SERGE
NAJJAR
Serge Najjar est un orfèvre de la ville, nous dévoilant ses multiples potentiels géométriques. L’ œil photographique de l'artiste se focalise sur le rapport aux matières et à toute l’histoire de l’art moderne et de l’abstraction géométrique. Car pour instinctif qu’il soit, son regard nous permet de revisiter notre monde contemporain à l’échelle des hommes qui apparaissent et humanisent les architectures utopiques ou écrasantes. Aussi ses images interrogent-elles les relations entre peinture et photographie.
Serge Najjar proceeds like a goldsmith of cities as he shows their manifold geometric potential. He casts his photographer’s eye on our interaction with materials and their correlation with the history of modern art and geometric abstraction. His approach may be instinctive, but his views allow us to reconsider our contemporary surroundings on a human scale. People’s presence makes utopian, at times overwhelming architectural structures appear more human. Najjar’s work thus examines the interrelationship between painting and photography.
Biographie
Photographe libanais, Serge Najjar est né à Beyrouth, Liban en 1973.
Il est Docteur en Droit, Diplômé de l’Université Panthéon-Assas à Paris.
Il est photographe autodidacte.
Biography
Serge Najjar is a Lebanese photographer born in Beyrouth Lebanon in 1973.
He is a Doctor in Law, graduated from the University Panthéon-Assas in Paris.
He is a self-taught photographer.
Expositions individuelles
Fractions, solo show galerie Bessières (Mai 2023), Menart Fair Solo show Galerie Bessières- Cornette de St Cyr Paris (Mai 2020) 'Sous l'Objectif de Serge Najjar d'Architecture en Art' - Galerie Bessières- Ile des Impressionnistes Chatou, France ( Nov 2018)“A Closer Look at the Ordinary” - Guest exhibitor at FotoIstanbul - Turkey (September 2017)- “A Closer Look at the Ordinary” - Catherine Edelman Gallery - Chicago USA (January - February 2017)- “Sculpting the Shadows” - Galerie Tanit Munich - Germany (June - September 2016)- “Beyrouth, entre les lignes” - Médiathèque de Draguignan - France (March - April 2016)- “A Closer Look at the Ordinary” - Galerie Tanit Beirut - Lebanon (February - March 2016)- “Abstract Realities” - Station - (Photomed Beirut) - Lebanon (January 2015)- “Abstract Realities” - Salon de la Photographie - Versailles - France (November 2014)- “Abstract Realities” - Sanary sur mer - France (May 2014) - Winner of the Photomed prize 2014 (January 2014)- “Lines, Within” - Tanit Gallery Beirut - Lebanon (September - October 2012)
Expositions collectives
Menart Fair Duo show Galerie Bessières- Fondation Boghossian Bruxelles (Mars 2022), Art Paris Art fair - Galerie Bessières - Grand Palais Ephémère - Paris (Sept 2021) Art Paris Art fair - Galerie Bessières - Grand Palais - Paris (Sept 2020) Salon Galeristes- Galerie Bessières - Carreau du Temple - Paris (Sept 2019)
Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary - Catherine Edelman Gallery (January 2018)- Paris Photo - Grand Palais - Paris - Galerie Tanit (November 2017)- Expo Chicago - USA - Catherine Edelman Gallery (September 2017)- Ateliers Relief Brussels - Group Show - Belgium (June 2017)- Art New York - Context New York - Catherine Edelman Gallery (May 2017)- Art Paris - Grand Palais - Paris - Galerie Tanit (March 2017)- AIPAD The Photography Show - New York - Catherine Edelman Gallery (March 2017)- Pinakothek Der Moderne - Munich - Benefit Auction - Germany (November 2016)- Art Miami - USA - Catherine Edelman Gallery (November 2016)- Expo Chicago - USA - Catherine Edelman Edelman Gallery (September 2016)- Paris - Courbevoie (Parc de Bécon) - Group exhibition (June - November 2016)- Ateliers Relief Brussels - Group show - Belgium (June 2016)- Paris Photo - Grand Palais - Paris - Galerie Tanit (November 2014)- Rencontres d’Arles (Off d’Arles) - Off the Wall / Framology (July - September 2014)- Art 14 London - Galerie Tanit (February 2014)- Art Elysées Paris - Galerie Tanit (October 2013)- Swab Barcelona - Galerie Tanit (September 2013)
Résidences
2021/2022 Invitation à résidence à l’Abbaye de Jumièges (France). 2022 Invitation en résidence Exposition Universelle de Dubai.
Presse
Libération, Najjar, Géomètre d'oeuvre - Gilles Renault ici
Graine de Photographe, INTERVIEW – L’oeil atypique du photographe Serge Najjar - Aude Prost ici
Blouin Artinfo, Artists Round-Up: Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Fair
Solo shows
Fractions, solo show galerie Bessières (May 2023), Menart Fair Solo show Galerie Bessières- Cornette de St Cyr Paris (Mai 2020) Serge Najjar from Architecture to Art' - Galerie Bessières- Ile des Impressionnistes Chatou, France ( Nov 2018)“A Closer Look at the Ordinary” - Guest exhibitor at FotoIstanbul - Turkey (September 2017)- “A Closer Look at the Ordinary” - Catherine Edelman Gallery - Chicago USA (January -February 2017)- “Sculpting the Shadows” - Galerie Tanit Munich - Germany (June - September 2016)- “Beyrouth, entre les lignes” - Médiathèque de Draguignan - France (March - April 2016)- “A Closer Look at the Ordinary” - Galerie Tanit Beirut - Lebanon (February - March 2016)- “Abstract Realities” - Station - (Photomed Beirut) - Lebanon (January 2015)- “Abstract Realities” - Salon de la Photographie - Versailles - France (November 2014)- “Abstract Realities” - Sanary sur mer - France (May 2014) - Winner of the Photomed prize 2014 (January 2014)- “Lines, Within” - Tanit Gallery Beirut - Lebanon (September - October 2012)
Group exhibitions
Menart Fair Duo show Galerie Bessières- Fondation Boghossian Bruxelles (Mars 2022), Art Paris Art fair - Galerie Bessières - Grand Palais Ephémère - Paris (Sept 2021) Art Paris Art fair - Galerie Bessières - Grand Palais - Paris (Sept 2020) Salon Galeristes- Galerie Bessières - Carreau du Temple - Paris (Sept 2019) Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary - Catherine Edelman Gallery (January 2018)- Paris Photo - Grand Palais - Paris - Galerie Tanit (November 2017)- Expo Chicago - USA - Catherine Edelman Gallery (September 2017)- Ateliers Relief Brussels - Group Show - Belgium (June 2017)- Art New York - Context New York - Catherine Edelman Gallery (May 2017)- Art Paris - Grand Palais - Paris - Galerie Tanit (March 2017)- AIPAD The Photography Show - New York - Catherine Edelman Gallery (March 2017)- Pinakothek Der Moderne - Munich - Benefit Auction - Germany (November 2016)- Art Miami - USA - Catherine Edelman Gallery (November 2016)- Expo Chicago - USA - Catherine Edelman Edelman Gallery (September 2016)- Paris - Courbevoie (Parc de Bécon) - Group exhibition (June - November 2016)- Ateliers Relief Brussels - Group show - Belgium (June 2016)- Paris Photo - Grand Palais - Paris - Galerie Tanit (November 2014)- Rencontres d’Arles (Off d’Arles) - Off the Wall / Framology (July - September 2014)- Art 14 London - Galerie Tanit (February 2014)- Art Elysées Paris - Galerie Tanit (October 2013)- Swab Barcelona - Galerie Tanit (September 2013)
Résidences
2021/2022 two weeks Artist résidence invitation from l’Abbaye de Jumièges (France). 2022, two months Artist résidence invitation from Dubai Universal Exposition.
Press
Libération, Najjar, Géomètre d'oeuvre - Gilles Renault here
Graine de Photographe, INTERVIEW – L’oeil atypique du photographe Serge Najjar - Aude Prost here
Blouin Artinfo, Artists Round-Up: Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Fair