Charbel-joseph H. Boutros - Biography
Lives and works between Beirut and Paris. For H. Boutros, each exhibition is a new geography that reformulates reality.
By introducing invisible and unexpected elements such as dreams, tears, fear, hope, labor, and sweat into the physical body of his works, H. Boutros expands the field of an artwork's materiality, widening the territory of how artworks are conceived and perceived. For H. Boutros, matter can no longer be dissociated from the emotional, political, and non-physical experiences it has witnessed.
H. Boutros was a resident at Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris and a researcher at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
His work has been shown internationally at: The 12th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey / Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France / Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy / Centre Pompidou – Metz, France / S.M.A.K. Museum, Gent, Belgium / Home Works 8 and 9 Ashkal Alwan, Beirut; Lebanon / CCS Bard College, New York, USA / Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France / 3rd Bahia Biennial, Salvador, Brazil / 1st Yinchuan Biennale, Yinchuan, China / CCA, Warsaw, Poland / Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE / Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon / La Criée Centre for Contemporary Art, France / Marres, Maastricht, The Netherlands etc.
A permanent installation ‘Sueur d’étoile’, that he realized with the French étoile dancer Marie-Agnes Gillot, inaugurated in 2016 remains on view at Palais de Tokyo, Paris (France).
His first monograph jointly prepared by S.M.A.K Ghent and La Criée Centre for Contemporary Art, Rennes, published by Mousse Publishing was released in 2022.
His works are in the collections of S.M.A.K. Museum, Ghent / CNAP, Paris, France / Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE / SAMoCA Saudi Ministry of Culture.