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 in Switzerland, and Eurythmy Dance at Eurythmie Schule Hamburg in Germany. After spending 15 years exploring the fields of education and dance, she turned to photography and writing. Her photographic work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and cultural spaces in Lebanon and abroad. She is the author of 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 continues to live and work.

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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).