CHAFA GHADDAR

Chafa Ghaddar (1986) was born in Lebanon and currently lives in Dubai. She graduated from ALBA, Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts, where she earned her Bachelor degree in Fine Arts in 2007 and her Master's degree in Visual Arts in 2009... In 2012, she attended an intensive course in fresco and traditional painting techniques in Florence, Italy. While developing a career in wall painting and surface finishing, she explores the use of fresco in contemporary practices as well as other processes, and works equally with murals, painting, drawing, photography and mixed media. She was awarded the Boghossian Art Prize for painting in 2014, and was artist in residence at the Villa Empain in Brussels in October and November 2015... After attending an intensive course in fresco and decorative painting methods in Florence, Italy, Ghaddar developed an interest in historical painting techniques, materials and studio practices. She became familiar with a wide range of procedures such as the..