Studio, Amman, Jordan.

Collective Exhibitions

1963 "Autumn Salon", Municipality of Amman hull, Jordan
1964-1968 Several collective exhibitions at the British Council and the American Cultural center Amman, Jordan
1998 "Contemporary Jordanian Plastic Art" Al Sharjah Museum, UAE
1999 Petra… plastic views, Photography exhibition in Fourm Hotel, Petra, Baladna Art Gallery, Amman Jordan
2008-2009 11th International Cairo Biennale for Arts
2012 "Contemporary Jordanian Plastic Art", Museum of Art, Al Manama, Bahrain
2012 The Jordanian plastic artists Syndicate exhibition at Raas Al Ein Gallery Amman, Jordan

Publications

1972 "The little Palestinian" A study on Palestinian refugee children's drawings, published by "Palestinian Affairs "Magazine January, 1972.
1972 Cinema and the Palestinian cause, a dialogue with film makers and Arab critiques, published by "Palestinian Affairs "Magazine.
1973 Prepared a documentary script on resistance and Palestinian Camps in Lebanon.
2008 Launched a series of photography postcards on Al Salt City in celebration of its nomination as the “City of Jordanian Culture for the year”.

Hourani's Selections

His works are collected by the National Fine Art Museum in Amman- Jordan, Darat Al Funoun, Khaled Shoman Foundation and acquired by various art collectors in the UK, France, Germany, U.S, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. His work can be found in Le Royal Hotel Amman, Crown Plaza and Holiday Inn Hotels - Dead Sea and Movenpick Aqaba.