Alfred Tarazi graduated in graphic design from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 2004. He completed a residency at Krinzinger Projekte in Vienna in 2011. His diverse body of work spans...
ALFRED TARAZI, Lebanon (1980)
Bio
Alfred Tarazi graduated in graphic design from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 2004. He completed a residency at Krinzinger Projekte in Vienna in 2011. His diverse body of work spans painting, photography, drawing, digital collage, sculpture, and installation, all centered on profound explorations of the Lebanese Civil War's enduring impact.
Tarazi employs visual techniques to unearth layers of memory scattered across the present, weaving narratives that excavate historical truths from ambiguous pasts. Through playful interrogation, he challenges Lebanon's historical narratives, exposing selective archival practices and the past's dual role as both origin and endpoint. With a blend of realism, fiction, and historiography, Tarazi captures the war's spectacle, deconstructing it into fragments of lived experience. His approach serves not to reconstruct history, but to represent its complexity through anomalies and singularities.
Alfred Tarazi is a Member of Atelier Hapsitus, a multi-disciplinary group founded and led by architect Nadim Karam, and an instigator of the Feel Collective, a group of cultural activists who aim to change thinking patterns. Tarazi currently works and resides in Beirut.
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CV
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
Hymn a l'amour, The National Museum of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
A Nation's Inflation, Castello 2432 Galleria, Venice, Italy
Memory of a Paper City, Umam Center for Documentation and Research, Beirut, Lebanon
2017
Dear Madness, Janine Rubeiz Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2015
Monument to Dust, Institut Français, Beirut, Lebanon
An Empty Plot of Land , Janine Rubeiz Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
The sensless Realm, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
2012
The Oath, Umam Center for Documentation and Research, Beirut, Lebanon
The Oath, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
2011
Dial 911 For The New Middle East, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
A Moment of Truth, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria
2010
In a Sea of Oblivion & Missing, The Feel Collective in collaboration with the Feel Collective, The Dome City Center, Beirut,Lebanon
You're Young And You'll Forget, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
2009
The Quixote Project, Dar Al Funoon Gallery, Kuwait, Kuwait
2004
Fragments For A Silent Film – Installation, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Hope in an Age of Dystopia, Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation (DAF), Beirut, Lebanon
2023
30 Years of Color, Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut, Lebanon
Where to Now?, Krinzinger Shottenfeld, Vienna, Austria
2020
Hope and Despair, Nabu Art Museum, El Heri, Lebanon
2019
Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival: Sigil Collective – Birdsong, The XXII Triennale di Milano, Milano, Italy
2017
Monuments Of The Everyday (SIGIL), CCS Bard Museum Galleries, New York City, United States of America
Fruits of Sleep (SIGIL), Part of Act II program of Tamawuj - Sharjah Biennial 13, Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
Syria Into The Light: The Revolution is a Mirror, Concrete Space, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2016
Monuments of The Everyday (SIGIL), Oslo Architecture Triennale, Oslo, Norway
The 6th Marrakech Biennale: NOT NEW NOW, Marrakech, Morocco
2014
Excavating The Sky, The 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture, Venice, Italy
2013
Journeys Through our Heritage, Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut, Lebanon
2012
Beirut 2, Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait, Kuwait
Art is The Answer, Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
2011
Subtitled With Narratives From Lebanon, The Royal College Of Art, London, United Kingdom
BEIRUT, Vienna Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
REBIRTH, Beirut Exhibition Centre, Beirut, Lebanon
Shabab Uprising, Ayyam Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
In The Trenches, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
2010
Lebanese Disaspora, Notre Dame University (NDU), Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
2009
Blank to Basics, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
Manpower, Cosmic Mega Brain – The Cosmic Collective, Lisbon, Portugal
2008
The Sky Ever So Blue, Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
Spiritual Promises From Lost Prophets, Cordy House, London, United Kingdom
Publications
2020
The British Museum - Venetica Porter, Natasha Morris, Charles Tripp; Reflections: contemporary art from the Middle East and North Africa
2019
Sigil Collective, Birdsong
2016
Sigil Collective, Current Power in Syria
2013
Richard Noyce, Printmaking Off The Beaten Track
2011
Alfred Tarazi, A Moment of Truth
2007
Nadim Karam, The Cloud, the Desert and the Arabian Breeze
2006
Nadim Karam and Atelier Hapsitus, Urban Toys
Awards & Affiliations
2024
The Mentorship Award, The Prince Claus Fund & British Council, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2023
Lokman Slim Prize, Beirut, Lebanon
2016
The First MENA Art Prize, The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2010
The Second Prize - Lebanese Diaspora, Notre Dame University, Lebanon
Collections
Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation , Beirut, Lebanon
The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa), New York City, New York, United States of America
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Documents
شهداء ساحة الملعب
Alfred Tarazi
aljadeedmagazine.com, Arabic, 2016
Second Prize Winner at the “Lebanese Diaspora” International Art Exhibition, Alfred Tarazi speaks with LERC
Elie Nabhan
Notre Dame University - Louaize, English, 2010
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Press
Two years after Lokman Slim's assassination, his family renew their calls for a UN investigation
Richard Salame
www.lorientlejour.com, English, 2023
"The Hymn of Love": Showcasing the heritage of oriental craftsmanship in the Levant
Rana Karout
www.raseef22.net, English, 2022
ذاكرة مدينة من ورق لألفرد طرزي...بيروت الكاريكاتورية الهشة
www.almodon.com, Arabic, 2022
ألفريد طرزي: هدفي إخراج الفنون الحرفية من الجماد
Sylbana Abi Ramya
www.nidaalwatan.com, Arabic, 2022
"نشيد الحب" على درج المتحف الوطني
أمم للتوثيق والأبحاث» تُجهّز لـ«ذاكرة مدينة من ورق» لألفرد طرزي في هنغارها
www.janoubia.com, Arabic, 2022
Interview: Alfred Tarazi, mémoire d’une ville de papier
Nada Ghason
French, 2022
www.icibeyrouth.com
Lebanese artist Alfred Tarazi's exhibition is an anchor in a sea of uncertainty
Maghie Ghalli
www.thenationalnews.com, English, 2022
Tarazi's show at the National Museum of Beirut is dedicated to keeping his family and national heritage alivern
L’ode à l’amour d’Alfred Tarazi
Layal Ghadar
www.icibeyrouth.com, French, 2022
Zoom sur l’ "Hymne à l’amour" d’Alfred Tarazi
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www.icibeyrouth.com, French, 2022
تجهيز "نشيد الحب".. رحلة في تاريخ الفنون الحرفية
www.ultrasawt.com, Arabic, 2022
الفنان ألفريد طرزي يفتح الصندوق ليرسل مدينته الورقية على أجنحة الذاكرة المتصدعة
ميموزا العراوي
www.nabd.com, Arabic, 2022
معرض "ذاكرة مدينة من ورق".. هشاشة العلاقة بين بيروت وذاكرتها
www.ultrasawt.com, Arabic, 2022
«معارض بيروت التشكيلية تعكس الذاكرة وتشارك في «اللوفر
كلود أبو شقرا
aljarida.com, Arabic, 2017
Dear Madness d'Alfred Tarazi
agendaculturel.com, French, 2017
عزيزي ألفرد... هل هذا معرض فني؟
نيكول يونس
al-akhbar.com, Arabic, 2017
ALFRED TARAZI | ‘DEAR MADNESS…’
India Stoughton
selectionsarts.com, English, 2017
ألفريد طرزي يكتب بصريا تاريخ لبنان المعاصر
ميموزا العراوي
alarab.co.uk, Arabic, 2017
Alfred Tarazi Wins The Region's Most Prestigious Art Prize
middleeastevents.com, English, 2016
Alfred Tarazi Et Les Fragments Du Liban
Hajar Chokairi
onorient.com, French, 2016
Error inspires National Library art show, for a cause
Sana Shaban
dailystar.com.lb, English, 2016
55 فنانا لبنانيا يدعمون المكتبة الوطنية بالفن و الكلمة
raialyoum.com, Arabic, 2016
معرض تشكيلي في بيروت لصالح استعادة المكتبة الوطنية
al-arabi.com, Arabic, 2016
معرض تشكيلي ضخم بلبنان لدعم المكتبة الوطنية
aljazeera.net, Arabic, 2016
2016 Sovereign MENA Art Prize winners announced
sovereignartfoundation.com, English, 2016
Alfred Tarazi: Disruption and Transmission
Iain Akerman
arabadonline.com, English, 2016
CREATIVE COMMUNITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO BEIRUT MADINATI
bananapook.com, English, 2016
ألفريد طرزي يقدم نزيف الجليد الحارق بثلاثة ألوان بيروتية
alarab.co.uk, Arabic, 2015
What is… collage? Art Radar explains
artradarjournal.com, English, 2015
WHEN SHEZSHE MEETS ALFRED TARAZI - AN ACT OF FAITH OR THE WILL TO CREATE AN EPHEMERAL MEMORIAL IN BEIRUT...
shezshe.net, English, 2013
Portraits du Liban (4/5): Le regard du peintre Alfred Tarazi sur le Proche-Orient
T. Savatier
savatier.blog, English, 2011
Les Fragments du passe d'Alfred Tarazi
agendaculturel.com, English, 2012
Lebanon in spotlight at Singapore Art Fair
dailystar.com.lb, English, 2014
13 Lebanese artists at Singapore Art Fair
artradarjournal.com, English, 2014
LA GUERRE CIVILE LIBANAISE, SOUS L’OEIL D’ALFRED TARAZI
agendaculturel.com, French, 2015
ألفريد طرزي : تاريخ بصري لذاكرة الحرب
روي ديب
al-akhbar.com, Arabic, 2015
Art as a memorial to Civil War victims
India Stoughton
dailystar.com.lb, English, 2015
معرض الفرد طرزي : تجهيز لإعادة تاريخ لبنان
aljasraculture.com, Arabic, 2015
قطعة أرض فارغة” لألفرد طرزي… ذاكرة جماعية للحرب"
منار علي حسن
claudeabouchacra.com, Arabic, 2015
Don't be sniffy about oil-rich states, Art Dubai funds the world's most radical art
Jonathan Jones
theguardian.com, English, 2015
Exposition Alfred Tarazi à l'Institut Français du Liban
lebtivity.com, French, English, 2015
‘MONUMENT À LA POUSSIÈRE’, ALFRED TARAZI
agendaculturel.com, French, 2015
Alfred Tarazi
Ari Akkermans & Alfred Tarazi
artmap.com, English, 2015
Alfred Tarazi : The Senseless Realm Galerie Krinzinger
myartguides.com, English, 2015
How would you translate « rebirth » in lebanese art?
Florence Thireau
florencethireau.wordpress.com, English, 2012
Stigmates de la guerre, avec Alfred Tarazi
Edgar Davidian
lorientlejour.com, French, 2012
Dial 911 for the New Middle East > Alfred Tarazi, Nadim Karam at the Running Horse Art Space (Beirut)
oasis-mag.blogspot.com, English, 2011
How has a globalised cultural economy affected the production of contemporary visual culture in North Africa and the Middle East?
Juliana Khalaf
ibraaz.org, English, 2011
Second Prize Winner at the "Lebanese Diaspora" International Art Exhibition. Alfred Tarazi speaks with LERC
Elie Nahban
ndu.edu.lb/LERC, English, 2010
Dial 911 for the new Middle East: a promenade
Marie Tomb
artsbeirut.wordpress.com, English, 2011
Artists collective takes initiative for war monument in Beirut
Christine Wagner
krachtvancultuur.nl, English, 2009
Screaming heads cry out for war memorial that speaks to people
Matthew Mosley
dailystar.com.lb, English, 2009
L'art, la guerre et la memoire au Liban
Victoria Chevinesse
books.openedition.org, French, 2007
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