DUBAI: Lebanese contemporary artist and composer Tarek Atouni has been announced as the latest recipient of the 2022 Suzanne Deal Booth/FLAG Art Foundation Prize, one of the most important art awards in the US.
The Beirut-born artist, who currently lives in Paris, will receive $200,000 and will present a solo exhibition in spring 2022 at The Contemporary Austin art museum in Texas.
In fall 2022, the show will take place at the FLAG Art Foundation in New York.
In addition to the cash prize and the fair, Atouni will also work on a scholarly exhibition catalog and public programming for the foundation and the museum.
Atouni’s largest solo show to date, “Cycles in 11,” will open later this year in the UAE’s Sharjah Art Foundation.
The 40-year-old artist has been collaborating with the UAE’s Sharjah Art Foundation for over a decade. (Sharjah Art Foundation)
Previously scheduled from March to June 2020, the exhibition will now be opening in autumn 2020 and will run for an extended period of six months.
The 40-year-old artist has been collaborating with the foundation for over a decade.
During the exhibition, the heritage house Bait Al Serkal, located in one of the oldest areas in the city of Sharjah, will operate as both a sound lab and a performance and listening space informed by the local tradition of hospitality.
“Cycles in 11” will also be the starting point for a regional and international residency program that will extend into 2022. Musicians, composers and artists will be invited to develop new work for the residency, either individually or with different audiences in Sharjah.
