Lamia Ziadé (born in

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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

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. 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

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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

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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;

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, 2001 *Dix doigts pour une voix (with Patricia Huet; Seuil, 2002) *Bye Bye Babylon. Beirut 1975–1979 (

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, 2011) *Ô nuit, ô mes yeux: Le Caire / Beyrouth / Damas / Jérusalem (P.O.L., 2015) *Lettres à mon fils, with Fouad Elkoury (

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, 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 *Subtitled: With Narratives from Lebanon, Royal College of Art, London, 2011

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziade, Lamia Lebanese women artists Artists from Beirut Lebanese women illustrators Lebanese illustrators Lebanese contemporary artists Lebanese children's writers Lebanese women children's writers Lebanese children's book illustrators Lebanese women children's book illustrators French artists 1968 births Living people