Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

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Biography

The Lebanese film-makers and artists Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige (1969, Beirut) interweave thematic, conceptual and formal links through photographs, video installations, fictional films and documentaries. Self-taught, they became film-makers and artists through necessity in the wake of the Lebanese civil wars. Their very personal œuvre, based on their various encounters with people, has led them to explore the realm of the visible and of absence, leading to a fascinating back-and-forth between life and fiction. For more than fifteen years, their films and artworks, created using personal and political documents, develop narratives out of stories kept secret in the face of the prevailing history. They are interested in the emergence of the individual in societies made up of communities, and the difficulty of living in the present. ...

Selected Artworks
Wonder Beirut #15
Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil JoreigeWonder Beirut #15, 1998
70 x 105cm
Wonder Beirut #16
Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil JoreigeWonder Beirut #16, 1998
70 x 105cm
Wonder Beirut #18
Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil JoreigeWonder Beirut #18, 1998
50 x 70 x 8cm
Message with(out) a code III
Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil JoreigeMessage with(out) a code III, 2022
144 x 167cm
Message with(out) a code II
Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil JoreigeMessage with(out) a code II, 2022
133 x 167cm
Awards
Marcel Duchamp Prize2017
Abraaj Capital Art Prize2012
Biennals
Sharjah Biennale2023 - Sharjah
Fototriennale Hamburg2022 - Hamburg
Kochi-Muziris Biennale2012 - Kodungallūr
Gwangju Biennial2012 - Gwangju
La Biennale de Lyon2011 - Lyon
Asia Pacific Triennial2009 - Queensland
Sharjah Biennale2009 - Sharjah
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