Biography of the artist

Born in Lebanon. 1957
Works and Lives in Beirut and Paris


Srouji holds a master’s degree in Fine Arts from Concordia University in Canada (1987). He has held different teaching positions in several universities in the US, Canada and at the Sorbonne in Paris before becoming Assistant Professor at the Lebanese American University in 2010. His work addresses notions of memory, exile and above all: healing and is often linked to the history of Lebanon and its surrounding region. He has held many solo and group exhibitions around the world such as: The Singapore Art Fair, The Mac International, frst open art prize, Belfast, Abu-Dhabi Art, Art14, London. His work features in public and private collections including the Alcan Collection, Canada and The Carmignac Foundation, France. In 2013, Galerie Janine Rubeiz, which represents him in Beirut, published his book entitled "Hanibal Srouji: Panting Fire, Water, Earth and Air". He is also represented by June Kelly Gallery in New York and Galerie Eulenspiegel in Basel.