Ziad Antar

Ziad Antar (b. 1978, Saida, Lebanon) currently lives and works in Beirut. His practice engages with theoretical discourses concerning the material complexity of the photographic medium beyond its traditional documentary nature. Often ironic and straightforward, his work critically examines the unpredictability and ephemerality of the image creation process, stemming from a familiar relationship with places, cultures, historical legacies, and collective memory. In 2001, following his participation in a workshop with Lebanese filmmakers Mahmoud Hojeij and Akram Zaatari, he decided to pursue his art education at the École Supérieure d’Études Cinématographiques in Paris. In 2003, he was granted a residency at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and received a post-diploma from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 2004.