ABOUT ME
Born in 1985, Elias Moubarak, lives between Beirut and Berlin. He works as a photographer and videographer on film sets, among others. In 2010, he had his first solo exhibition of street photographs, Rust Never Sleeps, at the French Cultural Centre in Byblos. Since 2011, he has participated in numerous group exhibitions at Art on 56th, and also with the Beirut Center of Photography. Elias Moubarak has devoted a great deal of time to his first feature-length documentary film, constantly under production. The past is a recurring theme in his work, as seen in the 2018 exhibition The Wondrous Probable Life of Mr H where he devised a historical fiction based on old photographs. His work is published in numerous local newspapers, magazines, books or book covers.
When he's not taking photos, he's probably at the cereal section in a supermarket.
NEWS AND EXHIBITIONS (selected)
- 2022 ➞ 2023: MenArt Fair, work exhibited with Art on 56th Gallery in Paris, France. (upcoming)
- 2021: Freundeskreise, collective exhibition at Angelika Euchner Gallery, Potsdam
- 2020: Lebanon Then & Now, collective exhibition by the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC, USA
- 2020: Revolt, collective of photos of the revolution, Beirut Museum of Arts & Beirut Center of Photography
- 2020: Le Liban n'a pas d'Age, Centennial Book of Lebanese history, Bernard Chauveau Edition, Paris
- 2018: The Wondrous & Probable Life of Mr. H, Solo Exhibition at the gallery Art on 56th, Beirut
- 2017 ➞ 2022: Collective Exhibitions at the gallery Art on 56th
- 2017: Awarded Portfolio Prize at PhotoMed, Festival of Mediterranean Photography
- 2011: Awarded Best Project Prize, Street Photography Workshop with renowned photographer David Gibson
- 2011: Rust Never Sleeps, Solo Exhibition at the Centre Culturel Français, Byblos
- 2010: Awarded Jury Prize at the Environmental Fund for Lebanon
PUBLISHED
PRESS (Selected)
Middle East Eye - EN IMAGES : « Le Liban n’a pas d’âge », un centenaire hors des clichés
Arab News - Lebanon faces the abyss as political elites dither
Middle East Institute - Virtual Exhibition: "Lebanon Then and Now: Photography from 2006 to 2020"
Beirut Museum of Arts (BEMA) - REVOLT - 2019
Rubikon - Libanon am Scheideweg
Al Nahar - معرض الياس مبارك لدى "غاليري أون 56"
Al-Arab - صوت الصمت يتجلى مرئيا في أعمال إلياس مبارك
Arab News - Highlights from this year’s MENART fair in Paris
L'Orient Le Jour - Le parcours extraordinaire de l’ordinaire Monsieur H.
Agenda Culturel - Rencontre avec Elias Moubarak
Beiruting - Announcement of the winner of the 2017 Portfolio Reading Prize within Photomed Liban