Diana Kahil

Diana Kahil is an artist, graduated of the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA, with honors), Masters Degree (DEA) in Aesthetics and Art Sciences from the Sorbonne (with honors, Contemporary Art Criticism & Performing Arts), as well as a Bachelor's degree in French Literature.

In 2007, a first exhibition on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré titled Entités achieved initial success. She subsequently participated in several international events and exhibitions, and in March 2009, she was selected during the first Arab Culture Week in Paris.

Chosen to represent Lebanon in 2011 at UNESCO in Paris for an exhibition honoring women during the celebration of International Women's Day on March 8, 2011, her exhibition was titled Divinities and Princesses of Phoenicia and evoked the intangible heritage of the land of the Cedars. Through her aesthetic approach, the artist constantly explores the themes of memory or Mnemosyne, recollection, and traces.

In addition to her solo exhibitions in galleries and at the 148 Cultural Space, the artist participated in several group exhibitions, including a charity auction exhibition at the Ministry of Culture in Paris, the Festival of Human Rights and World Cultures in L’Haÿ-les-Roses, the Place aux Artistes outdoor exhibition organized by the Arcima Gallery, the Arts Salon in Alfortville, as well as an exhibition at the Pavillon M in Marseille where she represented Lebanon during the Consul’Art event. She also took part in the Female Creativity exhibition at the Algerian Cultural Center in Paris and the remarkable Armenian Resonances exhibition held at the Saint Mesrob Armenian Cultural Center in Paris.

The artist also presented exclusive artworks at the Richelieu Workshop in 2015 for the contemporary drawing cabinet DDessin in Paris. She exhibited at Cynthia Nohra Gallery in Beirut in 2017, as well as during the Beirut Art Fair. In 2016, Diana Kahil created works inspired by the play Pacamambo by Wajdi Mouawad for the performances of the Mipana company at the Essaïon Theater in Paris, under the direction of Joseph Olivennes. She also exhibited her art at the Archeology Museum during a collective exhibition dedicated to Beirut. Other events related to Opera and the performing arts took place, notably in 2021, following others in 2023 and 2024.

Her artistic journey has been followed by the international Press, with articles in newspapers, journals, and magazines, including L’Orient Le Jour, Le Parisien, Toute la Culture.com, Le Courrier de l’Algérie...

“The metamorphosis, the spectral entities... all are recurring figures in my artistic work. Through my artistic practice, I express themes such as presence. I question, through my technique, the imprint, the trace, in order to explore the duality of identity and memory.”