Rayyane Tabet (born 1983) is a Lebanese visual artist, he is known for his sculpture. He has lived and worked in both

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and

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Early life and education

Rayyane Tabet was born in 1983 in

Ashqout Ashqout ( ar, عشقوت; also spelled ''Ashkout'', ''Achqout'', ''`Ashqut'') is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 31 kilometers north of Beirut. Ashqout's average elevation ...

, Lebanon. He has training as an artist and as an architect, and has a

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degree (2008) from

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, and a MFA degree (2012) from the

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Art career

Much of Tabet's work is based on research and mostly about

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history, informed by architecture. The ''Five Distant Memories'' series was work from 2006 until 2016, about the transformation of Tabet's early childhood memories in relationship to objects, and situations. His first solo exhibition in Italy was ''La Mano De Dios'' (2016) at the Marino Marini Museum, which included work from his ''Five Distant Memories'' series. In 2019, the exhibition ''Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property'' opened at the

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and displayed the museum's

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reliefs and Tabet's graphite transfers, ''Orthostates'', in tandem with his family heirlooms. The exhibition explores the task of locating and tracing provenance, particularly through reference to the Alien Property Act and the objects purchased at auction by the museum after they had been seized by the

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. It conveys the fragmentation and division as Tell Halaf sat at the center of political governance and conflict. It also addresses the role of an encyclopedic museum in conversation and collaboration with the past, and its voices. Tabet was selected to participate in the

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titled "Quiet as It's Kept" curated by

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and David Breslin. Tabet has been awarded the Emerging Artist Award of the

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(2011); the Jury Prize of the

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(2012); and the Abraaj Group Art Prize (2013). His work can be found in public museum collections including at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tabet, Rayyane Living people 1983 births Lebanese artists Lebanese contemporary artists Artists from Beirut People from Keserwan District Cooper Union alumni University of California, San Diego alumni

Early life and education

Art career

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