BAROMETER
Rome Residency in partnership with OTTN Projects and Materia Gallery

MOHAMAD ABDOUNI

Dates of residency:  June 2021
Nationality: Lebanese
Lives and works: Beirut/Istanbul
Awards:  
- Brooklyn Museum, New York - Official Selection & Honorary Award Winner (ANYA KNEEZ: A Queen in Beirut, 2017)
- International Queer & Migrant Film Festival, Amsterdam - Official Selection (ANYA KNEEZ: A Queen in Beirut, 2017)
- Leeds Queer Film Festival, UK - Official Selection (ANYA KNEEZ: A Queen in Beirut, 2017)
Selected shows:
- Artfizz - One Night Only, 2021 (group show - photography)
- CONTACT Photography Festival, Canada - Untitled, 2021 (photography)
- Patel Brown (East) Gallery, Canada - Flesh On The Floor, 2021 (group show - photography)
- FOAM Gallery, Netherlands - ADORNED, 2019 (group show - photography)

THE ARTIST
Mohamad Abdouni is a photographer, filmmaker and curator based between Beirut and Istanbul. He is also Editor in-Chief and Creative Director of COLD CUTS magazine, the photo journal exploring queer cultures in the SWANA region. His work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Foam Gallery in Amsterdam, the Institute of Islamic Culture in Paris and in festivals around Europe such as IQMF and the Leeds Queer Film Festival. He has worked with the likes of Vogue US, Vogue Italia, Burberry, Puma, Slate, Gucci, Fendi, Farfetch, King Kong, Vice UK and L’officiel, whereas his personal projects tend to focus on the untold stories of Beirut and uncovering the rich yet eradicated queer histories of the Arab-speaking region through several documentaries and photo stories that have been exhibited and published in festivals and publications from around the globe.