Camille Kachani Beirut, Lebanon, b. 1963

Camille Kachani (Beirut, Lebanon, 1963) develops an inventive process of possibilities related to the process of transformation of nature. Her pieces are hybrid objects, which investigate the original and primitive conditions of the natural elements. His work uses everyday materials and objects, giving them new interpretations, resizing their scales and original functions.

 

Main solo exhibitions: FUNARTE (São Paulo, 2008); Temporada de Projetos, Paço das Artes (São Paulo, 2007); TRAJETÓRIAS, Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, (Recife, 2007); Instituto de Arte Contemporânea (Recife, 2005), Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Paraná (Curitiba, 2004).

 

Main collective exhibitions: “Doações recentes (2012-2015)”, MAR (Rio de Janeiro, 2016); Bienal Internacional de Curitiba, MAC/PR (Curitiba, 2015); “A Casa”, MAC/USP (São Paulo, 2015), “Esculturas Monumentais”, Praça Paris (Rio de Janeiro, 2014), XIV Biennale Internationale del’Image (Nancy, França, 2006).

 

Main institutional collections: MAC-USP/SP, MAC-Niterói, MAM-RJ, MAM-SP, MAR (Museu de Arte do Rio), MAC-PR,Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Museum of Latin-American Art (Los Angeles), Colección Metropolitana Contemporanea (Buenos Aires), Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wilfredo Lam (Havana), Fundação Joaquim Nabuco (Recife), Instituto de Arte Contemporânea (UFP, Recife).