Abdul Rahman Katanani
Born in 1983 in Sabra, Beirut, Lebanon.
Lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon.
Education
2013 Masters of Fine Arts, Lebanese University, Institute of Fine-Arts, Beirut, LB.
2007 Diplomat of Fine Arts, Lebanese University, Institute of Fine-Arts, Beirut, LB.
Residencies
2020 1-month residency, AMI, Geneve, CH.
2019 1-week residency, Beit21, São Paolo, BR.
2017 2-month residency, Vent des Forets, Meuse, FR.
2017 1-month residency, Vent des Forets, Meuse, FR.
2016 3-month residency, Cites International des Arts, Paris, FR.
2016 1-month residency, Centre d’Art de Nanterre, Paris, FR.
2013-4 15-month residency, Cites International des Arts, Paris, FR.
2012 3-month residency, Cites International des Arts, Paris, FR.
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Rituals, Gallery Magda Danysz, Paris, FR
2020 Self portrait Total, Gallery Analix Forever, Geneve, CH.
2019 Brainstorm, Saleh Barakat Gallery, Beirut, LB.
2017 Hard Core, Gallery Magda Danyzs, Paris, FR.
2017 Resilience, Gallery Analix Forever, Genève, CH.
2016 Olive Forest, Anglet Municipality, biennale d’Anglet, FR.
2016 Children, Olive Trees and Barbed wire, Al Markhiya Gallery, QR.
2015 Softness of a Circle, Knife-edge of a Straight Line, Agial Art Gallery, LB.
2014 Kids, Barbed Wire and a Dream, Tanit Gallery, Munich, DE.
2012 No Address, Institut français du Liban, Beirut, LB.
2011 Zinc, Barbed Wire and Freedom, Agial Art Gallery, Beirut, LB.
2008 Camp Message, LAAPS (Lebanese Artists Association for Painters and Sculptors), Beirut, LB.
2006 Caricature exhibition in corporation with AJPF, Paris, Nantes, Chambery, FR.
Group Exhibitions
2021 Saison d’Art, Domain Chaumont sur Loire, FR.
2021 Pieces d’Ete, Malbuisson, FR.
2021 Between the walls, CAP, Kuwait.
2020 Lignes de Fracture, ICAM – L’Olivier, Geneve, CH.
2019 Beirut: Year Zero, Arthaus, Beirut, LB.
2019 Libres, Musee du Fer et du Chemin de Fer, CH.
2019 Libres, Salon D’Art Contemporain, Yveron-Les-Bains, CH.
2019 “Untitled,” National Salon, Manama, Bahrain.
2018 Un oeil ouvert sur le monde Arabe, Institue de Monde Arabe, Paris, FR.
2018 Beit Beirut, Beirut, LB.
2018 45th Bahrain Annual Fine Art Exhibition, Bahrain, BH.
2018 Arabicity-Ourouba, Middle East Institution, Washington DC, USA.
2018 Flux, Arts Ephemeres, Marseille, FR.
2018 Paris Pris, Gallery Magda Danysz, Paris, FR.
2018 Keyword: Palestine, Dar El-Nimer, Beirut, LB.
2018 Face Value – Portraiture, Saleh Barakat Gallery, Beirut, LB.
2017 “Mushrooms,” Vent des Forets, Meuse, FR.
2017 “Water Lilies,” Mir Amir Castle, Mount Lebanon, LB.
2016 “Dendromorphies,” Topographie de l’Art, Paris, FR.
2016 “The wave,” Sea, Dar el-Nimer Foundation, Beirut, LB.
2016 “Olive Tree,” Electronic Art Cafe, Rome, IT.
2016 “Olive Tree,” Resistance and Persistence, Beirut, LB.
2016 “Girl jumping with a cover,” Chapter 31, Gallery P21, London, UK.
2016 “Olive Tree,” Jardin d’Orient, Institue du Monde Arabe, Paris, FR.
2016 “Foret d’Oliviers,” La Terrasse, Centre d’Art de Nanterre, Paris, FR.
2014 Tornado, My Beautiful Laundrette, Cite International of Arts, Paris, FR.
2014 “Jumping over the barbed wire,” Day of Peace, UNESCO, Paris, FR.
2013 “Untitled,” La Route Blue, Villa Empain, Brussels, BE.
2012 “Hula-hoops,” Art is the Solution, Villa Empain, Brussels, BE.
2012 “Boy running after a wheel,” Together we connect, Anima gallery, Doha, QA.
2011 Rebirth, Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut, LB.
2011 Isharat, Al Markhiya Gallery, QA.
2011 “Family jumping over a barbed wire,” funded by APEAL (Association for the Promotion and Exhibition of Art in Lebanon) at Royal College of Art; London, UK.
2010 “Kite,” Salon d’Automne, Nicolas Sursock Museum, Beirut, LB.
2009 “The Martyred Camp,” Biennale of Abu Dhabi, UAE.
2009 “Embroidery, Mother and Palestine,” Penang State Museum and Art Gallery, MY.
2009 Art, Peace and the Global Village-Against Violence, Kuala Lumpur, MY.
2009 “Waiting with the Zinc plates,” LAAPS (Lebanese Artists Association for Painters and Sculptors), The Fine Art Spring, UNESCO, Beirut, LB.
2009 “Untitled,” Peace Expressions of Hope, RA gallery, Kuala Lumpur, MY.
2009 “Kid or a Pillow,” Salon d’Automne, Nicolas Sursock Museum, Beirut, LB.
2008 “Women in the camp,” Salon d’Automne, Nicolas Sursock Museum, Beirut, LB.
2008 “Caricature,” Fête de l’Humanité, Paris, FR.
2007 “Artist in the Camp,” Salon d’Automne, Paris, FR.
2007 “Caricature,” Fête de l’Humanité, Paris, FR.
2007 “Caricature,” UNESCO, Beirut, LB.
Films
2013 Le Lanceur de Pierres, Christophe Donner, Paris, FR. 26mn.
2020 Katanani, Agathe Champsaur, Paris, Fr. 26mn.
Books
2019 Abdul Rahman Katanani, Gallery Saleh Barakat, Beirut, LB.
2017 Hard core, Barbara Polla, ANALIX FOREVER, Paris, FR.
Awards and Official Prizes
2016 “Nominated for commitment,” at YIA Art fair, Paris, FR.
2009 “Prize of Young Artists,” at Salon d’Automne organized by Sursock Museum, Beirut, LB.
2008 Special Mention of the jury, at Salon d’Automne organized by Sursock Museum, Beirut, LB.
Acquisitions and Collections
Accor Hotels, FR.
Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, BE.
Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, LB.
Dar El-Nimer, Beirut, LB.
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, QA.
Philippe Jabre Collection, LB.