About
Tony
Chakar
writer, architect, and artist, Beirut
Tony Chakar is an architect and writer. He teaches history of art and architecture at the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, University of Balamand, Beirut. His work incorporates literature, philosophy, and theory, and has been included in numerous exhibitions internationally, including the 31st Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, 2014. Further selected exhibitions and performances include: One Hundred Thousand Solitudes, Sharjah Biennial 11, Sharjah, 2013; An Endless Quick Nightmare, MDE11, Medellín, 2011; The Sky Over Beirut, Beirut, 2009; and Four Cotton Underwear for Tony, exhibited at Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, TownHouse Gallery, Cairo, Tapies Foundation, Barcelona, and Witte de With, Rotterdam as part of Contemporary Arab Representations, curated by Catherine David, 2001–2002. He is a contributor to Al Mulhaq, the cultural supplement of the daily newspaper Annahar, and to several European art journals. Chakar lives and works in Beirut. [Last updated 2015]
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