About the part that art plays in a globalising society

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Photograph by Vartan Seraydarian

Hatem Imam

Hatem Imam is a visual artist and a graphic designer living and working in Beirut, Lebanon. He holds a BFA in graphic design from the American University of Beirut (AUB), and an MA in Fine Arts from the University of Creative Arts in Canterbury. He co-founded the design agency Studio Safar, and the design and visual culture magazine, Journal Safar. He is also one of the co-founders of the Samandal comics collective, and the artistic director of Annihaya record label. He has taught design and printmaking at AUB since 2007. His work centers around landscape and employs painting, printmaking and sound to negotiate a relationship with place.


Exhibitions


Expositie: Past Disquiet

Opening on 27 February 2025 at 19:00, this presentation is a documentary and archival exhibition based on over a decade-long research by curators Kristine Khouri and Rasha Salti