About
Laura Menassa is a photographer, art director and visual artist based in Beirut. She is also a member of Collectif ١٢٠٠.
Born into an Italian-Lebanese family, Laura found herself in a multicultural environment, raising questions about identity, body image, the notion of territory and time.
She uses her camera as a tool to dissect the world around her personal life, to understand our place within the society, to apprehend people, and to explore the different facets of life.
Group Exhibitions
2023 - Nehna Wel Amar Wel Jiran festival [Collectif 1200] - Saïda, Lebanon (upcoming)
2023 - A luz ou a sombra do que foi e continua a ser [Collectif 1200], Bienal'23 Fotografia do Porto - Reitoria da Universidade do Porto - Porto, Portugal (currently)
2022 - Indivisible, as a part of "16 days of activism against gender-based violence" in partnership with MOSAIC, German Federal Foreign office - Ked - Beirut, Lebanon
2022 - Anatomy of a Fall [Collectif 1200], British Council x Hammana Artist House as part of In Between Festival - Abroyan Factory - Beirut, Lebanon
2022 - 2nd edition of Beirut Photo, Beirut Center of Photography and SOURA - Souk El Tayeb - Beirut, Lebanon
2022 - Stillness in the fall [Collectif 1200] - British Council x Hammana Artist House - Hammana, Lebanon
2022 - In light or shadow of what was and still is [Collectif 1200], 2nd Edition of NUR, PhotoEspana - Casa Arabe - Madrid, Spain
2022 - 5th edition of Festival Les Femmes s'exposent - Houlgate, France
2022 - Echoes from a crowded room [Collectif 1200], in partnership with British Council - Artlab - Beirut, Lebanon
2021 - Stillness in the fall [Collectif 1200], Festival International des Arts de Bordeaux - Fabrique POLA - Bordeaux, France
2021 - Contrasts, in partnership with Loosenart - Millepiani - Rome, Italy
2021 - 5th edition of Kifkif Market - Le Consulat - Paris, France
2021 - Paroles et regards, d'ici et d'ailleurs - L'Agora - Montpellier, France
2021 - Infinity, virtual exhibition - The Holy Art - London, UK
2020 - Les collections du 36, as a part of Un Eté Arlésien and Arles Contemporain - 36Arles - Arles, France
2020 - 1st edition of Kifkif Market - Velvet Moon - Montreuil, France
2020 - Les Recombinants, digital exhibition presented at La Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain de Marseille
Solo Exhibition
2017 - Dans la tête des femmes, as a part of Femmes en Mouvement - 36Arles - Arles, France
Publications
June 2023 - Liban : Place aux jeunes, special edition, 6Mois Magazine
April 2023 - Totalitaire, Revue Illusio n° 20
February 2023 - Les Moments Littéraires n° 49, Diaristes Libanais
April 2022 - Photovogue, Vogue Italia (online)
June 2021 - Issue 107, Open Theme, F-Stop Magazine (online)
May 2021 - PhotoVogue, Vogue Italia (online)
April 2021 - Issue 106, Self-Portraits, F-Stop Magazine (online)
December 2017 - Mini Issue 8, Nakid Magazine
November 2016 - Mini Issue 4, Nakid Magazine
Press
Laura Menassa explore les multiples facettes du Liban, article and interview with Graine de Photographe, July 2022
Kombini - article - Les 5 expos à ne pas rater en France ce mois de juin x Les Femmes s'Exposent, June 2022
The Guardians - article - series A quest for identity, as a part of In light or shadow of what was and still is exhibition at Casa Arabe x PhotoEspana, June 2022
Polka Magazine - article - series In Between, as a part of the festival Les Femmes s'Exposent, June 2022
Lense Magazine - article - series In Between, as a part of the festival Les Femmes s'Exposent, April 2022
FishEye Magazine - article - series In Between, as a part of the festival Les Femmes s'Exposent, April 2022
Les Inrockuptibles - article - series A quest for identity, as a part of Festival International des Arts de Bordeaux at La Fabrique, October 2021
Workshops, seminars & residencies
2023 - Residency at Hammana Artist House x British Council Lebanon [Collectif 1200] - Hammana, Lebanon
2022 - CATAPULT Visual’arts workshop with British Council Lebanon and Artlab - Beirut, Lebanon
2021 - Croiser-le-Faire, photography workshop at Fabrique POLA - Bordeaux, France
2020 - Residency at Hammana Artist House [Collectif 1200] - Hammana, Lebanon
2019 - Residency at Haven for Artists - Beirut, Lebanon
2016 - ‘L’image, évènement intérieur’, LE BAL seminar (8th edition) at EHESS - Paris, France
2014 - ‘16mm’, videography and film developing workshop at Nottingham Trent University - Nottigham, UK
2013 ‘La persistance des images’, LE BAL seminar (5th edition) at EHESS - Paris, France
2012 - ‘Les temps de l’image’, LE BAL seminary (4th edition) at EHESS - Paris, France
