Lamia Joreige

Lamia Joreige (born 1972 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese visual artist and filmmaker. She received a BFA (Painting, Filmmaking) from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1995.[1] Since the late 1990s, her works have been widely displayed. She is a co founder and co director (with Sandra Dagher) of the Beirut Art Center. In 2011, Sandra Dagher and Lamia Joreige organized “Museum as Hub: Beirut Art Center” at New York City's New Museum.[2]

Work

Lamia Joreige works with various media including painting, writing, photography, video and installation. She explores the archive and other subjects related to memory.[3]

Objects of War, a series of testimonials on the Lebanese War [4] was acquired by the Tate Modern in 2011, being the first major piece of a Lebanese artist on display in this museum’s permanent collections. Her video Beirut, Autopsy of a City is part of Story Board, a digital hub produced by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[5]

Publications

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

References

  1. "Galerie Tanit. The Artists". Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  2. "Museum as Hub: Beirut Art Center: Due to unforeseen events...". New Museum. 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  3. "Serpentine Gallery. Lamia Joreige". Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  4. "Objects of War". Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  5. "LAMIA JOREIGE DESCRIBES LIFE IN BEIRUT, LEBANON". San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  6. "Records for uncertain Times by Lamia Joreige Art Exhibition". Lebtivity. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  7. "On the Edgware Road". Serpentine Gallery. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  8. "Participating Artists". Sharjah Art Foundation. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  9. "Art Now in Lebanon. Curated by Andree Sfeir Semler". Darat Al Funun. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  10. "Pavilion of Lebanon: Artists". Pavilion of Lebanon. 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  11. "Out of Beirut". ern Art Oxford. 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

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