“I think faster than I can speak, and I paint faster than I can think.”
BIO
B. 1960, BEIRUT. SELF-TAUGHT. BASED IN BAABDAT, LEBANON.
FADI SURVIVED THREE WARS (ONE OF WHICH WAS CIVIL), AND A PANDEMIC, AND NOW HE IS WITNESSING THE TOTAL DISSOLUTION OF HIS COUNTRY, AS HE KNOWS IT.
INTERMITTENTLY, HE TRAVELED THE ARAB WORLD TO LIVE AND WORK IN 8 ARABIC CREATIVE CULTURES; BEIRUT, DAMASCUS, KHOBAR, MANAMA, CAIRO, RIYAD, CASABLANCA, AND DOHA, WHICH HAD A GREAT INFLUENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS VISUAL LANGUAGE AND SEARCH FOR AUTHENTICITY.
1960 – 1973 READING AND WRITING.
1974 – 1981 PHOTOGRAPHY AND DARKROOM TECHNIQUES.
1982 – today PAINTING.
2023
THE DISAPPEARING ACT – Solo Show – Lynn Modallal Galery Beirut
VOLTA ART FAIR – NEWYORK – Walls House Of Art Gallery – Newyork
NOT TODAY – Collective show – Lynn Modallal Galery – Beirut
LA TÊTE DANS LES NUAGES – Duoshow – Walls House Of Art – Abidjan
2022
HEY YOU يا أيها artist-curated collective show by fadi elchamaa – Dec 10, 2022
FUQA’A (bubble) – Solo exhibition – Galerie Janine Rubeiz Beirut – Nov 2022
PARIS LEBANON 1st Edition – Collective – 389LABOUTIQUE – curated by popupprojects
ELECTICISM – Collective – DuneArtStation Dubai
DUBAI ART WEEK -Collective Artb Fltrd gallery – Dubai
True colors – Fltrd Gallery – Dubai – UAE – Curated by Joe Hayek
2021
MADMAN – Galerie BEIBAI – Shanghai – China – Curated by Angela Hsu
2020
THE COLLECTIVE – Galerie BeiBei – Shanghai – China
TABA3OD – 3 weeks of collaborative work with Semaan Khawam.
MAMNOU3 EL TEHZIB – 3 weeks live painting performance SWTE Beirut 15 Feb 2020
2019
AND TOMORROW WHO AM I? – Solo show Public curated retrospective 35 years of painting- Artlab gallery, Beirut Lebanon 17 Oct 2019 – (watch)
A PEACE OF LIBERTY – Gebran Tueni Foundation, Maison Libanaise – Group show, Beirut, Lebanon October 9
HOC EVA – Group show curated by Selena Cerami – London, UK June 2019
RAW – 3 weeks live painting performance – KAF contemporary art gallery Beirut – Lebanon June 2019
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY – 3 weeks live painting performance – KAF contemporary art gallery Beirut – Lebanon March 2019
THE COLLECTIVE – KAF Contemporary Art Gallery Beirut – Lebanon
2018
FROM THE ARTIST’S STUDIO – Collective – KAF Contemporary Art Gallery Beirut
2016
DEVIATIONS – Solo show – Galleria Soul Egypt
ELCHAMAA VS KHAWAM – Rochane Gallery Beirut Lebanon
UTOPIAN IDENTITY – Gallerie 59 – Rivoli – Paris- France
AUCTION exhibit for AEC Beirut Lebanon – Sculpture
2015
STRANGE FRUITS – Wood Of Joy – Baabdat Lebanon
2012
MAPPING SOUL – Gallerie 59 – Rivoli – Paris- France
2011
TRANSFORMATIONS – Installation – Joanna Seikali Gallery – Lebanon Solo
1997
DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS – Rochan Gallery – Beirut Lebanon
1996
SALON D’AUTOMNE – Sursock Museum Beirut Lebanon
1995
FLOWERS ON THE FLOOR – Installation – Forum Art Show – Beirut Lebanon
SALON D’AUTOMNE – Sursock Museum – Beirut – Lebanon
YARZEH – Yarzeh Art Gallery – Mount Lebanon – Lebanon