BIO

Christine Safatly (b. 1992, Minieh, Lebanon) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Beirut. Her practice spans painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media, and installation, employing a wide range of media. Safatly is best known for materially and philosophically grounded works that deconstruct the human body and its environment, exploring how material language can express both individual and collective experience. Her work engages with posthumanist thought, critiquing anthropocentrism and emphasizing the interdependence between the human body, non-human entities, and technological systems.

 

Safatly’s work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions locally and internationally. She held a solo exhibition curated by Art Design Lebanon in 2024. Her selected group exhibitions include Freedom Recalled (2025), curated by Art Design Lebanon at Beit Beirut Museum, Beirut; Still Present! at the 12th Berlin Biennale (2022); Scare Tactics at Beirut Art Center (2022); and Lost in the Right Direction (2022), curated by Art Design Lebanon at the Deir el Kalaa ruins, Beit Meri. Safatly earned a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Lebanese University in 2018. She was a fellow of Ashkal Alwan’s Home Workspace Program (2020–2019). In 2023, she received a production grant from Culture Resource.

 

EDUCATIONS

  • 2016 – 2018 Lebanese university, Beirut / Master’s degree in fine arts; Thesis: The Use of Living Materials as Art.
  • 2013 – 2016 Lebanese university, Beirut / Bachelor’s in fine arts.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2024 Life beyond the self – Art Design Lebanon Beirut, the Mayflower Hotel, Hamra, Beirut, (LB)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2025 Freedom Recalled ­– Art Design Lebanon, Beit Beirut Museum, Beirut (LB)
  • 2022 Scare Tactics – Beirut Art Center, Beirut (LB)
  • 2022 Still Present! – 12th Berlin Biennale, KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin (DE)
  • 2022 Lost in the right direction – Art Design Lebanon, Deir el Kalaa ruins, Beit Meri (LB)
  • 2019 Vices & Validatioms – Haven for Artists, Institut français du Liban, Beirut (LB)

GRANTS

  • 2024 Foundation for Art Initiative, Grant for Travel and Research, New York, USA.
  • 2023 Culture Resource, Production Award, Brussels, Belgium.
  • 2020 Foundation for Art Initiative, Grant for Travel and Research, New York, USA

EXPERIENCES

  • 2024 Volunteer: Led collage workshop for migrant women – Goodwill for Migrant,
  • 2023 #62 PATCHWORK – Collaborative mixed-media workshop on architectural heritage with Etienne Coppé – TAKEOVER, Beirut.
  • 2019 Mask-making workshops for children ­– 4th Metropolis youth film festival ­– Metropolis Cinema Association, Beirut.
  • 2017 Sculpture teacher for adults ­– Art Corner, Beirut.
  • 2016 – 2017 Elementary School teacher of plastic arts – Hariri High School 3, Beirut.