Ricardo MBARKHO

Ricardo Mbarkho is an artist and lecturer. He was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1974. In his work, he often uses new media to tackle questions mainly related to human relations and belonging issues within the socio-political sphere.
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 teaches art, video, and new media at the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Beirut.
Currently, he lives and works in Lebanon and France.

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

Lebanon:
Dawar el Shams (Beirut) , Espace SD (Beirut), Goethe-Institut (Beirut), French Cultural Center (Beirut), LAA galery (Beirut), Piece Unique gallery, (Beirut)

Austria:
Ars Electronica (Linz)

Bosnia-Herzegovina:
galerija10m2 (Sarajevo)

Canada:
Cinémathèque Québécoise (Montréal)

Egypt:
L’Atelier de l’Alexandrie (Alexandria)

Unites Arab Emirates:
ArtParis (Abu Dhabi)

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), Signes de Nuit Festival (Paris), 21th Instants Video Festival (Marseille), VIDEOFORMES Festival (Clermont-Ferrand), théâtre de l’Agora (Evry)

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

Italy:
INVIDEO Festival (Milano)

Morocco
Festival International d’Art Vidéo de Casablanca

The Netherlands:
LiteSide Festival (Amsterdam), Reject Festival (Rotterdam)

Norway:
Oslo Screen Festival (Oslo)

Spain:
microARTos (Madrid)

Tunisia:
Le Centre Culturel de Sousse