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Between 11 and noon, 2012, C-print, 70 x 85 cm, Edition of 5
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Between 11 and noon, 2012, C-print, 70 x 85 cm, Edition of 5
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Between 11 and noon, 2012, C-print, 70 x 85 cm, Edition of 5
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Between 11 and noon, 2012, C-print, 70 x 85 cm, Edition of 5
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Between 11 and noon, 2012, C-print, 70 x 85 cm, Edition of 5
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Between 11 and noon, 2012, C-print, 70 x 85 cm, Edition of 5
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Between 11 and noon, 2012, C-print, 70 x 85 cm, Edition of 5
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White Room series, 2012, C-type print, 60 x 45 cm, Edition 2 of 5
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White Room series, 2012, C-type print, 60 x 45 cm, Edition 2 of 5
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White Room series, 2012, C-type print, 60 x 45 cm, Edition of 5
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White Room series, 2012, C-type print, 60 x 45 cm, Edition of 5
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White Room series, 2012, C-type print, 60 x 45 cm, Edition of 5
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The Eye, 2009,Video, 4 min
Born 1980, Beirut, Lebanon.
Kahil is a multidisciplinary artist based in London originally from Beirut, Lebanon. Kahil completed an MA in Communication Art & Design at the Royal College of Art, London, in 2009. Her projects take the form of photography, text, video and installation. She has exhibited solo and in group shows internationally, including in London, Istanbul, Zurich, Beirut and Paris (at the SLICK art fair).
Through my work, I explore the themes surrounding the gaze, and the dichotomy of the private and public through the recurrent use of the body as subject and object, to explore the Auto/Biographical. The body becomes a means for investigating displacement, social identity and its manifestation through everyday performance. I am interested in the instances of tension that exist within ordinary moments. They are ‘the cusp’ of a narrative that cannot be read, but inferred; rarely understood, but felt. Through the performative aspect of my work a shared universality transpires from the awkwardness of the personal. I work in different media (photography, video, installation) allowing the idea to dictate the form of the art project; to create a body of work that, although diverse in its visual outcomes, forms a coherent whole in its communicative aim.
Rasha Kahil
read more...Born 1980, Beirut, Lebanon.
Kahil is a multidisciplinary artist based in London originally from Beirut, Lebanon. Kahil completed an MA in Communication Art & Design at the Royal College of Art, London, in 2009. Her projects take the form of photography, text, video and installation. She has exhibited solo and in group shows internationally, including in London, Istanbul, Zurich, Beirut and Paris (at the SLICK art fair).
Through my work, I explore the themes surrounding the gaze, and the dichotomy of the private and public through the recurrent use of the body as subject and object, to explore the Auto/Biographical. The body becomes a means for investigating displacement, social identity and its manifestation through everyday performance. I am interested in the instances of tension that exist within ordinary moments. They are ‘the cusp’ of a narrative that cannot be read, but inferred; rarely understood, but felt. Through the performative aspect of my work a shared universality transpires from the awkwardness of the personal. I work in different media (photography, video, installation) allowing the idea to dictate the form of the art project; to create a body of work that, although diverse in its visual outcomes, forms a coherent whole in its communicative aim.
Rasha Kahil
EXHIBITIONS
2012
Hijacked III, Quad Gallery, Derby UK (Upcoming March 2012)
Full Rabbit, curated by Audio Architecture, Shoreditch Town Hall, UK (Upcoming February 2012)
Photo Opportunity, Maddox Arts, London, UK (Upcoming February 9, 2012)
2011
Slick contemporary Art Fair, with The Running Horse art space, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Rasha Kahil / Liane Lang, ArtFirst Projects gallery, London, UK
In Your Home, The Empire Project gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
"The Sporting Club" published in arts & culture e- journal Nowness.com, UK
Human, The Empire Project gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Manja and Nina photo series published in Deadstock magazine, UK
Launch of In Your Home self-published book, June 2011
Solo exhibition at The Running Horse art space, Beirut, Lebanon
2010
The Shameless, Solo exhibition, Zico House gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Counting Thoughts, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
"Poses" published in Edwarda Magazine, Issue 2
The Dig's Love Equinox, Passing Clouds, Dalston, London
Bastakiya Art Fair, "The Eye" presented by The Running Horse contemporary art space, Dubai, UAE
Soft Sculpture (or the Ordinary Reinterpreted), The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
"Letters between A & Z" published in Vague Paper, Issue 7
2009
The Corridor: PixelPops09, BolteLang Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Acoustic Images, British Film Institute (BFI), London
RCA Graduate Show, exhibiting "Poses" and launching the "XI and la Gueule du Monde" art publication. Poses was awarded the Carl Garnham Prize for Photographic Media.
The Affluenza Exhibition, St. John's warehouse Clerkenwell, London, showing site-specific installation "M for Stalking"
Performed Narratives, with filmmaker Sanna Kuittinen, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
Quiet Please, GSK Contemporary at the Royal Academy of Arts, London
2008
RCA Interim Show, Gulbekian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
Spiritual Promises, curated by Cosmicmegabrain, Cordy House, London
Oberon Book Illustration exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
Beyond the Surface, Passion for Print exhibition, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
2006
Today is a Beautiful Day, illustration exhibition, Nog Gallery, London
2005
Winner of the Al Jourd photo competition, Lebanon
www.rashakahil.com