Lara J. Trad
Painter Digital Artist Photographer

International Award-Winning Artist
with various exhibitions around Europe, The Middle East and The USA

MY PAINTINGS ARE MY DIARY

"I do not write my diary. I paint it."

A secret she finally reveals. As a teenager, Lara found that writing her diary was risky. Using words was scary. Therefore she created her own encoded alphabet to make her script hard to decipher, nearly impossible to hack by strangers, protected and secure.Soon after, she forgot what she created with words so she started experimenting with abstract drawings & forms which later on became her refuge; stories & feelings embedded in abstract and surreal images, only she could read, yet people can still relate to.

Events

Past & upcoming Exhibitions

this is a title — Solo Exhibition

June 27th & 28th, 2023
iArt Gallery
Tbilisi, Georgia

this is a title — Georgian Museum Of Fine Arts

February 17th, 2023
Georgian Museum Of Fine Arts
Tbilisi, Georgia

Art Basel Art Weeks

From November 28 till December 10, 2022
The Art Hot Spot
Miami, Florida, USA

PALMA 1.0

From October 24, till November 5, 2022
Casa del Arte
>Palma de Mallorca, Spain

BIENNALE DI VENEZIA

From July 1 till July 23, 2022
Tana Art Space
Fondamenta de la Tana 2109A, Venice, Italy

MARIAGE DE L'ART

From June 24 till June 26, 2022
Centre Culturel Francais
Byblos, Lebanon

POST COLONIALISM & THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY

August 2021
Minus 2 Gallery
Beit Meri, Lebanon

BAZAR DEZ ARTS

From August 07 till August 08 2021
CLAC Guarden
Byblos Old Souks, Lebanon

PRIVATE EXHIBITION

July 2021
American Embassy
Awkar, Lebanon

Written Books

Lara J. Trad is also a poetry writer with 3 Illustrated books to be published world wide.

Folds

“Folding scribbles in the wind, I hope it lands at your doorsteps or else let it find its way into forgetfulness, while I find mine in new travels.”

Ori Bird

“I create you, and recreate you, to watch you, to observe you; to protect you… To set you free.”

Ashes

"Everything is borrowed. Even the moon bathes in the sun’s fire."