Unseen Amsterdam 2019

Marc Mouarkec

Function: Managing director of the Arab Image Foundation Country: Lebanon Visiting period: 19 - 22 September Visiting year: 2019 Part of Unseen Amsterdam 2019

Marc Mouarkech. Photo: Tarek Haddad

He is pursuing a master’s degree in curatorial studies and art criticism at Saint Joseph University, Beirut and has a BA in Multimedia and visual arts from the Holy Spirit University, Kaslik.

Between 2010 and 2017 he worked at Galerie Tanit, Beirut/Munich where he became director of the Beirut branch in 2012. Between 2014 and 2015 he organized and co-curated several exhibitions in Beirut. In October 2015 he co-founded a collective of 8 curators that adopted the name of MADRASSA (School in Arabic). MADRASSA’s focus are the institutional and collective practices in the region. MADRASSA kicked off its own practices presenting the exhibition Something To Generate From at Kunsthal Aarhus in June 2016.