About
Tarek Haddad is a Lebanese photographer currently based between Beirut and Arles. His work focuses primarily on the relationship we maintain with our environments on both individual and collective scales, with a particular interest for the natural constructs which form the overlap between us humans and the natural realm. His approach to photography finds its grounds in the balance between complementary opposites; the pragmatic and the poetic, the structured and the intuitive, the logical and the emotional. His work has been exhibited in Lebanon, Switzerland, France, Spain, Belgium, and Portugal.
In 2019, he formed a duo with Laetitia Hakim. Their joint practice is based on complementarity, duality, playfulness, and materiality. Their work stems from an ongoing conversation revolving around the actuality that marks them and the spaces they interact with and inhabit. It consists of stepping back, reflecting, and then responding to the events in question.
Since 2020, He is also part of Collectif 1200, a collective of 11 Lebanese photographers joining diverse visions and perspectives of photography around relevant matters linked to the Lebanese social fabric and its landscape.
photo © Doriane Bellet
Education
Masters in Photography
Ecole Nationale Superieure de la Photographie, Arles, France
2020 - ongoing
Exchange with Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
Jan - May 2022
B.A. in Photography summa cum laude
Notre Dame University-Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
2014 - 2017
B.A. in Computer Sciences
Notre Dame University-Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
2009 - 2013
Residencies/Grants
Fondation Boghossian, Visual Arts2nd prize: Residency at Villa Empain in Brussels
[duo with Laetitia Hakim]
Nov 2022
AiR by Saradar Foundation, Lebanon
Nov 2022 - Sep 2023
Prince Claus Relief Fund
Dec 2020
Sustainable Mountain Art Residency(SMArt Programme) at Bellwald, Switzerland
April - June 2019
Arab Documentary Photography ProgramGrant (ADPP) by the Arab Funds for Arts & Culture (AFAC) in partnershipwith Prince Claus Fund and Magnum Foundation
Sep 2017 - April 2018
Workshop with artist Halida Boughriet+ group exhibition during Beirut Art Fair 2016, Lebanon
2016
Shortlisted for the Byblos BankAward, Lebanon
2015
Curatorial Projects
"in Light or Shadow ofWhat Was and Still is"
co-curated with Betty Ketchedjian & Roger Mokbel
Reitoria da Universidade do Porto, Porto
as part of Bienal‘23 Fotografia do Porto
May - July 2023
“Anatomy of a Fall”
co-curated with Ieva Saudargaitė Douaihi
Abroyan Factory, Lebanon
as part of the “In Between” festival by the British Council
November 2022
"in Light or Shadow of What Was and Still is"
co-curated with Betty Ketchedjian
Casa Arabe, Madrid, Spain
as part of PHotoESPAÑA 2022
June - September 2022
Art Fairs
Paris Photo 2023, Galerie Tanit
"a Case of Sea" in the exhibition "la mer dans tous ces états"
November 2023
Public Collections
Centre d'Art Madeleine-Lambart
Vénissieux, France
2023
Performance
Tug of War [duo with Laetitia Hakim]
Site-specific performance at Takover, Beirut
June 2023
Work featured in Publications
“How to Stop a Rock from Growing” [duowith Laetitia Hakim] in “Gallery” magazine
Lebanon, 2023
“Birdless Sky” in “Ambit Magazine: TheWar Edition” [duo with Laetitia Hakim]
Ambit Magazine x Dongola Limited Editions
UK, 2022
“Lost & Found” in the “LouisVuitton City Guide: Arles”
France, 2022
“A Stretch of Water” [duo withLaetitia Hakim] in the “Au Bord Du Monde Vivent Nos Vertiges” publicationaccompanying the eponymous group exhibition
France, 2021
“Vesica Piscis” and cover feature onAgenda Culturel, Edition 559
Lebanon, 2018
“Neoplasticity” in “Beirut Art Fair2016”
Lebanon, 2016
“Debatable Storage Syndrome” in “BeirutArt Fair 2015”
Lebanon, 2015
“DebatableStorage Syndrome” in the “Raw Talents” publication accompanying the group exhibition“Raw Talents” at Art Factum Gallery, Lebanon
Solo Exhibitions
“How to Stop a Rock from Growing”[duo with Laetitia Hakim]
Galerie Tanit, Beirut, Lebanon
March – April 2023
"The Sixth Day"
Bellwald Village Center, Switzerland
June - September 2019
"Vesica Piscis"
Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Raouche, Lebanon
July 2017
Group Exhibitions
[upcoming exhibition]
"Still Life" in "Récréation générale"
Centre d'Art Madeleine-Lambart, Vénissieux, France
Dec 2023 - March 2024
“Still Life” in “in light - or shadow - of what was and still is”(Collectif 1200) as part of the Bienal’23 Fotografia do Porto
Reitoria da Universidade do Porto
May - July 2023
“a Stretch of Water” [duo with Laetitia Hakim] in “Tashattot”
Ghent, Belgium
Jan – March 2023
“Still Life” in “Anatomy of a Fall” [Collectif 1200]
part of the British Council Lebanon “In Between” festival in collaboration with Hammana Artist House
Abroyan Factory, Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon
Nov 2022
“Still Life” in “Stillness in the Fall” [Collectif 1200]
part of the British Council Lebanon “In Between” festival in collaboration with Hammana Artist House
Hammana Artist House, Hammana, Lebanon
Aug 2022
"The Sixth Day" in "impACT"
MédiathèqueValais, Martigny
Nov 2022 - April 2023
“Still Life” in “Stillness in the Fall” [Collectif 1200]
Hammana Artist House, Hammana, Lebanon
Aug 2022
"a Stretch of Water" [duo with Laetitia Hakim] in "Au Bord duMonde Vivent nos Vestiges"
curated by Clémence Cottard Hachem and Laure d'Hauteville
Jumièges, France
July 2022 - Nov 2022
"Natural Constructs" in "Meta-Jardin"
ESBA Nîmes, France
July 2022
"Natural Constructs" in "WIP"
Arles, France
part of the Rencontres d'Arles festival
July - Sep 2022
"Still Life" in "Echoes From a Crowded Room [Collectif 1200]
part of the Catapult Program by the British Council Lebanon
Artlab, Beirut, Lebanon
March - April 2022
"Still Life" in "Stillness in the fall" [Collectif 1200]
part of the Festivale International Des Arts de Bordeaux Metropole
Fabrique POLA, Bordeaux, France
Oct 2021
"a Stretch of Water" [duo with Laetitia Hakim] in "Togetherness"
Galerie Tanit, Beirut, Lebanon
June - Aug 2022
"The Sixth Day" in "Glaciers Supremes"
Ernen, Ernen, Switzerland
June - Sep 2021
"The Perpetuity of Ruins" in "Beirut 2020"
Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Raouche, Lebanon
Oct - Nov 2020
"Vesica Piscis" in "Beirut Year Zero"
ArtHaus Beirut, Lebanon
Oct 2020
"The Sixth Day" in "Metamorphosis"
World Nature Forum, Naters, Switzerland
Oct - Nov 2020
"The Sixth Day" in "Another Life"
Ernen, Switzerland
June - Sep 2020
"Vesica Piscis" in "Group Exhibition"
CUB Gallery, Badaro, Lebanon
Feb - April 2019
"Neoplasticity" in "Opening Exhibition"
CUB Gallery, Badaro, Lebanon
Dec 2017 - Feb 2018
"Vesica Piscis" in "Oeuvres Recentes"
Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Raouche, Lebanon
July - Aug 2017
"Neoplasticity" in "New World / Nouveau Monde"
Beirut Art Fair 2016, Biel - Beirut, Lebanon
Sep 2016
"Debatable Storage Syndrome" in "Raw Talents"
Art Factum Gallery, Qarantina, Lebanon
Sep 2015
for contact & inquiries:
trkhaddad@gmail.com
00 961 3 399 228
00 33 6 10 43 60 96