Ziad Antar

Ziad Antar lives and works between Saida (Lebanon) and Paris (France). He graduated with a degree in agricultural engineering in 2001, and has been working in photography and video since 2002. He completed a one-year residency at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in 2003 and a one year residency at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Videos include, Tokyo Tonight (2003), WA (2004), Tambourro (2004), Safe Sound (2006), Tank You (2006), Marche Turque (2007), Mdardara (2007). He directed his first documentary in 2002 on the French photographer Jean-Luc Moulène, titled Jean-Luc Moulène and has since made several documentaries for the Arabic news channel al-Arabiya, including, L'Islam et la laïcité (2004), Lebanon and its Partners (2005), The Role of Europe (2007).
Selected collective exhibitions: La Vanguardia Cultura's Documental, Andorra, 2007; Au Centre Pompidou, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2006; La Cabane, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2006; Radical Closure, Oberhausen Film Festival, Germany, 2006; Festival Côté Court Pantin, France, 2006; Videobrasil, Brazil, 2005; Memoires Vives, The Plattform, Berlin, 2005; The Parking, CAC Bretigny sur Orge, France, 2004; Code Unknown, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2004; The Building, at the former Bank of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Art Document, Japan, 2004. His photographic works have been published in 12345678 (Ed. Palais De Tokyo, 2004, France), Performing Images (Ed. Group Med, 2005, Lebanon), Au Centre Pompidou (Ed. Centre George Pompidou, 2006, France). http://infocusdialogue.org/artists/ziad-antar-rasha-salti/