Rayyane Tabet
Rayyane Tabet's (1983, LB) work explores paradoxes in the built environment and its history. His sculptures often reconstitute the perception of physical and temporal distance. He received a Bachelor in Architecture from The Cooper Union and a Master in Fine Arts from UCSD.
His recent group and solo shows include Faisons de l’inconnu un allié, Fondation Lafayette, Paris (2016); Incerteza Viva: 32nd Sao Paulo Biennial (2016); La Mano de Dios, Museo Marino Marini, Florence (2016); Wanderlust, The High Line, New York City (2016); Not New Now: 6th Marrakech Biennial (2016); New Skin, Aïshti Foundation, Beirut (2015); The Past The Present The Possible: 12th Sharjah Biennial (2015); This is the Time This is the Record of the Time, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (2014); Un Nouveau Festival, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2014); Hiwar, Darat al Funun, Amman (2013); The Ungovernables, New Museum, New York (2012); and Plot for a Biennial: 10th Sharjah Biennial (2011). He is the recipient of the DAAD Artist Residency in 2016, the Abraaj Group Art Prize in 2013, the jury prize of the Future Generation Art Prize in 2012 and the Sharjah Biennial Artist Prize in 2011.