Born in 1971, Byblos, Lebanon Bassam Kyrillos is a Lebanese sculptor who lives and works in Byblos, Lebanon. His body of work encompasses both the monumental and the figurative, demonstrating mastery in a variety of media, including unconventional bronze and aluminum casting techniques, as well as the incorporation of industrial materials.

His recent work delves into the stories of place through cycles of destruction and regeneration. Bassam Kyrillos creates sculptures of an alternate urbanity, a place bearing witness to its history while simultaneously regenerating itself, inhabiting the border zones between devastation and renewal. These structures bear the scars of conflict while also bursting with organic potential, searching for survival strategies that are essential to the continuation of life.

Bassam, a Ph.D holder at the University of Sorbonne, has exhibited both locally and internationally, most notably at the Sursock Museum in Beirut and several International Biennales, including the Islamic Biennial in Iran and the Alexandria Biennial in Egypt. He has taken part in several group exhibitions and art fairs in Paris, Moscow, Hong Kong, Basel, Dubai, and Beirut. Bassam has been a professor of fine arts at the Lebanese University in Beirut since 2001.

Formation:

2014: PHD, Visual Arts – Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University
2008: MA, Visual Arts – Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University
2007: MA, Visual Arts – Damas University
2005: BA, Visual Arts – Damas University
1995: BA, Visual Arts – Lebanese university

Professional Background:

2000-2002: President of the Lebanese Artists Association for Painting & Sculpture (LAAPS)
2002-2005: Vice President of the International Art Association (AIAP)
2001-present: Professor of Painting & Sculpture, Lebanese University

Solo Exhibitions:

2019: "Multiverse" Mark Hachem Gallery – Beirut, Lebanon
2017 : "Chaos" Mark Hachem Gallery – Beirut, Lebanon
2015: "Locating Existence" Artspace Hamra Gallery -- Beirut, Lebanon
2012: Mediart Gallery – Paris, France
2001: Alkhoubar Gallery - Doha, Qatar
2000: Espace SD Gallery – Beirut, Lebanon
1999: "Libero Pensiero" Gallery – Rome, Italy
Tourism Center of Lebanon – Paris, France
1998: Ministry of Tourism – Beirut, Lebanon
1995: Astar Art Gallery – Byblos, Lebanon
1994: Station des Arts Gallery – Beirut Central House of Artists – Moscow, Russia
1993: La Sagesse – Beirut, Lebanon
1992: Dar El Nadwa – Beirut, Lebanon
1991: University of the Holy Spirit – Kaslik, Lebanon

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2018: Workshops of sculpture and painting in Egypt and Tunis
2018: Mark Hachem Gallery – Beirut
2018: Baalbeck International Symposium
2017: Sichuan University -- Changdou, China
2016: "Encounters" Basel Cultural Center, Basel, Switzerland
2012: Juan-les-Pins, France
2010: Sursock Museum - Beirut Lebanese Art Forum - Unesco Palace -- Beirut, Lebanon
2005: Museum of Art – Heifei, China
2003: International Symposium of Sculpture -- Manama, Bahrain
International Art Exhibition – New York, USA
Symposium of Sculpture -- Mechref, Lebanon
Dar El Nadwa -- Beirut, Lebanon
2002: International Painting Exhibition - Baghdad, Iraq
International Symposium of Sculpture – Ehden, Lebanon
International Symposium of Mosaic – Ras El Maten, Lebanon
Symposium of Sculpture – Jounieh, Lebanon
General Assembly of the IAA - Athens, Greece
2001: Biennial of Alexandria -- Egypt
Biennial of the Islamic World, Museum of Tehran -- Iran
Biennial of Bangladesh
War Museum – Damascus, Syria

Art Fairs:

2020: EGYPT ART FAIR -- Egypt
2019: BEIRUT ART FAIR -- Lebanon
2017: BEIRUT ART FAIR -- Lebanon
Istanbul Art Fair -- Turkey
2016: BEIRUT ART FAIR -- Lebanon
2015: BEIRUT ART FAIR -- Lebanon
2015: Art Central Hong Kong -- Hong Kong
2015: Bahrain Art Fair -- Bahrain