Ara Azad

Ara Azad (Barsoumian)

* 1962 (Beirut, Lebanon) - Lives and works between Boston, USA and Beirut, Lebanon

Education

Two Degrees from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University, (BFA) Massachusetts, USA, and The Institute for Global Leadership (EPIIC95)

Career

1996-1998 USA appointed as representative of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA, to identify exceptional art talents in the world for scholarships.

1999-2001 USA Beverly College of Art and Design in Massachusetts, USA, educating exceptionally talented young artist Lebanon at the request of Lebanese cultural and international NGOs establishment of fine art atelier and muster class curriculum in Lebanon, leading to the setup of the first of its kind art workshop in the young wing in the infamous Roumieh prison Beirut, Lebanon

2002-2010 Lecturer at Lebanese University in Rawshe, the Academy Lebanese des Beaux-Arts in Beirut and St. Esprit University in Kaslik

2013+2015 Curator of Embrace Art Exhibitions Beirut, Lebanon

Solo Exhibitions

2000 Zicco House, Beirut Lebanon
2006 Communication Zone, Kuwait
2006 in-situ Performance downtown Beirut, Lebanon
2016 Artlery 160, Boston, USA

Group Exhibitions

1999 Sommerville Museum, Massachusetts, USA
2002 Tacheles, Artists in Residence, Berlin, Germany,
2003-2005 Biennale, Florence, Italy
Noah’s Ark Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Armenian Museum of America, Boston, USA
2005 Art Lounge, Beirut, Lebanon
Man Museum, Liverpool, England
2006 Doha, Qatar
AYC Theater, Toronto, Canada,
Ehdeniyat Festival, Ehden, Lebanon
UNESCO Palace, Beirut, Lebanon
Kleo Project Art Gallery, New York, USA
2010 Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut, Lebanon
2011 Exhibition Center Beirut, Lebanon
Art Monaco
Athr Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2012 Mapping Souls, Paris, France
2018 Sodeco, Beirut, Lebanon
2019 Galerie Janine Rubeiz Beirut, Lebanon
2020 Galerie Janine Rubeiz Beirut, Lebanon
Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum Doha, Qatar
2021 Galerie Janine Rubeiz Beirut, Lebanon
Lynn Art Center, Massachusetts, USA

Awards

2006 Biennale-Liverpool, ‘mailed paintings’, followed by series of exhibitions as performances and installations in Lebanon and worldwide.