Yazan halwani biography of mahatma

Yazan Halwani is an artist born in post-war Beirut, Lebanon where public spaces were lacking, and the lack of art infrastructure (e.g., museums, institutions, galleries, education) made art and design highly undemocratic and inaccessible for the public.

Yazan halwani biography of mahatma

His work focuses on identity.

Growing up in Beirut, public spaces were riddled with political propaganda, a remnant of the Civil War: large scale images of political leaders and banners with political quotes written in beautiful Arabic calligraphy.

Both provoked and inspired, he turned himself to creating installations in these same public spaces to allow everyday people to reflect on their own identities and challenge the dominant narratives amidst a normalized highly sectarian post-war environment.

His work has frequently been viral and been embraced as landmarks within the city.

His undergraduate degree from the American University of Beirut, and graduate degree from Harvard allowed him to study a range of topics t