Bio
Khaled Alwarea (1988) ِis a Syrian Architect and multidisciplinary artist based in Paris, he arrived to France in late 2016. Working with images, materials and structures derived from the fabric of modernity, his art career started in 2011, where he participated in his first exhibition and won his first photography contest.
He is the co-founder of UV LAB design studio, as creative director his expertise lay in conceptualising and creating site-specific sculptures and installations, alongside architectural scenography for music festivals using natural and up-cycled materials. UV LAB succeeded in placing projects in different countries throughout Europe, Middle-east and South Asia. In addition, Khaled was involved in the refugee crisis response by designing and building schools where none existed in tented settlements to foster education for children and mitigate child labor across Lebanon.
Furthermore, through the alias KhAl, his creative practice focuses on visual art via photography, video art, theatre scenography, performance, and multimedia installations, concerned with themes of sexuality, individuality, and freedom of expression. He participated in several collaborations and workshops, been selected and invited to many film festivals and seminars, and exhibited his work in galleries, cultural centres, and theatres in different countries around the world.
Whether in Architecture or in visual art, Khaled’s creative process relays heavily on new technologies; using algorithms, artificial intelligence and computational design on a variety of softwares and hardwares.
Khaled is member of l’atelier d’artists en exile in Paris since 2018. He did the scenography of the festival Visions of Exile at the Cité Internationale des Arts — Site de Montmartre, where he also presented a multimedia installation. He signed the scenography and lighting of Disparu·e·s by Judith Depaule, Rupture by Maryam Samaan, Habitus by Nidal Abdo and On marche sur des œufs by Ayoub Moumen.
Selected Collective Exhibitions:
2021 Déflagration
The Syrian LGBTQ+ Memory
La Galerie de l'aa-e
Paris, France
2020
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Arts From the Future - Virtual
Information/Misinformation 040820
Participatory Digital Performance -
States of Existence - Virtual
Video Art
SEAS, Brighton, UK
2019
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Festival Vision d’exil
Multi media Performance/Installation
Cité Internationale des Arts.
Paris, France -
Brown University
Syrian Eyes of the World
Photography
Providence, USA
2018
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Festival Vision d’exil
installation art/Scenography “BRUTALISTa”
Cité Internationale des Arts
Paris, France -
Engagement Program
Audio/Visual Performance “PANIC BY PROXY”
Collaboration with John Keston
Walker Art Center., Minneapolis, USA
2017
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UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE
Syrian Eyes of the World
Photography
Bordeaux, France -
FESTIVAL DOULAB,
Syrian Eyes of the World
Photography
Montréal, Canada -
Bibliothèque de Verdun
Syrian Eyes of the World
Photography
Montréal, Canada
2016
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"For the Love of the Arts"
Sculpture “ISRA”
Station Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. -
Centre Urbanisation Culture Société de l’INRS
Syrian Eyes of the World
Photography
Montréal, Canada. -
DIASPORAM’ART
Syrian Eyes of the World
Photography
Paris, France
2015
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Arab Festival of Washington
Syrian Eyes of the World
Photography
Seattle, USA. -
5UN7 Gallery,
Syrian Eyes of the World
Photography
Bordeaux, France -
Concordia Art Symposium
Syrian Eyes of the World
Photography
Montréal, Canada -
Festival international du film d’histoire de Pessac,
Syrian Eyes of the World
Photography
Pessac, France
2014
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Festival du monde arabe
Syrian Eyes of the World
Photography
Montréal, Canada. -
Syrian Youth For Peace fundraiser
Syrian Eyes of the World
Photography
New York, USA -
Cité internationale universitaire de Paris
Syrian Eyes of the World
Photography
Paris, France
2013
Novelty Exhibition
Photography
Jossor Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria
2012
A Tale Every Day Exhibition
Photography
Khan As’ad Pasha
Damascus, Syria
2011
A,B,C Damascene Story
Gallery Mustafa Ali
Damascus, Syria