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
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
Antoine Haddad
Contibutor
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
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
Fadi Elmelhem
Part-time Studio Assistant
Fadi Elmelhem is an artist and designer with a degree in printmaking from the University of Damascus.

From 2015 Fadi started participating in collective shows being the last one an exhibition “You Are Not Alone” held in Germany. The exhibition stimulated the participation of multiple artists during the Covid19 quarantine.

Fadi is a 2021 Beirut Printmaking Studio Scholarship Program Holder and is a part-time studio assistant.

Advisory Board
Hassan Choubassi
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.
His art projects including ‘Oeuvres Bacchiques’ 2000, ‘Barcode’ 2001, ‘Written Visuals’ 2002, ‘I am not the others’ 2003, ‘I am elsewhere’, ‘Lost in the city’ 2004 and ‘Beirut metro map’ 2005 were presented in Beirut, Cairo, Amsterdam, Milano, New York, London, Belgium, and Spain.

His video works: ‘In the void’, ‘Freefall at 180’. ‘The Other Orange’ 2005, ‘Talk to Me’, ‘Well and Surviving’ 2006, ‘I am the all Knowing the Deceased’ 2008, “Dismantling a Weapon of Mass Destruction” 2008 were screened in Beirut, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Hamburg, Luxembourg, Seoul, and Copenhagen.

Joe Elias
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.


In 2007, Elias joined the International University in Beirut (LIU/BIU) as a lecturer and juror. He helped institute curricula covering conceptual design, communication art, fundamental studies, animation, branding, and typography. He has also organized symposiums, workshops, seminars, and research presentations on both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is currently a Visiting Lecturer and Co-founder/Associate Director at the Institute of Visual Communication at the International University of Beirut (BIU). In addition to his activities at LIU, Elias was invited as a guest speaker at the Lebanese University (LU) on numerous occasions; he is also a TED speaker.


Hassan Choubassi
Sabine Delahaut
Advisor
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.

She received the Medal of Honor at INTAGLIO – The first International Mini-Print Triennial, Kiev, UKR in 2018, Grand Prize of the Biennial of Contemporary Engravings of Trois-Rivières, Quebec in 2017, Audience Award – Art Hub Open print, Deptford, London, UK in 2015, and Young printmaking prize at the Salon d’Automne, Champs-Elysées, Paris in 2014.

Her works are present in the collections of the MAMAC (Cabinet des Estampes) of Liège, the Hospice St-Roch Museum in Issoudun, Indre et Loire, China Printmaking Museum, Guanlan, and of the Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp.

Joe Elias
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.
In 2004, he studied engraving in Paul Dumont’s workshop at the Art School of Braine-l’Alleud (Belgium). He attended Paul Dumont’s workshop until 2014 and currently offers engraving workshops.

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.

Jean-Michel Uyttersprot also works for the Exit11 Art Centre, in the Chateau de Petit-Leez, Belgium.

Hassan Choubassi

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.