Lebanon, \ Lives and works between Beirut e Paris

In his work invisibility is charged with intimate, geographical and historical layers; finding poetic lines that extend beyond the realm of existing speculations and realities. For H. Boutros, each exhibition is a new geography that reformulates reality.

H. Boutros was a resident at Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (France) and a researcher at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (The Netherlands). In 2020, the S.M.A.K. in Belgium hosted his first institutional exhibition in Europe, “The Sun Is My Only Ally”, later presented at the Contemporary Art Center La Criée (2022) in France. His first monograph, jointly prepared by S.M.A.K Ghent and La Criée centre for contemporary art, published by Mousse Publishing was released in 2022.

His work was shown internationally : 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 / Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France / Home Works 8 and 9, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebnanon / CCS Bard College, New York, USA / 3rd Bahia Biennial, Salvador, Brazil / 1st Yinchuan Biennale, Yinchuan, China / CCA, Warsaw, Poland / More Konzeption Conception Now, Morsbroich Museum, Leverkusen, Germany / Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE / Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon / La Criée Centre for Contemporary Art, France Marres, Maastricht, The Netherlands.  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.

Charbel-joseph H. Boutros’ 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.