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Randa Mirza - (30.07.1978 - Beirut)
T: + 33 6 99639401
E: [email protected]
W: www.randamirza.com
A: 9 Rue Nationale, 13001 Marseille - FRANCE
Solo exhibitions
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On Sex and Gender, Vol de nuits, Marseille, France
Beirutopia, Quattrocento metri quadri, Ancona, Italy
Imaginary maps, Chiesa di Sant’ Andrea, Fondazione Bevillaqua La Masa & Fondazione Teseco, Italy
Remaking the city, Espace Kettaneh-Kunigk (Galerie Tanit), Beirut
Beirutopia, Sanayeh Public Garden (Galerie Tanit), Beirut
Muerte Express, Panteon Municipal, Puebla, Mexico
Parallel Universes, Ministry of Tourism, 6émes jeux de la francophonie, Beirut
Parallel Universes, Gallery Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany
Parallel Universes, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Abandoned Rooms, La Stanza delle biciclette gallery (Vincenzo Cottinelli), Brescia, Italy
Abandoned Rooms, Les Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles, France
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Exposure 2013, Beirut Art Center, Beirut
Prix la photographie Maison Blanche, Galerie MAD, Marseille
Cross Border, ZKM museum, Karlsruhe, Germany
Concrete: Photography and architecture, Winterthur museum, Switzerland
Open Wounds, the empty quarter, Dubai, UAE
This Is Not A Gateway Festival, Bishopsgate Institute, London
A Territory of resistance, The Running Horse Gallery, Beirut
Beirut II, Contemporary Art Platform (CAP), Kuwait
Arrivi e Partenze: il mediterraneo, Mole Vanvitelliana, Acona, Italy
Bursa Foto Fest, Han Fidan, Bursa, Turkey
Beirut, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Morality, Witte de with, Rotterdam, Holland
Individual / War, Ausstellungshalle Zeitgenössische Kunst Münster (AZKM), Germany
As the lands expands, Al Riwaq Art Space, Kingdom of Bahrain
Palt(t)form10, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Fiction in action, Gallery Raster, Warsaw, Poland
Orientations, Kunstlerforum, Bonn, Germany
Images Recalled, Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Germany
Hopes and Doubts, Fondazione Merz, Torino, Italy
Hopes and Doubts, Beirut City Center (Dome), Lebanon
Miami Basel, USA
Photographs, Phillips de Pury, London
Armory show, New York
Dubai Art fair, UAE
ARCO 08, Madrid, Spain
International Biennale of Photography, Brescia, Italy
International Biennale for Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Roumania
New ends, Old beginnings, Bluecoat gallery, Liverpool, UK
Occupation(s), Visa pour l'image, Perpignan, France
FIAC, Grand-Palais, Paris
Art now in Lebanon, Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan
The representation of evil, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Moving Walls, Espace SD, Beirut
Sites of imagination (l’animal a l’esquena), Center cultural La mercé, Girona, Spain Welcome, The Leibling center for film, photo and video, Hampshire College, USA
Stomping Ground, Le Florence Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Nafas Beirut, Espace SD, Beirut
Chou tabkha ya mara?, Art Lounge, Beirut
Les 5èmes jeux de la francophonie, National museum of modern art, Niamey, Niger
8th international festival of photography, Aleppo, Syria
2nd international photography meetings of Ghar El-Melh, Tunisia
Publications
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La revue des livres, n.14, NOV-DEC, revuedeslivres.fr
Open house international, vol.38 no.2 2013, ISSN: 0168-2601, Great Britain
Concrete, photography and architecture, Fotomusuem Winterthur, Scheidegger & Spiess
Arab women at home, zkm museum, Germany
Il fera bon y vivre demain (par Stephanie Dadour), Les Cahiers du Musée national d’art modern 122,
Centre Pompidou, ISBN: 978-2-84426-593-7, France
Beirut is back and it’s beautiful, by Stephanie Dadour, Arte-East
A Territory of resistance, The running horse gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirutopia, ISBN: 978-88-97980-018, Giuda Edizioni, Italy
De lumiere et de sang by Gregory Buchakjian, ISBN: 978-9953-0-1812-6, Alarm Editions, Lebanon
Krieg/Individuum, ISBN: 978-3-86895-067-0, Revolver publishing, Germany
Ici desert with Ritta Baddoura, ISBN: 978-9953-401-58-4, éditions Dergham, Lebanon
Culture’ L, 6émes jeux de la Francophonie, Beyrouth, Liban
Images magazine, no.37, ISBN: 1764-1896, France
Notes 57, ISSN / 1730-9409, Warsaw, Poland
The rural taste of Lebanon by Cherine Yazbeck, ISBN: 978-9953-0-1535-4, (english version), Lebanon
La cuisine Libanaise du terroir par Chérine Yazbeck, ISBN: 978-9953-0-1534-7, (french version), Lebanon
Images Recalled, Kehrer verlag, ISBN: 978-3-86828-075-5, Germany
Speranze & dubbi, fondazione Merz, I quaderni 4, ISBN: 978-88-7757-242-4, Italy
Phillips de Pury & company, 22 November 2008 3pm London, Photographs, UK
Hopes and Doubts, cutting edge art between Lebanon and Italy, curated by Constantino d’Orazio
Art now in Lebanon, The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Darat al funun, Jordan
Image, 3/2008 April, ISBN: 290361-0803, Finland
Chroma, a queer literary journal, Issue 7, UK
Agenda culturel, no.292, Lebanon
Art journal, summer 2007, vol. 66, No.2, USA
DU magazine, Edition No.774, ISBN 978-3-03717-032-8, Switzerland
Ny Tid, No.32, ISNN 1456-0518, Finland
Mizna, The Lebanon Issue, volume 8, Issue 2, ISSN 1535-2331, USA
Agenda culturel, no. 284, Lebanon
East 13, February 2007, ISBN: 978-886073125, Italy
FOTOgraphia – Anno XIII – Numero 127, Italy
Di guerra in guerra , il biancoenero, Italy
Les Rencontres d’Arles, 37eme edition, ISBN: 2-7427-1681-0, Actes Sud, France
Shu Tabkha ya mara?, Xanadu publications no.1, Lebanon
Pépites de nuit, éditions de la CD-théque, Lebanon
Barra, first Gay and Lesbian magazine in the Arab world, No.1, summer 2005
The 8th international photography gathering, Aleppo 2004, Syria
Making the city (DVD), self-published, Lebanon
Live video performances
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Masha’ for reclaiming public space, Beirut
Remaking the city, Espace Kettaneh-Kunigk (Galerie Tanit), Beirut
Laptopsrus, Matadero Madrid, Spain
Festival Timitar (world and amazigh music festival), 7th edition, Morocco
Festival Timitar (world and amazigh music festival), 6th edition, Morocco
Anti-crise, IN-CONCERT, Lebanon
RAMI (Rencontres Arts et Multimédia Internationales), Tournesol theater, Beirut
International Women Day, Art Lounge, Beirut
W rez, Art Lounge, Beirut
Gardens of pleasures, Sursock palace, Beirut
Guren (Gefinor), Beirut
Here comes the sun, Greenpeace fundraising party, Beirut
Dance for mine action, United Nations fundraising party, Beirut
VJ La Mirza v/s DJ Insekt, Virgin Megastore, Beirut
Wet, Bonita Bay, Lebanon
Friday the 13th, The Basement, Beirut
Arab Add magazine launching party, Kuwait
Awards and Grants
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Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores de Mexico artist scholarship
Cedrona foundation grant for culture
Arab fund for art and culture - AFAC
Al Mawred al Thakafy grant for culture
Les Rencontres Photographiques d’ Arles, No Limit award
1st price in photography, 5emes jeux de la francophonie
Paul Huf Award, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam - Nomination
Artist residencies
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Vol de Nuits, Marseille, France
Bevilaqua La Masa foundation, Venice, Italy
Teseco foundation, Pisa, Italy
Helsinki International Artist-in-residence Program (HIAP), Helsinki, Finland
Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art (NIFCA), Helsinki, Finland
Workshop facilitator and Teaching experience
La tizi, Asile 404, Marseille, France
Muerte Express, Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Mexico
Photography principles, American University of Technology, Lebanon
Instability, Lens on Lebanon, Beirut
Building bridges, Goethe foundation & Annah-Lindh foundation, Beirut
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Artist talks
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Borders and strategies to overcome them, ZKM museum, Germany
Sexe et Genre, Le Percolateur, Marseille, France
De la limite des genres en photographies, Vol de Nuits, Marseille, France
Imaginary Maps, with Fondazione Bevillaqua La Masa & Fondazione Teseco, Italy
Beirutopia, Bursa fotofest, Turkey
Youth and sexuality in the Arab World, with the Goethe Institute, American University of Beirut
Sentieri Urbani, with Fondazione Bevillaqua La Masa & Fondazione Teseco, Italy
Making the city, with Laptopsrus, Medialab Prado, Madrid, Spain
Parallel Universes, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Juror
Beirut Marathon University Photo Competition
Atelier ExAr, Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts (ALBA), Beirut
Regional juror for the MENA region, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, France
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