Education
2017 - 2020 | Bachelor of Arts in Photography
NDU, Lebanon
2015 - 2017 | Masters in Architecture
USEK, Lebanon
2011 - 2015 | Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
USEK, Lebanon
1997 - 2009 | Dance Certificate in Modern | Contemporary
Al Sarab Dance School, Lebanon
2006 - 2008 | Dance Teaching Certificate
Al Sarab Dance School, Lebanon
Solo Exhibitions
Mar - Apr 2023 | ebb & flow: On Power and Loss, (Laetitia Hakim & Tarek Haddad), Galerie Tanit, Beirut, Lebanon.
Oct - Nov 2022 | in mud, rust, and blood (في الوحل والصدأ والدم) from Domestica (f.) - Maga, ArtLab, Beirut, Lebanon
Collective Exhibitions
Jul 2024 | "Letters of Longing | رسائل شوق" , (a work with Rita Massaad), BeMA, Lebanon |upcoming|
May 2024 | "Can you hear me now?!", NI Mental Health Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland |upcoming|
Feb - Mar 2023 | Tashatott (a stretch of water | Laetitia Hakim & Tarek Haddad), Kiosk, Ghent, Belgium
Nov 2022 | Imagine that tomorrow, Future constructs 2.0 | عندك رزقة بيضا٢٫٠ part of British Council Lebanon In Between Festival, Abroyan Factory, Beirut, Lebanon.
Jul - Nov 2022 | Au bord du monde vivent nos vertiges (a stretch of water | Laetitia Hakim & Tarek Haddad), Abbaye de Jumièges, Jumièges, France
Jun - Aug 2021 | Togetherness (a stretch of water | Laetitia Hakim & Tarek Haddad), Galerie Tanit, Mar Mkhael, Lebanon
Sep 2018 | Byblos Bank Awards (Rescued Memory, from "If I Lost it All"), Beirut Art Fair, Lebanon
Fairs
Nov 2023 | La mer dans tous ses états (a stretch of water | Laetitia Hakim & Tarek Haddad), with Galerie Tanit, Paris Photo, Paris, France.
Residencies
Jul-Aug 2024 | Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium |upcoming|
Oct 2023 - Apr 2024 | Laureate of the residency program of the French Institute at the Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France.
Aug 2022 | Hospitalfield x Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Scotland. Recipient of the "Catapult.visual'arts Residency programme"
Jul 2022 | Abbaye de Jumièges, France.
Sep - Dec 2021 | Diaphane x FRAC Picardie,France. Laureat of "NAFAS" 100 residencies of Lebanese artists in France a program by the French institute in Lebanon
Grants | Awards
2023 | Catapult.Visual Arts 2.0, Selected Accompanying Artist | BeMA x The British Council, Beirut, Lebanon
2022 | Residency Prize (Laetitia Hakim & Tarek Haddad) | Fondation Boghossian, Brussels, Belgium.
2022 | Lebanon Grant | Les Femmes s'exposent, Normandie, France.
2021 | Catapult.Visual Arts, Selected Emerging Artist | ArtLab x The British Council, Beirut, Lebanon
2021 | Artist Support Fund | Haven for Artist, Beirut, Lebanon
2018 | Finalist | Byblos Bank Awards, Beirut, Lebanon
Publications
2023 | "Scenes from an apocalypse", in Digital Fountain's GUTS, zine, Lebanon.
2023 | "Future Constructs", in Al Hayya Magazine, Issue #3 - Everything is on the table, Lebanon.
2023 | “How to Stop a Rock from Growing” (Laetitia Hakim & Tarek Haddad) in “Gallery” magazine, Lebanon.
2022 | “A Stretch of Water” (Laetitia Hakim & Tarek Haddad) in the “Au Bord Du Monde Vivent Nos Vertiges” publication accompanying the eponymous group exhibition, France.
2022 | Ambit x Dongola, A Birdless Sky from Game of Loss/Life (Laetitia Hakim & Tarek Haddad), UK.
Performances
2023 | Tug of War, Laetitia Hakim & Tarek Haddad, Takeover, Beirut, Lebanon
Dance Performances
with Al Sarab Dance Company
(a selection)
2022 | Al Mouhaq - المحاق | a new moon, from Domestica(f.) - Maga with Al Sarab Dance Company and Rust, Lebanon (Creative Director, Choreography in collaboration with the dancers, performer)
2020 | Loop(H)ole, Collaborator, Lebanon (Dance for film)
2019 | 7 to the 7th, Lebanon (Site Specific | Online performance, in collaboration with 7 other countries)
2019 | Prelude, IDDFL, Lebanon (Dancer | A piece by Beau Hancock)
2018 | I Rise, IDDFL, Lebanon (Dancer | A piece by Nadra Assaf)
2018 | The Rite of Spring, Lebanon (Dancer | A piece by Sarah Fadel and Christel Farah)
2018 | Reverberations, Lebanon (Dancer\Choreographer)
2018 | The I in Life, Lebanon (Creator | Dancer with Sarah Fadel)
2017 | Gender Equality, IDDFL, Lebanon (Dancer | A Piece by Nadra Assaf)
2017 | Am I Who I Am Who Are You Who, Lebanon (Mover | Site Specific Improvisation)
2016 | This is How It Happened, Masrah Al Madina, Lebanon (Dancer | Choreographer)
2015 | Piece of Mind, Lebanon (Dancer | A dance for film by Sarah Fadel)
2015 | Influx, New York, USA (Dancer | A piece by Nadra Assaf and Rain Ross)
2012 | STS: Space - Time - Shape, Monnot Theatre, Lebanon (Dancer)
2012 | Carnaval de Nice, Nice, France (Dancer)
2010 | I Matter: An Audience Interactive Performance, Le Crypte Monnot, Lebanon (Dancer)
Curatorial Projects
Oct 2023 - Apr 2024 | Cities Under Quarantine-The Mailbox Project.(Dongola Projects) Mathaf, Qatar. Curatorial Assistant
Sep 2022 | Zarathustra - Reza Abedini. (Dongola Limited Editions), Galerie Tanit, Lebanon. Curatorial Assistant
Sep - Dec 2021 | Cities Under Quarantine-The Mailbox Project.(Dongola Projects) Villa Romana, Italy. Curatorial Assistant
Interviews
Jul 2022 | Interview with L'Orient le Jour, Lebanon.
Jun 2022 | Interview with Gulf Photo Plus, Online.
Contact details
laetitia.hakim@gmail.com