Born in Beirut in 1982, Tamara Haddad graduated from Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) in 2005 with a Master Degree in Advertising.
She started painting in 2004 as a self-taught painter, while working in advertising. In 2011, she quits the advertising agency to devote herself to painting. Deeply influenced by architecture and photography, being the daughter of Georges Haddad, a pioneer of modern architecture in Lebanon, Tamara Haddad takes inspirations from her series of photos either taken during her trips to Tibet and Nepal, or during her many hikes in the Lebanese mountains and abroad. All these images allow her to give landscapes a new dimension in her paintings.
Today her work is focused on the physical transformations that the earth is enduring mainly caused by human actions. She focuses on the changes that affect the earth’s landscapes and its geology, showing scars, but at the same time, she insists on revealing the beauty and the variety of colours and textures that the Earth owns.
Having a deep concern about the environment, using natural materials such as sand, bark, straw, pebble and branches along with oil painting, is part of her process.
Tamara Haddad has been part of several exhibitions both in Lebanon and abroad.
Galerie Tanit, December 2021- January 2022
Collective Exhibition, Noel 2021
Galerie Tanit, October – December 2021
Solo exhibition De Terre et de Matière Faille II
Selections Arts Magazine, March – May 2021
Online exhibition The Emerging Artists Show, Spring 2021
Virtual tour exhibition by I Have Learned Academy, March 2021
Echoes from Lebanon
Online exhibition Galerie Janine Rubeiz, February – March 2021
Space and Emotion Amidst Confinement
Online exhibition from February 2 – April 30, 2021
Arleb (By Nabad)
ARTHAUS BEIRUT, October 2020
Beirut Ground Zero
KAF Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon, 2014 – 2016
Le Gray Hotel, Beirut Downtown, Lebanon, 2014
Jeunes Artistes des Beaux-Arts Du Liban
Le Gray Hotel, Beirut Downtown, Lebanon, 2013
Jeunes Artistes des Beaux-Arts Du Liban
Institut Français du Liban, Beirut, Lebanon, 2013
Solo Exhibition, Faille
BEIRUT EXHIBITION CENTER, Lebanon, 2011
XXème Salon D’Automne Sursock
LIONS Association Exhibition, Tunis, 2008
Woodstock Gallery, Beirut, 2007 – 2008
Tamara Haddad is represented by Galerie Tanit Beirut.