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Gregory Buchakjian

Portrait of Gregory Buchakjian

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PhD. Transdisciplinary artist and art historian, Associate Professor and Director of the School of Visual Arts at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA, University of Balamand).

Based on archives, archaeology and narrative, his approach took shape in his doctoral thesis at the Sorbonne, “Habitats abandonnés de Beyrouth. Guerres et mutations de l’espace urbain : 1860-2015” (2016), in the book Habitats abandonnés, une histoire de Beyrouth (Beirut, Kaph Books, 2018) and in the exhibitions Abandoned Dwellings, Display of Systems (Beirut, Sursock Museum, 2018) and Habitats abandonnés de Beyrouth (Brussels, Villa Empain, 2019).

He contributed to the first Lebanese pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale (2018). In 2020, he attributed and brought to light two paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi that had been damaged by the Beirut port explosion.

He has served on numerous juries and committees, including for the evaluation of art schools in France for the Haut conseil de l’évaluation de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur – HCERES (2023).

Publications

  • BUCHAKJIAN, Gregory (2018). Habitats abandonnés. Une histoire de Beyrouth. Beyrouth, Kaph, 239 p.
  • BUCHAKJIAN, Gregory et COTTARD HACHEM, Clémence (dir.) (2018). Traversées photographiques, le journal du Docteur Cottard. Beyrouth, Fondation arabe pour l’image, 250 p.
  • BUCHAKJIAN, Gregory (2017). « The Lives and Deaths of Inhabitants in Abandoned Houses ». OAR Oxford Artistic and Practice Based Research Platform, n° 2, p. 30-46. oarplatform.com