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