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2026  (forthcoming)
Boundaries of the Dreaming Body, Bangkok Art Biennale 2026: Angels and Mara, Bangkok, Thailand. Artistic Director: Apinan Poshyananda.

2025
Boundaries of the Dreaming Body, Sharjah Biennial 16: Throwing Shells, curated by Amal Khalaf, Sharjah, UAE.  

2024–2025
Palm Memory, Maghras, Saudi Pavilion, 24th International Exhibition of Triennale Milano, curated by Sara Al Omran and Lulu Al Manea, Milan, Italy. 

2024
On the Shores of Tigris, Between Cultures: Saudi & Iraq, curated by Jumana Gouth, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  

Rhythms of the Rising Sun (with Joe Namy), Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale – Learning Garden, curated by Rahul Gudipudi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 

2019
THKR, Samt, Darat al Funun, curated by Walid Al Wawi Amman, Jordan.  

2026 (sonic essay) 

Rupture 0.2, Archive in Flux Public Program, Diriyah Biennale, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

2025 (sound & vocal performance) 

Weeping with Side B, Ancestral Knowledges: My Grandmother is My School, Tate Modern, London, UK. Curated by Nabila Abdel Nabi and team. 

Confluence of Rivers in E Minor, Sharjah Biennial 16 – April Acts Public Programme, Sharjah, UAE.  

2021–2022 (lecture performance)
Archiving Encounters with Matrixial Afterlives of Song, The Super Intense Marathon, Young Curators Academy, MAXXI & GORKI Theatre (Digital Programme). Curated by Ong Keng Sen. 

2018 (lecture performance)
From Ear to Here, On Being Vertical Against Your Horizon, Tate Exchange, London, UK. Curated by Walid Al Wawi. 

Cite International des Arts, Paris 2025 - 2026 

Trasta Art Residency, Norway 2025  

Delfina Artist Residency, London 2024 

One Beat Music Exchange Program, USA 2024

Delfina Curatorial Residency, London 2023

Arabic Music Retreat, USA 2018

2026
To Lean Like a Palm, Kaph Books. Reflective essay documenting the making of Palm Memory.

2021
Undisciplined: A Teleology of Gendered Difference, WAREHOUSE421. Contribution to As We Gaze Upon Herexhibition catalogue.

2020
Syria Serenading Graveyards, TRIBE Magazine, on the work of Sarah Al Agroobi. 

2020
Seven Virtues: Towards an Authorship of Self, WAREHOUSE421. Contribution to The Cup and the Saucer exhibition catalogue.

2019
Durational Portrait: A Brief Overview of Video Art in Saudi Arabia, ATHR Gallery.

2015
The Gardener, Jahanamiya, Non Fiction Narrative 

2013
You Have Shamed Us, Unknown Quantities, Central Saint Martins Student Press.

Pauline Olivera Listening Intensive I 2024

A Year to Live with Rumi Centre 2024

Plantcestors with Rivers of Rememberance 2024

Young Curators Academy 2021

Art Jameel Curatorial Fellowship 2019 

Prince Clause Fund Recipient 2019 

MA Culture Criticism and Curation (2014) Central Saint Martins 

BA Mass Communication (2013) American University of Sharjah 

2025: 

• Tara Aldughaither on Nusf Voices (Arabic Podcast) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwiGj-5hjwM
• Meet the young Saudis advocating for gear change in the rapidly changing country https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/young-saudis-in-rapidly-changing-country
• الفنانة السعودية تارا الدغيثر... حارسة الصوت وناسجة الذاكرة https://aawsat.com/يوميات-الشرق/5141047-الفنانة-السعودية-تارا-الدغيثر-حارسة-الصوت-وناسجة-الذاكرة
• Balad Al-Fann program emphasizes sonic forms of memory recall and resistance https://www.arabnews.com/node/2449566/saudi-arabia

2023

• مؤسسة "صوت الصورة" تارا الدغيثر لـ"هي": نعمل على توثيق صوت السرد السعودي https://www.hiamag.com/ترفيه-وفنون/فنون/1764341-مؤسسة-صوت-الصورة-تارا-الدغيثر-لـهي-نعمل-على-توثيق-صوت-السرد-السعودي
• ‘FenaaPhone’ exhibition is a blast from Saudi Arabia’s musical past https://www.arabnews.com/node/2379826/saudi-arabia

2022

• Sawtasura Captures the Voice and Lyrical Heritage of Saudi Women https://agsi.org/analysis/sawtasura-captures-the-voice-and-lyrical-heritage-of-saudi-women/
• An Emergence Of Untold Saudi Voices: The Story Of Tara Emad Al-Dughaiter & ‘Sawt Asura’
• "الصوت" الذي يوّثق التراث الغنائي الشفوي للمرأة السعودية https://www.mc-doualiya.com/برامج/مراسي/20220224-الصوت-الذي-يوّثق-التراث-الغنائي-الشفوي-للمرأة-السعودية
• Conversation with Kay Hardy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf2vg8XPKA4

2021

• صوت الصورة: أول أرشيف سماعي لأصوات المغنيات السعوديات https://www.vice.com/ar/article/صوت-الصورة-أول-أرشيف-سماعي-لأصوات-المغ/
• «صوت الصورة» أرشيف يوثق مسيرة الأصوات النسائية في السعودية  https://aawsat.com/home/article/3420701/«صوت-الصورة»-أرشيف-يوثق-مسيرة-الأصوات-النسائية-في-السعودية