About Beirut Printmaking Studio
Mission
Diffuse knowledge for interdisciplinary practices in all analog printmaking techniques.
The studio draws attention to printmaking practices in Lebanon and to encourages printmakers in their endeavor by providing a workspace equipped with all basic needs. The studio also works on promoting printmaking and printmakers in Lebanon through cultural and artistic activities and offers workshops and courses in analog printmaking and analog photography.
Vision
The studio is committed to becoming a reference as an inclusive place for the teaching and practice of analog printmaking techniques; to offer archival services for institutions, museums, and professionals, and serving as an off-campus workshop where university students can learn these practices.
Administrative Board
Tarek Mourad
Director
Tarek Mourad is a Brazilian-Lebanese artist whose work revolves around the printed image, specifically in analog printmaking, such as intaglio techniques and lithography as well as analog photography. Most of his work tackles the relationships and defects within a society and space-time. He is represented in Lebanon, Brazil, and Norway.
In parallel to his art practice, Mourad is the director of Beirut Printmaking Studio and is a part-time lecturer at LIU – Lebanese International University where he teaches graphic design and art foundation courses.
Antoine Haddad
Contributor
Antoine Hadad is the owner of Artlab, founded in 2009 and mostly shows artists of the MENA region.
Artlab caters to a very specific niche of the art market and his roster of artists, and the artworks presented, reflect that. His gallery is adjacent to the studio and Antoine is always ready to cooperate and engage with our community in sharing ideas, consulting with individuals from our community as an artistic counselor, and even curating our own exhibitions.
Nohad Elhajj
Consultant
Nohad is a consultant and researcher working at the intersection of private, development, and creative sectors, particularly on cross-sectorial partnerships building and system-level change processes.
Nohad holds an MSc in International Development and she has previously worked in Kuwait and South Africa. She is currently doing an advanced MSc in artistic research in social and political contexts at St Lucas Antwerpen School of Art. She is researching the potential of art practices as impactful forms of protests.
Fadi Elmelhem
Part-time Studio Assistant
Fadi Elmelhem is an artist and designer with a degree in printmaking from the University of Damascus.
Fadi is a 2021 Beirut Printmaking Studio Scholarship Program Holder and is a part-time studio assistant.
Advisory Board
Hassan Choubassi
Advisor
Hassan Choubassi is a visual artist born in Beirut in 1970 holder of a PhD. in Communication Media from the European Graduate School, Switzerland 2014 with a thesis on the politics of mobile connectivity, “The masses: from the implosion of fantasies to the explosion of the political”, he also holds a Masters degree in Scenic Design from DasArts in Amsterdam 2005, and a BA in Fine Arts from the Lebanese American University 1996. He is currently the founding director of the Institute of Visual Communication (IVC).
He has several research studies in the field of communication media, digital and information technology in arts, augmented reality, new media in urban context, anthropological and intercultural city mapping, mobile media, alternative education, new modes of perception for university students.
Joe Elias
Advisor
Currently based in Germany, Joe Elias is a full-time volunteer in diverse art disciplines in and around Beirut city. After completing his studies in visual design at Notre Dame University (NDU) in 2001, he started working as a visual communicator, art director, and consultant with local/international agencies and clients around the Middle East. His skills include -but are not limited to publication, typography, branding, animation, and digital design.
In 2005, Elias co-founded “Nimslabs”, a multidisciplinary design laboratory operating in Lebanon and Germany. Nimslabs’ portolfio is diverse and encompasses communication work for both cultural and corporate entities, including international dance, cinema and music festivals, NGOs, filmmakers, as well as TV stations, banks, in addition to local and international brands.
Sabine Delahaut
Consultant
Sabine Delahaut is a Belgian visual artist and printmaker living in Paris. She graduates from the Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts St-Luc de Liège after studying artistic printing techniques, interior design, model making, and styling. She acted as a studio assistant at Contrepoint (former Atelier 17 of Stanley W. Hayter), Paris, from 2008 to 2012.
She was also a collaborator with the printmaking department of the Salon d’Automne, Champs-Elysées, Paris from 2017 to 2021. She is a collaborator with the magazine ACTUEL, l’estampe contemporaine.
Jean-Michel Uytersproot
Advisor
After several years of painting in the studio of the painter Paul Gobert at the Academy of Fine Arts in Watermael-Boitsfort, Jean-Michel Uyttersprot turned to engraving, photography and video.
Jean-Michel is a member of the French engravers association, Le Trait – Graveurs d’aujourd’hui. In 2015, along with his partner Catho Hensmans, they created the Gallery and Editions K1L publisher of the magazine “Actuel, l’Estampe Contemporaine”. Editions K1L also created the Facebook group “Parlons Gravure”, which now has almost 11,000 members from 5 continents.
Afif Dimitri Haddad
Advisor
Dimitri Haddad is a multidisciplinary artist of Lebanese origins. After co-founding Artlab Gallery and Studio, he curated several cultural events, held art exhibitions and contemporary dance performances, and taught photography and communication in Notre-Dame University-Lebanon.
Following the Lebanese economic crisis, Dimitri relocated to Montreal and redirected his vocation towards communication and production within the dance field.