ARTISTS

Tarek Atoui (Beirut, Lebanon, 1980; lives and works in Paris) is an artist and electroacoustic composer who explores the medium of sound and the way it gives shape to perceptions through dynamic installations, experimental acoustic environments, and collaborative performances. The artist works with composers and craftsmen from different countries to invent complex instruments with strong sculptural halos. By bringing together a wide range of materials and knowledge he tests the acoustic properties and the unique ways in which elements like bronze, water, glass and stone transmit and reflect sound. Using custom-built electronic instruments and computers, Atoui references current social and political realities, revealing music and new technologies as powerful aspects of expression and identity. Education and social connection are integral aspects of the artist’s practice that often collaborate with different local communities and invites the visitor to interact and experience his multi-sensory environments. He has exhibited at numerous major institutions such as S.M.A.K., Ghent (forthcoming, 2024); Art Sonje Center, Seoul (2023); IAC- Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne (2023) Museum of Contemporary Art MCA, Sydney (2023),; The Contemporary Austin, Texas (2022) ; the FLAG Art Foundation, New York (2022); Fridericianum, Kassel (2020) ; Fondation Serralves, Porto (2022 & 2018); MUDAM, Luxembourg (2022); NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (2018); Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels (2017); Bergen Assembly (2016); Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (2015); Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2014 and 2015). Tarek Atoui works are parts of several collections, notably the Tate Modern’s, Guggenheimcollection, Monaco Museum’s, Sharjah collection, Pinault collection, French national collection and Kadist’s