info
elrifaimarwa@gmail.com
Born 1997 Beirut, Lebanon. Lives and works in Beirut.
Education
2027/28 (forthcoming) Spatial Strategies, Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin, Berlin, DE
2023-2024 Painting Techniques, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
2017 Product Design Exchange Program, Parsons School of Design, New York, USA
2015-2019 BA in Graphic Design, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
Solo and Group Exhibitions
2026 (postponed) Beyond The Frame, Group Exhibition, Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut, LB
2025 34th Floor, Open Studios, Home Workspace Program, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, LB
2024 Speaking to the Light, As If, I Can, Solo Exhibition, Berlin Art Institute, Berlin, DE
2023 Encounters, Group Exhibition, Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut, LB
2023 Encounters, Group Exhibition, Beiteddine Art Festival, Mount Lebanon, LB
2022 Dazwischen (In Between), Open Studios, KHB Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin, DE
2021 Time is Passing, Solo Exhibition, Marwa Elrifai Studio, Spears, Beirut, LB
Residencies, Programs
2026 AHAME residency, supported by Goethe Institute, Amman, JO
2026 Shortlisted, Beirut Art Center Residency Program, Room For Practice, Beirut, LB
2025 Fellow, HWP Home Workspace Program, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, LB
2025 Shortlisted, Gasworks Residency Program, London, UK
2025 Shortlisted, 421.online Residency Program, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2024 Participant, Public Program, Alserkal Arts Foundation, Dubai, UAE
2024 Resident, Berlin Art Institute Studio Program, Berlin, DE
2024 Nomination, Saradar Foundation Art Residency Program, Beirut, LB
2022 Resident, KHB Kunsthalle Berlin Art Residency, Berlin, DE
Professional Experience and Awards
2025 SAWN program: Safeguarding Art in Wartime Network, Beirut Museum of Art BeMA, Beirut, LB
2024 Tour Guide, Saloua Raouda Choucair Exhibition, LAU Art Gallery Space, Beirut, LB
2022 Volunteer, Guest Relations and Visitor Services, Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2018 Winner, Arab/LibanPack Structural Packaging Award, issued by LibanPack & UNESCO, LB
2018 Printing Press Assistant, Karaky Printing Press, Beirut, LB
2018 Graphic Designer, Masrah Al Madina Theater, Beirut, LB
2014 Winner, BAU National Commission for Science and Research Award, Beirut, LB
Self published Publications
2023 Letters I Said To The Winds When I Couldn’t
2022 Time is Passing (On A Train to See A Fig Tree)
2021 Experimental Ways of Seeing
2019 The Way I Sea (A Companion To the Sea’s Way), FYP Graphic Design, LAU, Beirut, LB
Workshops and Trainings
2026 Jouhouziya training: Cultural Emergency Response for Modern Art, Beirut, LB
2025 Sound Workshop, by Earshot (Lawrence Abu Hamdan), Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, LB
2025 Sound Writing Workshop, with Chrystèle Khodr, Beirut Synthesizer Center, Beirut, LB
2024 Sculptural Workshop: Papier-mâché, by Emily Hunt, Berlin Art Institute, Berlin, DE
2024 Lecture+Crits: Manageable Matter, by Emma Waltraud Howes, Berlin Art Institute, DE
2024 Seminar: The Image Regime, by Andreas Schlaegel, Berlin Art Institute, Berlin, DE
2019 Silkscreen Workshop, with Hicham Abozid, Waraq Organization, Beirut, LB
2017 Design Conference, American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), with Paula Scher, NY, USA
Press
L'Orient-Le Jour by Zéna ZALZAL https://shorturl.at/wQi2a
Gallery Fine Arts in Lebanon https://www.gallery.com.lb/encounters-2023/
AlArab.co Article by Mimosa Al-Arawi https://tinyurl.com/4fhu758f