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CAMILLE ZAKHARIA

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  • BOURI & NABIL SALEH - DOUBLE VIEW_2008-4-8_composite image, inkjet print on rag paper_3-8_52x 01 cm

  • BOURI 4 - DISTORTED MEMORIES_2005-6-25_photo montage, inkjet print on rag paper_30.1x60.9 cm

  • CIRCLES 2 DOUBLE VUE_2008-6-25_composite image, inkjet print on rag paper_3-8_30x61 cm

  • DUMISTAN- COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-1-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x20 printed on 22x22 cm

  • BOURI 2 F_2005-5-25_photo montage, inkjet print on rag_58.9x30.5 cm

  • BOURI 3 - DISTORTED MEMORIES_2005-6-25_photo montage, inkjet print on rag paper_58.9x30.5 cm

  • AFTER THE RAIN_2008-7-25_composite image, inkjet print on rag paper_3-8_61x61 cm

  • BUDAIYA- COASTAL PROMENADE_ 2010-1-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x20 printed on 22x22 cm

  • CIRCLES -DOUBLE VUE_2008-4-8_composite image, inkjet print in rag paper_100x100 cm

  • CYG- STUDY BOOK_1998_25 pieces photocollage on gold_25x20 cm

  • CYG -STUDY PAINTING_F_1998_1 photocollage on arches paper_76.2x106.7 cm

  • DAR KULAB 2 - DISTORTED MEMORIES_2006-10-25_photo montage, inkjet print on rag paper_30.5x57.1 cm

  • DUMISTAN II - COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-1-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x20 printed on 22x22 cm

  • HIDD II- COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-1-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x 20 printed on 22x 22 cm

  • HIDD- COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-1-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x 20printed on 22x22 cm

  • HUT 4 SEEF- COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-3-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x20printed on 22x22 cm

  • HUT 6 HIDD- COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-3-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x20printed on 22x22 cm

  • HUT 9 SAMAHEEJ- COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-3-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x 20 printed on 22x22

  • FIFTY_1997-4-8_composite image, inkjet print on rag paper_3-8_100x100 cm

  • EL JEBEL AL AKHDAR AL BILAD_2007-4-8_photomontage, inkjet print on rag paper_50x50 cm

CAMILLE ZAKHARIA

Born in 1962 in Tripoli, Lebanon. Lives and works between Bahrain and Canada.

Camille Zakharia has spent time living in the USA, Greece, Turkey and Canada before moving to Bahrain in 1999. Zakharia graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design), Halifax, Canada in 1997 and a Bachelor of Engineering from the American University in Beirut in 1985.

Zakharia uses his camera to document the journey taken since his departure from Lebanon. Through photo-montage, collage and print he both reveals and reconstructs his encounters with people and places, exteriors and interiors. Within this process is an exploration of home, identity and belonging in the context of a globalized condition. A particular source of fascination is urban landscape and what is represented socially and culturally by changes in the shape and size of cities.

Zakharia has received numerous accolades for his work including the first place prize in the International Photography Awards in 2006 and 2007, and shortlisted for the Jameel Prize in 2009. Zakharia has exhibited and collected prolifically across North America, Europe and the Middle East, including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Canadian Museum of Civilizations in Quebec, National Art Gallery in Bangladesh, Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization and the Sharjah Biennale in Sharjah, Appleton Museum of Art in Florida, Bin Matar House in Muharraq, National Museum King Abdul Aziz in Riyadh, Bait Al Zubair Museum in Muscat, Loutro ton Aeridon in Athens, Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute in Tehran, Acte 2 Gallery in Paris, FotoFest in Houston, and Multicultural Arts Center in Halifax. Zakharia’s Coastal Promenade series were exhibited in the Bahrain Pavilion in the 2012 Venice Architectural Biennale. This entry went on to win a Golden Lion for best national pavilion. Zakharia was also invited to participate in the 2013 Venice Arts Biennale on behalf of the Kingdom of Bahrain.