Maria Kassab

Graphic and visual artist, handling the position of an Art director in a design house in Beirut. Also works as a freelancer. Graduated from the Lebanese American University with a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design, and a minor in Fine Arts. Recently working on her new project (customized wallpaper designs.)

Lived her childhood in Montreal and came back to Lebanon late 90’s Participated in the “Nafas Beirut” collective artists exhibition in 2006 after the foreign war on Lebanon, portraying delicate drawings on canvas, a downward spiral into darkness. Also Participated in a collective exhibition in 2010 at the Joanna Saikaly gallery.

She collaborated in music videos for the underground music scene in Beirut, Her work has been published in local and international art magazines.

In November 2010 she participated in a collective exhibition in New York called “Homeland”, presented by 49B studios in association with Beta Spaces and Arte East.

Maria’s rendered emotions are translated through the photomontages uncovering the willingness to get out of confinement. Gathering thoughts, collecting ideas, & illustrating emotions. Patches and dispatches of constructed and deconstructed images & textures become louder, giving rise to a forgotten story. These animated photo-montages reflect a surface of fleeing moments of escape.

Check out more of Maria Kassab’s work by visiting her website or blog