Burj El Hawa, Beirut 2018 - Photo by George AzarEnvironmental sensitivity, politics, architecture, and heritage come together in pursuit of healing in El Khoury’s artistic practice. The medium and techniques are constantly metamorphosing in response to the serendipities and contexts the artist encounters. With a sense of urgency and site-specificity, his projects vary from static visual installations to socially engaged practices.
Jad El Khoury’s work has been shown internationally. He was awarded the Arte Laguna Prize for Urban Art and Land Art in 2019. El Khoury is currently starting a residency at Rådhuset i Oslo where he will be until 2025.
Currently based in Oslo, Norway. He graduated with a masters degree in Interior Architecture from the Lebanese University in 2016 and a masters degree in Art and Public Space from Oslo National Academy of the Arts in 2022.
Jad El Khoury first started working with war traces found on buildings of Lebanon in 2016. “Being from the first post civil-war generation, transforming accidental monuments of bitterness in the city into choreographed installations dancing with the wind, was a necessity”; a poetic method of rebelling against religious sectarianism. “Burj El Hawa” (Tower of the Wind, 2018) was the highlight of Jad’s work on war traces, which he produced before moving to Oslo in 2020.
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Personal details:
Titles: Architect and Artist - Date of birth: 29/09/1988 - Place of birth: Baabda, Lebanon - Nationality: Lebanese
Contact info: Mobile: 0047 98810989 - Email: jadelkhoury@hotmail.com - Website: jadelkhouryart.com - Instagram: @jadelkhoury.art
Languages: Fluent in spoken and written English, French, Arabic.
Digital softwares: Advanced level in Autocad, Photoshop, Blender, InDesign.
Education:
2019 to 2022 - Master in art and public space from Oslo national academy of the art.
2012 to 2014 - Master in architecture from the Lebanese university of fine arts.
2009 to 2012 - Bachelor in architecture from the Lebanese university of fine arts.
Scenography experience:
-”Ruth Reese” performed at Nordic Black Theater and Oslo Opera House - Oslo, Norway 2022
-”Hope Road 56 revisited” performed at Nordic Black Theater and Oslo Opera House - Oslo, Norway 2024
Awards and art residencies:
-Nordic artist’s center Dale art residency - Dale, Norway 2024
-Åfjord art residency - Åfjord, Norway 2023
-Work grant from BKV - Norway 2023
-Rådhuset I Oslo, Atelier at Oslo city hall for 2022 to 2025
-Kulturrådet Kunstnerstipen - Oslo, Norway 2022
-BKH Kunststudentstipend x2 - Oslo, Norway 2021 and 2022
-Mildreds lane art residency - New York, USA 2022
-Prakisis art residency - Oslo, Norway 2021-
Cité des arts residency - Paris, France 2020
-Nuart Festival art residency - Stavanger, Norway 2019
-Farm cultural park art residency - Sicily, Italy 2019
-Arte Laguna Venice - Main prize for Urban art and land art - Venice, Italy 2019
-Fallani serigrafia art residency - Venice, Italy 2017
Previous installations:
-”Healing Blanket” - Gallery F15 - Moss, Norway 2022
-”Care Portal” - STRAAT street art museum - Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2021
-”Winking House” - Nitja art center - Lillestrøm, Norway 2021
-”Halle aux vents” - Halle aux sucres art center - Dunkirk, France 2019-”13th of April” - Beirut national museum - Beirut, lebanon 2019
-”Beirut pavilion” - Farm Cultural Park - Sicily, Italy 2019
-”Beirut” - Nuart street art festival - Stavanger, Norway 2019
-”Burj el Hawa” - Independent project on Murr tower - Beirut, Lebanon 2018
-”War piece” - Independent project - Beirut, Lebanon
Solo exhibitions:
-”Soft shields” - Gallery Tanit - Beirut, Lebanon 2023
-”Curtain show” - Nordic black theater - Oslo, Norway 2022
-”Burj El Hawa” - Platform 39 gallery - Beirut, Lebanon 2018
-”Connection” - French institute gallery - Beirut, Lebanon 2018
-”Road to Black” - CAP contemporary art platform - Kuwait city, Kuwait 2017
-”War piece” - Al Bustan - Beitmerri, Lebanon 2017
Group exhibitions:
-”Anti action figures” for “Everything could go” at Mildred’s Lane - New York, USA 2022
-”Winking man” for KHIO graduation exhibition and ROM architecture triennale exhibition - Oslo, Norway 2022
-”Single Woman” - FA gallery - Kuwait city, Kuwait 2016
Public talks and presentations:
-National Museum (Natinal memorial proposal) - Oslo, Norway 2024
-OsloMet - Oslo Norway 2023-Grape architects - Oslo, Norway 2020
-UTS School of architecture (Cities under surveillance project) - Sydney, Australia 2019
-TEDx LAU Lebanese American University - Beirut, Lebanon
Design works:
-Zebox offices (Mural paintings and installations) - Washington, USA 2019
-Swatch (Spring collection, limited edition watch design) - Sold worldwide 2019
-Alghanim International (Artworks for Head office) - Kuwait city, Kuwait 2019
-Solana (Spring collection, limited edition shoes design) - New York, USA 2019
-IXIR winery (Summer edition, Wine labels design) - Beirut, Lebanon 2016
Architecture Experience:
-Al Ghanim International worked on SAASCC project - Kuwait city, Kuwait - From December 2015 to June 2016.
-Hapsitus worked on The Cloud of Dubai project - Beirut, Lebanon - From September 2014 to June 2015.
-Blank Workshop worked on various interior architecture projects - From January 2012 to September 2013.