Category: Architecture
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Abeer Aref is a Yemeni Visual artist and Architect who uses photography to capture the beauty of everyday moments. In 2020, she had her first photography showcase called “JAMAAD”. Her artistic practice delves into personal experiences and reflects on broader themes of connection and distance. Abeer work has been shown in many exhibitions in the…
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Dalia Ali is a Jordan-based Palestinian visual artist. She received a Bachelor of Science in Art and Design and a Master of Architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT in Boston, USA. Her passion for art started at an early stage and her years in Boston exposed her to the work of many international artists.…
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A twenty something architecture graduate from Algiers whopicked up her father’s compact camera at the age of 17 with ascattered yet curious gaze. Slowly, what started as an absent-minded and inattentive practice turned into a tool for me to make sense of my surroundings. Growing up in a dense urban area, the details that make…
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Mais al Azab is a Jordanian architect and artist. Her ink inscriptions art represents an exploration of the surface space in a manner that veers between constrains of idealized geometrical orders and the beauty of imperfection as it emerges from the handwriting process. She holds a Bachelor degree in Architecture with first-class honors from…
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Born in 1992 in Bizerte, Asma Ben Aissa lives and works in Tunis. In her work, Asma is fundamentally interested in the landscape as an aesthetic concept, where experimentation serves her art. Her work explores themes of habitat, transmission, architecture, interior and exterior spaces, social transformations, and local heritage, echoing the relationship between environmental construction…
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Maral Der Boghossian is Lebanese artist, born in 1976 in Paris from Armenian origin. She lives and works in Beirut and comes from a family of artists: her late mother Gulen (1951-2022) is sculptor, her late maternal uncle Haroutioun Torossian (1933-2022) is a painter and her father, a landscape painter. Their support had shaped her…
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Olfa Feki is an architect, curator and artistic director/founder of #Kerkennah visual art festival. She has contributed to the establishment of the new generation of photojournalists of the North African shores following the Arab spring. After founding the first visual art center in Tunisia, she decided to move out to extend her experience. From project…
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Leila Bakouche, born in Algiers in 1992, is a multidisciplinary artist with a deep passion for cities, architecture, and the intricate details that define spaces and identities. Growing up near the Mediterranean, she was influenced by the Ottoman and Haussmannian architectural styles. Her love for cities was cultivated throughout her life, leading her to specialize…
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Azza Ezzat (B. 1980) is a Cairo based visual artist, with a background in architecture. She is interested in urban observations and detecting human traces in the built environment. Between the planning of the formal city and the reactions of informal communities, Ezzat searches for hidden cities that are built by impressions, memories and ever…
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(1950 – 2019) Zaha Hadid’s pioneering vision redefined architecture for the 21st century and captured imaginations across the globe. Each of her projects transformed notions of what can be achieved in concrete, steel, and glass; combining her unwavering optimism for the future and belief in the power of invention with advanced design, material and construction…
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Lara Baladi is an Egyptian-Lebanese artist, archivist and educator recognized internationally for her multidisciplinary works. Her artistic practice spans from photography, video, sculpture to architecture and multi-media installations. Informed by critical investigations into historical archives and the study of popular visual culture, Baladi’s work questions the theoretical divide between myth, memory, socio-political narratives and the…
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Ala Younis is an artist, trained as an architect in Amman. Research forms a big part of her practice, as do curating, collaboration, film and book projects. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including solo shows at Darat al Funun (2009) and Delfina Foundation (2010 and 2018), MMAG Foundation in Amman (2017), Centro…
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Aseel AlYaqoub is an artist, researcher and writer based in Kuwait. Her artistic practice revolves around the intricate interplay of geographic identities, collective memories, and socio-political hierarchies. She draws from an ever-expanding repertoire of references to meticulously investigate the diverse perspectives on identity, culture and nation that arise from forgotten narratives, colonial documents and alternative…
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A multidisciplinary Lebanese‐Armenian architect and visual artist, currently based in the vibrant city of London. Her artistic journey is a fusion of two diverse worlds, combining the precision of architecture with the freedom of visual art. Her canvas is a unique space where bold, radiant colors come together to capture the vibrancy that resides within…
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Danièle Chikhani (born in Beirut, Lebanon) is an Architect by training, she worked in this field in Lebanon and in Paris, where she lived from 1985 to 2006. She returned from France to her native Lebanon in 2006, and now lives in Beirut. Daniele began to use photography in 1978, in parallel with her studies…