Education
2000-2004 American University of Beirut, BA Graphic Design
SOLO SHOWS
2022 + HYMNE A L’AMOUR | The National Museum of Beirut, Beirut
2022 + A NATION’S INFLATION | Castello 2432, Venice
2022 MEMORY OF A PAPER CITY | Umam Centre for Documentation and Research, Beirut
2017 + DEAR MADNESS | Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut
2015 + MONUMENT TO DUST | Institut Français, Beirut
2015 + AN EMPTY PLOT OF LAND | Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut
2015 + THE SENSELESS REALM | Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
2012 + THE OATH | Umam centre for documentation and research, Beirut
2012 + THE OATH | The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut
2011 + DIAL 911 FOR THE NEW MIDDLE EAST | The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut
2011 + AMOMENT OF TRUTH | Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna
2010 + IN A SEA OF OBLIVION | (The Feel Collective), The Dome City Centre, Beirut
2009 + THE QUIXOTE PROJECT | Dar Al Funoon, Kuwait
2010 + YOU’RE YOUNG AND YOU’LL FORGET | The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut
2009 + THE SKY EVER SO BLUE | Bastakiya Art Fair, Dubai
2004 + FRAGMENTS FOR A SILENT FILM | Installation, American University Of Beirut
GROUP SHOWS
2024 + THE CIRCLE WAS A POINT | Barjeel Art Foundation, Dubai
2023 + 30 YEARS OF COLOR | Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut
2023 + WHERE TO NOW? | Krinzinger Shottenfeld, Vienna
2020 + HOPE AND DESPAIR | Nabu Museum, El Heri, Lebanon
2019 + ANATOMY OF TWO REVOLUTIONS | Design & Nostalgia, Beirut Design Week, Beirut
2019 + BIRDSONG (SIGIL) | Broken Nature, XXII Triennale di Milano, Milan
2017 + MONUMENTS OF THE EVERYDAY (SIGIL) | CCS Bard Galleries, New York
2017 + FRUITS OF SLEEP (SIGIL) | Sharjah Biennial 14, Sursock Museum, Beirut
2017 + SYRIA INTO THE LIGHT: THE REVOLUTION IS A MIRROR (SIGIL) | Concrete, Dubai
2016 + MONUMENTS OF THE EVERYDAY (SIGIL) | Oslo Architecture Triennale, Oslo
2016 + CURRENT POWER IN SYRIA (SIGIL) | Marrakech Biennale 6, Marrakech
2014 + EXCAVATING THE SKY (SIGIL) | Venice Biennale of Architecture, Venice
2014 + CONTEMPORARY LEBANON: Art Beyond Violence | Singapore Art Fair, Singapore
2013 + JOURNEYS THROUGH OUR HERITAGE | Beirut Exhibition Centre, Beirut
2012 + BEIRUT 2 | Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait
2012 + ART IS THE ANSWER | Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels
2011 + SUBTITLED With Narratives From Lebanon | Royal College Of Art, London
2011 + BEIRUT | Vienna Kunsthalle, Vienna
2011 + REBIRTH | Beirut Exhibition Centre, Beirut
2011 + SHABAB UPRISING | Ayyam Gallery, Beirut
2011 + IN THE TRENCHES | The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut
2009 + BLANK TO BASICS | The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut
2009 + MANPOWER | Cosmicmegabrain Collective, Lisbon
2008 + AN ENDLESS BREATH AWAY | Creek Art Fair, Dubai
2008 + THE SKY EVER SO BLUE | Sursock Museum, Beirut
2008 + THE CLOUD | (Atelier Hapsitus), Creek Art Fair, Dubai
2008 + SPIRITUAL PROMISES FROM LOST PROPHETS | Cordy House, London
2000 + RHYTHM OF UNION | Beirut
Awards
2024 + PRINCE CLAUS MENTORSHIP AWARD: MOVING NARRATIVES
2023 + LOKMAN SLIM PRIZE
2016 + SOVEREIGN ART PRIZE | First prize awarded by the Soveriegn Art Foundation
2010 + LEBANESE DIASPORA | Second prize awarded by Notre Dame University
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
2021 + VIRAL IMAGES | Khalifa University, UAE
2019 + MONUMENTS TODUST | Construction / (Re-)Construction,AGYA, Beirut
2019 + ANATOMY OF TWO REVOLUTIONS | Design & Nostalgia, Beirut Design Week, Beirut
2019 + MONUMENTS OF THE EVERYDAY (SIGIL) | FUTURE SENSE, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
2016 + TALK 20 | American University of Beirut, Beirut
2012 + SCHEME FOR A TEMPORARY MEMORIAL | Fondation Boghossian, Villa Empain, Brussels
2012 + BEING ARAB | The Lost City Of Arabesque, NUQAT, Dubai/Kuwait
2008 + Beirut: City Tags, in collaboration with Calin Dan | Beirut
2007 + URBAN TOYS, Thinking Metropolis 3 | University Of Copenhagen
Publications
2020 + REFLECTIONS: contemporary art of the Middle East and Norht Africa, The British Museum
2019 + BIRDSONG (SIGIL), XXII Triennale di Milano, Published in Beirut
2016 + CURRENT POWER IN SYRIA (SIGIL), Marrakech Biennale 6, Published in Beirut
2013 + PRINTMAKING OFF THE BEATEN TRACK, Richard Noyce, Bloomsbury Publisihing, London
2011 + A MOMENT OF TRUTH, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna
2007 + THE CLOUD, THE DESERT, AND THE ARABIAN BREEZE (Atelier Hapsitus), Booth-Clibborn Editions, London
2006 + URBAN TOYS (Atelier Hapsitus), Booth-Clibborn Editions, London