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Gregory
Buchakjian
Institutional links:
Académie
Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (Alba)
http://alba.edu.lb
Saradar
Collection
http://www.saradarcollection.com
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Gregory
Buchakjian (b. 1971) is an art
historian and visual artist. PhD
graduate at Université Paris IV
Sorbonne, he is acting director of
the School of Visual Arts at
Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts
(ALBA) where he co-founded, with
Pierre Hage-Boutros and Rana
Haddad, Atelier de Recherche ALBA
(1997-2004), a transdisciplinary
platform that triggered public
interventions in issues such as
memory and space appropriation.
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Gregory Buchakjian est
historien d’art et artiste visuel.
Il vit et travaille à Beyrouth, où
il est né en 1971. Titulaire d'un
doctorat à l'Université Paris IV
Sorbonne, il est directeur par
intérim de l'École des Arts
Visuels à l’Académie Libanaise des
Beaux-Arts (ALBA), où il avait
cofondé, avec Pierre Hage-Boutros
et Rana Haddad, l’Atelier de
Recherche ALBA (1997-2004), une
plateforme transdisciplinaire
ayant appréhendé des
problématiques urbaines telles la
mémoire et l’appropriation de
l’espace.
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Buchakjian’s
research deals with modern and
contemporary art in Lebanon,
focusing on city and history.
Political and social turmoil,
dereliction and heritage and among
the issues discussed in his PhD
dissertation: ‘Abandoned Dwellings
in Beirut. Wars and Transformation
of the Urban Space. 1860-2015’.
The relation between image and
urban narratives is present his
publications Fouad Elkoury,
Passing Time (Beirut, Kaph
Books: 2017) and Traversées
Photographiques. Le journal du
Docteur Cottard (Beirut,
Arab Image Foundation: 2017) and
his contributions to On
Photography in Lebanon:
Essays and Stories (Beirut,
Kaph Books, 2018). He also
published literary texts such as
“Les petits lits blancs” (Revue
Le Courage n.2, Paris,
Grasset: 2017).
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Ses
recherches gravitent autour de
l’art au Liban et dans le monde
arabe. L'instabilité politique, la
ruine et le patrimoine figurent
parmi les problématiques abordées
par sa thèse de doctorat intitulée
: « Habitats abandonnés de
Beyrouth, guerres et mutations de
l'espace urbain, 1860-2015 ». La
relation entre image et récit est
omniprésente dans ses publications
telles Fouad Elkoury, Passing
Time (Beyrouth : Kaph Books:
2017) et Traversées
Photographiques. Le journal du
Docteur Cottard (Beyrouth :
Fondation Arabe pour l’image,
2017) ainsi que ses contributions
à Sur la photographie au
Liban: Récits et essais (Beyrouth
: Kaph Books: 2018). Il
est également auteur de textes
littéraires tel « Les petits lits
blancs » (Revue Le Courage
n.2, Paris, Grasset : 2017). |
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His
visual work emerged with the short
film What, Shoes? and the
photographic series Nighthawks,
both produced in the aftermath of
the 2006 war in Lebanon. From 2009
to 2016, his exploration of
abandoned dwellings in Beirut
generated his PhD dissertation.
This research led to an artistic
project in four parts: the
installations Inventory
and Typologies, the video
Archives and the
photographic series Tableaux.
In 2018, his pictures Fragments
from the Ridge Line are
presented in The Place that
Remains, first pavilion of
Lebanon at the Venice Biennale of
Architecture. |
Son travail visuel a
émergé avec le film court Quoi,
des Chaussures? et la série
de clichés Nighthawks,
tous deux consécutifs à la guerre
de 2006 au Liban. De 2009 à 2016,
son exploration des habitats
abandonnés de Beyrouth et la thèse
de doctorat qui en a découlé ont
généré un projet artistique
composé de quatre parties : Les
installations Inventaire
et Typologies, la vidéo Archives
et la série photographique Tableaux.
En 2018, ses photographies
Fragments from the Ridge Line sont
présentées à The Place that
Remains, premier pavillon du
Liban à la Biennale d’architecture
de Venise. |
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Gregory Buchakjian is
member of the advisory committee
of the Saradar Collection and took
part in many juries including
Sursock Museum Salon d’Automne
(2009), Villa Empain’s Boghossian
Prize (2012), Beirut Art Center’s
Exposure (2013) and Beirut Art
Residency (2017). |
Membre
du comité consultatif de la
Collection Saradar, il a pris part
à de nombreux jurys académiques et
artistiques, dont le Salon
d’Automne du musée Sursock (2009),
le Prix Boghossian (2012),
Exposure (Beirut Art Center, 2013)
et Beirut Art Residency (2017).
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| 2018 (09) |
Acting Director of the
School of Visual Arts at Académie
Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) |
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| 2018 (05) |
[exhibition] The Place
that Remains, Pavilion
of Lebanon, La Biennale di
Venezia, 16. Mostra
Internazionale di
Architettura, Arsenale,
Venice, IT
[view project]
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| 2018 (05) |
[talk] "Architecture, an
entire practice", with Rudy
Ricciotti and Bernard Khoury,
Résidence des Pins, Beirut, LB |
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| 2017 (11) |
[publication] Fouad
Elkoury. Passing Time.
Kaph Books, Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2017 (11) |
[publication] Abdel-Hamid
Baalbaki, Saleh Barakat
Gallery and Alarm editions,
Beirut, LB [view project]
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| 2017 (10) |
[publication]
The lives and deaths of
inhabitants in abandoned houses,
2017
[view project] |
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| 2017 (10) |
[talk] "2007: The
Pavilion of Lebanon", Venice
Biennale and the Arab World
conference, Ca' Foscari, Venice,
IT [view website] |
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| 2017 (05) |
[publication] "Les
petits lits blancs" in Revue Le
courage nº3: Age d'or / Age
de fer. Éditions Grasset
& Fasquelle, Paris, FR
[view project] |
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| 2017 (03) |
[talk] ARP Talk:
Memories of Stones, conversation
with Said Baalbaki. in partnership
with ARP–ALBA-University of
Balamand, Sursock Museum, Beirut,
LB [view website] |
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| 2016 (11) |
[talk] "Refugee Crisis
in the Levant", panel in Design,
Culture and Societies, ARD 11,
Ateliers de la Recherche en
Design, at Académie Libanaise des
Beaux-Arts (ALBA), Beirut, LB [view website] |
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| 2016 (06) |
[PhD defence] "Abandoned
Dwellings in Beirut. Wars and
Transformation of the Urban Space.
1860-2015", Institut National
d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris, FR [view website] |
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| 2016 (06) |
[publication] Confined
Space by Laura J. Padgett,
text by Gregory Buchakjian.
Published by Galerie Rautenstrauch
and Anke Ehle-Barthel, Frankfurt,
DE [view project] |
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| 2016 (05) |
[talk] Discussion with
Ali Cherri following the
projection of his films The
Disquiet and The Digger, Sursock
Museum, Beirut, LB [view website] |
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| 2016 (04) |
[talk] Discussion
moderator with Antoine
Moreau, Michel
Lasserre and Paola Yacoub,
International Conference: L’action
d’art (The Action of Art), Sursock
Museum, Beirut, LB [view brochure] |
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| 2016 (01) |
[talk] "Excavating
ghosts from one's artwork", in Art
and Ideology, Seminar at the
Centre André Chastel / Institut
National d'Histoire de l'Art,
Paris, FR [view brochure] |
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| 2015 (11) |
[publication] Wadi Abou Jmil.
Artist Book by Saïd Baalbaki,
text by Gregory Buchakjian,
Berlin, DE [view
project] |
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| 2015 (10) |
[publication] Beirut by Night.
A Century of Nightlife
Photography, Middle East Journal
of Culture and Communication,
BRILL, Leiden, NL [view
project] |
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| 2015 (10) |
[publication] Last nights at
the Holiday Inn in Litterature,
art and contemporary world:
narratives, history, memory,
Colloquium papers, edited by
Nayla Tamraz, Presses de
l'Université Saint-Joseph,
Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2015 (10) |
[talk] "Lebanon at
war[s] in Contemporary Artistic
Practices" with Marwan Rechmaoui,
Mounira Solh, Fares Chalabi,
Hachem Adnan, Lamia Abi Azar and
Ghassan Maasri. Colloquium
organized by Ifpo, Mansion,
Beirut, LB [view website] |
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| 2014 (12) |
[seminar] Unintentional
Monuments of the Lebanese War,
Inalco - Institut National des
Langues et Civilisations
Orientales, Paris, FR |
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| 2014 (11) |
[publication] Michelangelo
Pistoletto in Beirut,
Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut,
LB [view
project] |
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| 2014 (09) |
[publication] Michel
Basbous, Beirut
Exhibition Center, Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2014 (08) |
[talk] "Modernity out of
the Center", Temporary Art
Platform, Miziara, LB [view website] |
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| 2014 (06) |
[talk] "Art Practices
Beyond the Contextual Narrative in
the Middle East: Forms, Poetic
Images and Other Aesthetics" with
Umer Butt, Pascal Hachem, Basim
Magdy and Amanda Abi Khalil
(moderator), Art Basel, Basel, CH
[view website]
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| 2014 (05) |
[talk] "Last nights at
the Holiday Inn", in Literature,
art and the contemporary world:
narratives, history, memory
colloquium, Université
Saint-Joseph (USJ), Beirut, LB
[view brochure] |
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| 2014 (04) |
[talk] "Aref Rayess and
the 1960s-1970s Beirut Art Scene",
round table with Catherine David,
Amal Traboulsi and Joseph Tarrab,
Artistic Research Practices (ARP)
at Académie Libanaise des
Beaux-Arts (ALBA), Beirut, LB
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| 2014 (03) |
[consultancy] Michel
Basbous: A Modernist Project
for Lebanon, collaboration
with Agial Art Gallery, Art Dubai
Modern 2014, Madinat Jumeirah,
Dubai, AE |
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| 2014 (03) |
[consultancy] Huguette
Caland: Bringing Life into
Shapes, collaboration with
Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Art Dubai
Modern 2014, Madinat Jumeirah,
Dubai, AE [view brochure]
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| 2014 (01) |
[talk] "The Artist in
the Arab World: Between Political
Crisis and Petrodollars", in The
artist's identity in
European and International History,
Seminar at the Centre André
Chastel / Institut National
d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris, FR [view website]
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| 2013 (12) |
[installation] Abandoned
Dwellings from Beirut to Namibia,
produced by Valerie Cachard,
Kolmanskop, NA [view
project] |
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| 2013 (11) |
[consultancy] Member of
the jury of Exposure 2013
exhibition dedicated to emerging
artists in and from Lebanon,
Beirut Art Center, Beirut, LB [ view website]
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2013 (09)
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[consultancy] Pascal
Hachem, You Always Want What the
Other Has (Edition 2013),
Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, IT
[view
website]
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| 2013 (04) |
[installation] Leningrad,
Pellicula exhibition, Galerie
Janine Rubeiz, Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2013 (04) |
[talk] "Ethics and
photography", Olayan School of
Business, American University of
Beirut, LB
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| 2013 (03) |
[publication] Hanibal
Srouji. Painting fire, water,
earth and air [view
project] |
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| 2012 (10) |
[publication] Art from
Lebanon, Modern and
Contemporary Artists, volume
1: 1880-1975,
launching, Beirut Exhibition
Center, Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2012 (05) |
[consultancy] Member of
the jury of the Boghossian
Foundation Prize for Young
Lebanese Artists 2012, Villa
Empain, Brussels, BE [view website]
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| 2012 (05) |
[publication]
War
and Other (Impossible)
Possibilities,
launching, Papercup Store, Beirut,
LB [view
project] |
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| 2012 (04) |
[consultancy] Member of
the Advisory board of the Saradar
Collection, Beirut, LB
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| 2012 (03) |
[publication]
Art
is the Answer, Villa
Empain, Brussels, BE [view
project]
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| 2012 (01) |
[photo
projection] The
Dress at Platform,
Pictures of the Year event,
National Museum of Singapore,
SG |
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2011
(09)
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[photo
exhibition] Nighthawks
at Metropolis, City Life in the
Urban Age, Noorderlicht
Photofestival, Groniningen, NL [view
website] |
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| 2011 (03) |
[talk] Lebanese
Contemporary Art and its Market,
roundtable, Beirut Art Fair, Biel,
Beirut, LB |
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| 2011 (05) |
[consultancy]
Museum of Vine and Wine official
launching press conference,
Bristol Hotel, Beirut, LB
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2011
(03)
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[photo
exhibition] Beach
Life at Q Calling the
Shots, vol. II, Narrative
Photography, Q Contemporary,
Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2010 (12) |
[photo
exhibition] Black
Glam at Salon d'Automne,
Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut,
LB |
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| 2010 (11) |
[photo
exhibition] Bejart/Baalbeck
at Q Calling the Shots,
vol. I, Architectural Photography,
Q Contemporary, Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2010 (06) |
[publication
+ exhibition] De
Lumière et de Sang, Fondation
Audi, Beirut, LB, catalogue Alarm
Editions [view
project] |
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| 2010 (04) |
[publication]
Esteban
Lisa, Fundación
Esteban Lisa, Buenos Aires, AR
and Fundación Antonio Pérez,
Disputación de Cuenca, ES
[view project] |
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| 2010 (02) |
[publication]
Convergence. New Art from
Lebanon, Katzen Arts
Center, Washington D.C., US [view
project] |
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| 2009 (07) |
[photo
exhibition] Under(the)line,
Araman Factory, Bourj
Hammoud, LB [view
project] |
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| 2008 (08) |
[publication]
Pièces
Choisies, collection Bank
Audi, Beirut, LB
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| 2008 (06) |
[performance] Le
franc tireur, l'architecte, le
consul et l'arménien, IESAV,
Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut,
LB [view
project] |
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| 2008 (05) |
[photo
exhibition] Nighthawks,
Comme des Garçons Guerilla Store,
Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2008 (01) |
[publication
+ installation] Pending
Piece, Académie Libanaise
des Beaux-Arts, Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2006 (09) |
[film] What,
Shoes, Festival de Genève
La Bâtie, Geneva, CH; Beirut D.C.,
Beirut, LB; Nafas Beirut, Espace
SD, Beirut LB; Dubai International
Film Festival, Dubai, UAE; Sydney
Arab Film Festival, Sydney, AU;
Shorts and Shwarma, Institut
Français, London, UK
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| 2006 (05) |
[publication]
Halte,
ed. Labor et Fides, Geneva,
CH |
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| 2003 (08) |
[installation]
Points
d'eau, Salima, LB, with
Atelier de Recherche ALBA in
partnership with Patrimoine Sans
Frontières and Institut Français
d'Architecture |
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| 2002 (11) |
[publication]
Pas
de Place, with Atelier de
Recherche ALBA, Beirut, LB
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| 2001 (09) |
[installation]
Dialogue
des Cultures dans un jardin de
sourds, Centre Culturel
Français, Beirut, LB, with Atelier
de Recherche ALBA [view
project] |
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| 2001 (07) |
[publication
+ installation] Lieux:
1 Acte / 2 Pièces,
Fraykeh Silk Factory, LB, with
Atelier de Recherche ALBA and
Fraykeh Festival 2001 [view
project] |
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| 2001 (02) |
[installation]
1
Acte / 2 Pièces, Théâtre
de Beyrouth, Beirut, LB, with
Atelier de Recherche ALBA and
Shams |
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| 2000 (05) |
[installation]
Machines
Célibataires, Beirut
Hall, Beirut, LB, with
Atelier de Recherche ALBA [view
project] |
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| 1999 (07) |
[installation]
Bien
Fonds 1237: l'architecte, le
vernaculaire et le franc tireur,
La Fabrika, Beirut, LB, with
Atelier de Recherche ALBA |
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| 1998 (07) |
[projection]
Mois
de la photographie au Liban,
various locations, LB, with
Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts
ALBA [view
project] |
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| 1997 (10) |
[performance]
Hommage
au Grand Théâtre de Beyrouth,
Grand Theatre, Beirut, LB, with
Atelier de Recherche ALBA and
Companie Théâtre Ecarlate |
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| 1997 (05) |
[installation]
L'ALBA
Marque l'Espace du CCF,
Centre Culturel Français, Beirut,
LB,with Académie Libanaise des
Beaux-Arts ALBA [view
project] |
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| 1997 (04) |
[publication]
Les
maîtres du temps, for
L'Agenda Culturel [view
project] |
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| 1996 (04) |
Launching
of Baron & Baron,
www.baronbaron.com [view
project] |
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| 1995 (11) |
[publication]
Le
musée à l'école: Cezanne,
for L'Agenda Culturel [view
project] |
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1995
(10)
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Starts
teaching at Académie Libanaise des
Beaux-Arts, ALBA, Beirut, LB
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| 1995 (09) |
Diplôme
d'Etudes Approfondies (D.E.A.) in
Art History, Université Paris IV,
Sorbonne, Paris, FR
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| 1993 (06) |
Maitrise
in Art History, Université Paris
IV, Sorbonne, Paris, FR
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| 1987 (08) |
[performance]
This is a slide of my House,
Legacy International Youth
Program, Bedford, VA, US [view
project] |
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| 1971 (07) |
Birth in
Beirut, LB
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