Mazen Khaddaj

Mazen Khaddaj, born in 1985, is a multidisciplinary Lebanese-German artist working in painting, performance, video art, and installation. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Graphic Design from the American University of Science and Technology in Beirut in 2008.

Mazen started his artistic journey in the medium of painting. He exhibited his first solo show in Beirut in 2013. Eventually, Mazen would move into a more multidisciplinary approach, showcasing video performances in addition to paintings.

Mazen participated in an artist residency at the prestigious Pilotenkuche International Art Residency, in Leipzig, Germany, in 2015. This would lead him to temporarily relocate to Germany from 2016 until 2024.

Mazen has participated in several collective shows, including in Lebanon, Bahrain, Turkey, the USA, and Germany. He held a solo show in Dubai at Urbanist Art Gallery in 2023, curated by Maie El-Hage.

Mazen’s paintings are a play between textures and color, transparency, and flatness. His work manifests human thought and interaction through figuration, which appears abstracted and dissipating, intersecting yet secluded.

Mazen is currently living in Aley, Lebanon, and engages in artistic activities there.