Born in Beirut in 1985, Nour Awada lives and works in Paris, France. A graduate of Paris’s École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 2012, she went on to establish the LAP (Arts and Performance Workshop) in 2018. Her work, which includes sculptures, installations, drawings and performances has been presented, among other places, at the Centre Pompidou, the François Schneider Foundation, the Fondation Francès, Le Crédac, the Palais de Tokyo, Fondation Lafayette Anticipations, the French Institute of Milan and the International Istanbul Triennial.

“Being of French-Lebanese origin, I grew up in a country devastated by war and replete with collective rituals, ceremonies and popular worships dedicated to aggregation and commemoration. It took me years to realize the impact of this heritage upon my work. Nevertheless, the question of the acting body, the military corps, the sacred body and the immensity of the narrative field that goes with them are – have always been – at the very heart of my practice.

Nour Awada