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Ricardo Mbarkho
Artist and University teacher.
Lives and works in France and Lebanon.

Ricardo Mbarkho was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1974. His works and lectures take part in many publications, media, and in education and art institutions and events in Lebanon and internationally. His work questions the identity issue often in relation to the new technologies of information and communication.
Ricardo Mbarkho received his Art Diplomas from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and Ecole Supérieure d’Etudes Cinématographiques, Paris, France and from Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts, Beirut. He also completed an exchange study program at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. He currently lives in Lebanon and teaches art, video, and new media at the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Beirut.


Places where Mbarkho's works and lectures have been presented (selection)

Lebanon
Dawar el Shams, Beirut
Espace SD, Beirut
Goethe-Institut, Beirut

Austria
Ars Electronica, Linz

Bosnia-Herzegovina
galerija10m2, Sarajevo

Canada
Cinémathèque Québécoise, Montréal

Egypt
L’Atelier de l’Alexandrie, Alexandria

France
Guislain Mollet-Viéville, Paris
Biennale de Paris, Paris
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris
ENSBA, Paris
ISEA 2000, Paris
Cinéma Balzac, Paris
Le Cube, Issy-les-Moulineaux
21th Instants Video Festival, Marseille

Germany
Cinema Black Box, Düsseldorf
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck
Transmediale, Berlin

Italy
INVIDEO Festival, Milano

The Netherlands
LiteSide Festival, Amsterdam

Norway
Oslo Screen Festival, Oslo

Tunisia
Le Centre Culturel de Sousse