Marwan Rechmaoui
- Marwan Rechmaoui
- Work
Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut, Lebanon, 2024
Marwan Rechmaoui (b.1964 in Beirut Lebanon) studied sculpture and painting in Boston and New York between 1987 and 1993.
His most recent solo exhibition was presented in 2019 at the Sharah Art Foundation and the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht. His work has been shown in exhibitions in Lebanon and abroad, including, MoMA (2022), Villa Empain, Brussels, (2020), Darat al Funun, Amman (2018); Ashkal Alwan, Homeworks 7; Beirut (2015); Istanbul Biennial 13 (2015); Here & Elsewhere, New Museum, New York (2014), Sharjah Biennial (2013 & 2015); Serpentine Gallery, London, UK (2012); Saatchi Gallery, London (2009); Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland (2009); Musée d’art Contemporain de Nîmes, France (2008); and Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (2008).
He is the recipient of the 2019 Bonnefantenmuseum Award for Contemporary Art.
His works are in the collections of MoMA, New York; Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Guggenheim Abu Dhabi; The Sharjah Art Foundation; among other major private and public collections.
| Selected Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2024 | Chasing the Sun, Sfeir-Semler Downtown, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2023 | Marwan Rechmaoui: Municipalities, Beirut Arts Center, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2021 | But the trees kept voting for the axe, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2020 | Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2019 | Slanted Squares, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE CityScapes, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Germany Slanted Squares, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands |
| 2016 | Fortress in a Corner, Bishop Takes Over, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2012 | Landscapes, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon |
Selected Group Exhibition | |
| 2023 | Guest Relations, Jameel Arts Center, Dubai, UAE In the Heart of Another Country: The Diasporic Imagination Rises, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE Permanent Collection on display, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France |
| 2022 | We, on the rising wave, Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea In The Heart of Another Country, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany |
| 2021 | COMMUNICATING VESSELS. Collection 1881-2021, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain Écrire, c’est dessiner, Centre Pompidou Metz, France |
| 2020 | Mappa mundi, Fondation Boghossian, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium |
| 2019 | Niemeyer in Lebanon - concept, and development of the Tripoli International Fair, Embassy of Brazil & the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center, Beirut, Lebanon A National Monument, with Visualizing Palestine, Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2018 | Living in the Mediterranean, Institut Valencià d’art Modern, Valencia, Spain Revolution Generations, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar Cycles of Collapsing Progress, Rashid Karami International Fair, Tripoli, Lebanon 12th Gwangju Biennale: Imagined Borders, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea Let’s Talk About the Weather: Art and Ecology in A Time of Crisis, Guangdong Times Museum, Guangzhou, China Truth is black, write over it with a mirage’s light, 30th Anniversary Inaugural Exhibition, Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan We Began By Measuring Distance, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2017 | Tamawuj, 13th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE Home Beirut. Sounding the Neighbours, MAXXI, Rome, Italy The Restless Earth, La Triennale di Milano, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milano, Italy Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel |
| 2016 | The Silent Echo, Baalbek Temple, Baalbek, Lebanon Let’s Talk About the Weather: Art and Ecology in a Time of Crisis, Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2015 | Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey Gallery 3010, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon Home Works, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2013 | 11th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE |
| 2012 | On the Edgeware Road, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK |
| 2010 | La Route de la Soie, Tri Postal, The Saatchi Gallery Collection, Lille, France Home Works 5, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2009 | Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Disorientation II, Abu Dhabi Art, Abu Dhabi, UAE Dream and reality. Contemporary art from the Middle East, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland |
| 2008 | Instalações, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil Art Now in Lebanon, Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan Scènes du Sud II: Méditerrané Orientale, Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France Never-Part. Histories of Palestine. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium Home Works 4, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2007 | Borderline Behaviour, TENT, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2005 | Belonging, 7th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE |
| 2004 | Laughter, LIFT, the Barge House, London, UK |
| 2003 | A Forum on Cultural Practices, Home Works 2, Ahskal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon Possible Narratives - Artistic Practices in Lebanon, VIDEOBRASIL, São Paolo, Brazil Contemporary Arab Representations, Beirut/Lebanon, BildMuseet, Umeå, Sweden |
| 2002 | Contemporary Arab Representations, Beirut/Lebanon, Witte de With Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain A Forum on Cultural Practices in the Region, Home Works, Ahkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2001 | Missing Links, Art Practices From Lebanon, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt |
| 2000 | Mediterranean Metaphors II, Contemporary Art from Lebanon, Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 1998 | Centre Culturel Français, Beirut, Lebanon UNESCO Prize, International Biennial, Cairo, Egypt |
| 1996 | Château de Servières, Marseille, France |
Publications | |
| 2019 | Slanted Squares, published by The Bonnefanten and Sharjah Art Foundation |
| 2017 | Metropolis, published by Kaph Books |
Awards | |
| 2018 | Bonnefanten Award for Contemporary Art |
Education | |
| 1993 | New York University, New York, USA |
| 1993 | Art Student League, New York, USA |
| 1991 | Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Scupture/Painting, Boston, Massachusetts |