Mazen Khaddaj

Mazen Khaddaj was born in Lebanon in 1985, Mazen Khaddaj is a multidisciplinary artist working in painting, performance, video art and installation. He received his BA in graphic design from the American University of Science and Technology in Beirut (2008) and worked as an accomplished Art Director for several years in multinational advertising companies before dedicating himself fully to the arts.

Khaddaj’s paintings are a play between textures and color, transparency and flatness. His work manifests human thought and interaction through figuration, which appears abstracted and dissipating, intersecting yet secluded. Subsequent video performances and installations are extensions of the work on canvas; what is inherent to still surfaces translates to mutable forms.

Khaddaj’s first solo show Bonds (2013) was held at Art Circle and was followed by The Middle State (2015) at 392Rmeil393 Gallery, both based in Beirut. The University of Balamand Gallery invited Khaddaj to exhibit his work in March of 2015. That year, Khaddaj also showcased his first video installation and commenced a multidisciplinary approach. Emotion in Motion (2016) took place at Artspace Hamra, Beirut. His newfound trajectory is evident in The Eye, featur...

MUSEUMS:
• Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany, video installation | October 2019
• Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany, solo show | July 2019
• MACAM Contemporary Art Museum, Lebanon, part of their permanent collection

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
• “Lutzner Street 7” at Albareh Art Gallery, Manama, Bahrain | January 2020
• “I am a Foreigner” at WerkStadt, Berlin, Germany | January 2020
• “I End to Begin” at 392Rmeil393, Beirut, Lebanon | February 2019
• “I am a Foreigner” at GAPGAP, Leipzig, Germany | September 2017
• “Emotion in Motion” at Artspace Hamra, Beirut, Lebanon | August 2016
• “The Middle State” at 392Rmeil393, Beirut, Lebanon | February 2015
• “The Middle State” at The University Of Balamand, Balamand, Lebanon | March 2015
• “Bonds” at Art Circle, Beirut, Lebanon | April 2013

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:
• “You’re not my Real Sun” at A&O Kunsthalle (Leipzig Germany) | May 2019
• “Located - Dislocated” at Krudebude (Leipzig, Germany) | April 2019
• “Conversations With Self” at Albareh Art Gallery, Manama, Bahrain | November 2018
• “42 Contemporary Artists”, Berlin, Germany | September 2018
• “KUDUS” at Grand Cevahir, Istambul, Turkey | April 2017
• “Summer collective” at Artspace Hamra, Beirut, Lebano...