Ziad Antar

Ziad Antar (b. 1978 in Saida, Lebanon) currently lives and works in Beirut. His practice engages with theoretical discourses concerning the material complexity of the photographic medium beyond its traditional documentary nature. Often ironic and straightforward, his work critically examines the unpredictability and ephemerality of the image creation process, stemming from a familiar relationship with places, cultures, historical legacies, and collective memory. In 2001, following his participation in a workshop with Lebanese filmmakers Mahmoud Hojeij and Akram Zaatari, he decided to pursue his art education at the École Supérieure d’Études Cinématographiques in Paris. In 2003, he was granted a residency at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and received a post-diploma from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 2004.

Recent solo exhibitions and group exhibitions include Gratin, New York (2024); Gratin, Los Angeles (2024); Palazzo Barberini, Rome (2024); Aishti Foundation, Beirut (2022); The Alexander S. Onassis Foundation, Athens (2020); Almine Rech Gallery, London (2017); MAXXI – National Museum of 21st century Art, Rome, (2017); Selma Feriani Gallery, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia (2017); Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut, (2016); New Museum, New York (2014); Musee Nicephore Niepce, Chalon-sur-Saone, France (2014); La Criee centre d’art contemporain, Rennes, France (2013); Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE (2012); New Museum, New York (2009).

Notable collections such as Centre Georges Pompidou, France; FRAC Auvergne, France; FRAC Alsace Permanent Collection, France; FNAC (Fonds National d’Art Contemporain), France; Nadour Collection, Germany; Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Switzerland; Dalloul Art Foundation (DAF), Lebanon; The British Museum, United Kingdom; Fondation Louis Vuitton, France; Aishti Foundation, Lebanon.