Lamia Ziadé
Lamia Ziadé (Born in Beirut, Lebanon, 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.[1] 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.[2] She developed her illustration practice through the publication of books, including children’s books and adult books with sometimes erotic content.[3]
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.[4] 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 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 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.[5]
Publications
- Ô nuit, ô mes yeux: Le Caire / Beyrouth / Damas / Jérusalem (P.O.L. éditeur, 2015)
- Bye Bye Babylon. Beirut 1975-1979 (Jonathan Cape, 2011)
- Dix doigts pour une voix (Patricia Huet, Éditions du Seuil, 2002)
- Utilisation maximum de la douceur (with Vincent Ravalec, Éditions du Seuil, 2001
- Souliax (with Olivier Douzou, Editions du Rouergue, 1999)
- Strip tease (Editions du Rouergue, 1998)
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
- Smoke, Espace Kettaneh Kunigk, Beirut, 2009
- Chamade Paris, Galerie Alfa, Paris, 2009
- Time for a Kent, Galerie Benjamin Trigano, Los Angeles, 2008
- Hotels' War, Galerie Tanit, Munich, 2008
- I’m so glad you found me, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, 2006
- Je veux que personne ne le sache, Galerie KamelMennour, Paris, 2003
- Lola Cartable, Galerie de l’Entretemps, Paris, 1996
Group Exhibitions
- Subtitled: With Narratives from Lebanon, Royal College of Art, London, 2011
- Rebirth, Lebanon 21st Century Contemporary Art, Beirut Exhibition Art Center, Beirut, 2011
- All About Beirut, White Box, Munich, 2010
- Tracés de voyages, If Galerie, Paris, 2010
- Blitz, Galerie ALFA, Paris, 2010
- Phase Zéro, Galerie Serge Aboukrat, Paris, 2009
- Sexy Souks, Point Ephémère, Paris, 2007
- Girls, girls, girls, CAN, Neuchâtel, 2004
References
- ^ "Galerie Tanit. The Artists". Galerie Tanit. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "Author: Lamia Ziade". The Random House Group. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "LAMIA ZIADE". M+B. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "ZIADE LAMIA EXHIBITS AT BEIRUT EXHIBITION CENTER". Beirut Exhibition Center. 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ Tom Begg (13 Feb 2012). "Bye Bye Babylon by Lamia Ziadé". Sugar Street Review. Retrieved 26 February 2012.