Lamia Ziadé (born in
Beirut
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,
Lebanon
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, 1968) is a Lebanese illustrator and visual artist. She grew up in Lebanon then moved to Paris and studied graphic arts at the Atelier Met de Penninghen. She lives and works in Paris.
Life and work
Lamia Ziadé began her career as a fabric designer for luxury brands, including
Jean-Paul Gaultier and
Issey Miyake. She developed her illustration practice through the publication of books, including children’s books and adult books with sometimes erotic content.
In parallel to her drawings and illustrations, Ziadé began, in 2003, to work on larger scale artworks on erotic and humorous themes, with an esthetic inspired by
Pop Art. These mixed media canvases imply a multiplicity of techniques (such as collage and embroidery) and the accumulation of heterogeneous artifacts such as minibar whisky bottles and
Air France
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headrests. In 2008, she exhibited a project entitled ''Hotel’s War''. This installation of wool and fabric childlike models of buildings makes reference to the
Battle of the Hotels that took place in the heart of Beirut city in 1975–1976 years.
Trauma and memories from these events, and from the
Lebanese Civil War
The Lebanese Civil War ( ar, الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية, translit=Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 120,000 fatalities a ...
in general pushed Lamia Ziadé to publish ''Bye Bye Babylon'', an autobiographical illustrated novel in which she evokes her personal perception of the transformations that shook her country.
Publications
*Strip tease (Rouergue, 1998)
*Souliax (with Olivier Douzou, Rouergue, 1999)
*Utilisation maximum de la douceur (with Vincent Ravalec;
Seuil
Seuil () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Ardennes department
The following is a list of the 449 communes of the Ardennes department of France.
The communes cooperate ...
, 2001
*Dix doigts pour une voix (with Patricia Huet; Seuil, 2002)
*Bye Bye Babylon. Beirut 1975–1979 (
Jonathan Cape
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Cape and his business partner Wren Howard set up the publishing house in 1921. They established a reputation ...
, 2011)
*Ô nuit, ô mes yeux: Le Caire / Beyrouth / Damas / Jérusalem (P.O.L., 2015)
*Lettres à mon fils, with
Fouad Elkoury
Fouad Elkoury ( ar, فؤاد الخوري; born 1952) is a Lebanese photographer and filmmaker. He is known for his photographs of war in Lebanon.
Life and work
ElKoury was born in Paris, the son of Lebanese architect Pierre el-Khoury. He studi ...
(
Actes Sud, 2016)
*Ma très grande mélancolie arabe (P.O.L., 2017)
Selected exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
*Lola Cartable, Galerie de l’Entretemps, Paris, 1996
*Je veux que personne ne le sache, Galerie KamelMennour, Paris, 2003
*I’m so glad you found me, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, 2006
*Hotels' War, Galerie Tanit, Munich, 2008
*Time for a Kent, Galerie Benjamin Trigano, Los Angeles, 2008
*Chamade Paris, Galerie Alfa, Paris, 2009
*Smoke, Espace Kettaneh Kunigk, Beirut, 2009
Group exhibitions
*Girls, girls, girls, CAN, Neuchâtel, 2004
*Sexy Souks, Point Ephémère, Paris, 2007
*Phase Zéro, Galerie Serge Aboukrat, Paris, 2009
*Blitz, Galerie ALFA, Paris, 2010
*Tracés de voyages, If Galerie, Paris, 2010
*All About Beirut, White Box, Munich, 2010
*Rebirth, Lebanon 21st Century Contemporary Art, Beirut Exhibition Art Center, Beirut, 2011
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*Subtitled: With Narratives from Lebanon, Royal College of Art, London, 2011
References
External links
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Lebanese women artists
Artists from Beirut
Lebanese women illustrators
Lebanese contemporary artists
French artists
1968 births
Living people