Chaza Charafeddine
Country: 
Lebanon
Organizations: 
American University of Beirut
Professions: 
Artist
Field(s) of expertise: 
Design
Advocacy
Arab World
Arts
Authorship
Photography
Areas of Impact: 
Arts

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Chaza Charafeddine
Artist

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Community/Lebanon Impact

Chaza Charafeddine (b. 1964, Tyre) is an artist and writer. She studied "special education" at La Branche - Centre de Formation en Pédagogie Curative et Sociothérapie, Switzerland and "Eurhythmy Dance" at Eurythmie Schule Hamburg in Germany. Having explored the fields of education and dance for a period of 15 years, she turned to photography and writing. Her photographic work has been shown in numerous galleries and cultural spaces in Lebanon and abroad. She has written a novella, Flashback, and a collection of short stories, Haqibatun Bilkade Tura, both published by Dar Al-Saqi in Beirut in 2012 and 2015, respectively. In 2007, she returned to Beirut where she now lives and works.

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Education

Education: 
  • 1983 - 1986: Diploma in curative education from ‘La Branche, Centre de formation en pédagogie curative et sociothérapie’, Savigny and Épalinges, Switzerland.
  • 1987 - 1991: Diploma in Eurythmy Dance from the ‘Eurythmie Schule Hamburg’, Germany.
  • 1992 - 1994: Dance therapist at ‘La Branche Institute’, Savigny, Switzerland.
  • 1996 - 1997: Dance therapist at ‘Fista’, and Marie Rose Boulos Center, Beirut, Lebanon.

Work history

Previous Professions: 
  • 1999 - 2001: Taught body movement at the drama department of the ‘Holy Spirit University Kaslik’ (USEK), Kaslik, Lebanon.
  • 2000: Summer Academy with the performance artist ‘Angie Hiesl’ (Cologne), Felix Meritis program at the Amsterdam/Maastricht University, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • 2002 - 2003: Exhibition coordinator at the House of World Cultures (HKW), for the DisORIENTation project, Berlin, Germany.
  • 2005: Project coordinator for Home Works III, a project by the Lebanese Association for Plastic Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon.
  • 2006 - 2008: Project coordinator at the Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon.
  • 2017: Artist in Residence at the Center for Arts and Humanities | American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

Major Achievements

Productions and works: 
  • 2014: The Unease Of Michel Samaha: An Intervention In A Court Case, with Roger Outa.
  • 2000: Angels, Men and Chickens, a street performance in Hamra Street, Beirut.
  • 1999: Alef Noun Alef, Eurythmy-Theater at the ‘Festival International de Danse Contemporaine CASA’ 99’, Casablanca, and at the ‘Théâtre de Beyrouth’, Beirut.
  • 1997: Hommage à Heinrich Heine, at the Goethe Institute, Beirut.
Publications (Books, Articles, Reports, etc.): 
  • 2021: Beirut für wilde Mädchen, (novella, German) Edition Converso, Germany.
  • 2015: Divine Comedy, Plan Bey, Beirut.
  • 2015: Haqibatun Bilkade Tura, حقيبة بالكاد تُرى (short-story collection), Dar Al-Saqi, Beirut.
  • 2012: Flashback, فلاش باك (Novella), Dar Al-Saqi, Beirut.
  • 2002: Editor of Bi- Rout, a catalogue for the exhibition: Bi- Rout, Contemporary Art from Beirut.
Exhibitions, lectures & performances: 
  • 2022-2023: Habibi, les révolutions de l'amour, Institut du monde Arabe, Paris.
  • 2022: Distant Divides, Halle 14, Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig.
  • 2021: Letter To The Father, Mina Image Centre, Beirut. The exhibition is a collaboration between MIC and Saleh Barakat Gallery, Beirut (solo).
  • 2020: Where Have All the Jasmines Gone, ARTLABBERLIN, Berlin.
  • 2019: Phot'Aix, Festival Regards Croisés, Aix en Provence.
  • 2019: (Nothing) But Flowers, Saleh Barakat Gallery, Beirut.
  • 2019: Out Of Context, Saleh Barakat Gallery, Beirut.
  • 2019: Imagining Utopia - Performing Gender - Identities and Performativity, Berlin.
  • 2018: Maidames, Agial Art Gallery, Beirut (solo).
  • 2018: Face Value: Portraiture | Saleh Barakat Gallery, Beirut.
  • 2016: Jardin d’orient, Institution du Monde Arabe, IMA, Paris.
  • 2016: Aurubba 2200, Imago Mundi.
  • 2013: Fot’Aix, 2013, Regards Croisés, Fontaine Obscure, Aix En Provence.
  • 2012: Art is the Answer!, Villa Empain, Brussels.
  • 2011: Divine Comedy, Högkvarteret Gallery, Stockholm (solo).
  • 2011: Contemporary Istanbul, Etemad Gallery | Dubai, Istanbul.
  • 2012: The Unbearable Lightness Of Witnessing, Studies For A Self-Portrait, Agial Art Gallery, Beirut (solo).
  • 2011: Narrative photography, QContemporary, Beirut.
  • 2011: Concerning Angels, Janet Rady Fine Art, London.
  • 2010: Connecting Heavens, Green Art Gallery, Dubai.
  • 2010: FIAC, Paris.
  • 2010: Divine Comedy, Agial Art Gallery, Beirut (solo).