Born 1982 Lebanon / based in Florida, USA
EDUCATION
2012 | MFA in Visual Art, Lebanese Academy of Fine Art (ALBA), University of Balamand. Beirut, Lebanon
2008 | BFA (Maîtrise) in Fine Arts, The Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture, Lebanese University. Beirut, Lebanon
AWARDS
2023 | Alice & Clark Alger Most Creative Award, St. Augustine Art Association. Florida, USA
2018 | Special Mention of the Jury, 32nd Salon d'Automne, Sursock Museum. Beirut, Lebanon
2012 | Alexis Boutros Award, Founder and Dean's Award for Excellence in Visual Art (ALBA). Beirut, Lebanon
EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2022 | Imperfect Beauty, Mark Bettis Gallery, Asheville, NC, USA
2021 | THE, Modka Beiroet, Zutphen, Netherlands
2019 | Down Here, Mansion, Beirut, Lebanon
2010 | Phantasmagoria, Agial Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Group
2025 | Pushing the Boundaries, Mark Bettis Gallery. Asheville, NC, USA
2025 | Women Arts Exchange (WAX). Jacksonville, FL, USA
2024 | All Creatures, Mark Bettis Gallery. Asheville, NC, USA
2023 | Juried National VII, Red Lodge Clay Center. Red Lodge, MT, USA
2021 | Moi Nous Elles, Instituto Cervantes de Bordeaux. France
2019 | Revealing, Beirut Art Fair. Lebanon
2018 | 33rd Salon d'Automne, Sursock Museum. Beirut, Lebanon
2017 | 32nd Salon d'Automne, Sursock Museum. Beirut, Lebanon
2014 | Museum of Immortality, Ashkal Alwan. Beirut, Lebanon
BIBIOLOGRAPHY & PRESS
2023 | Art,Creativity, and the Urge of Creation,"interview by Hump Day Calls Podcast.
youtu.be/heJIHJXpV5k?si=ojBxEkxcMkGh6NqG
2019 | "The Incredible Work of Balsam Abo Zour," by Artist Jana Traboulsi.
2019 | "Vie de peintre, vie d’un lieu" (A painter's life, the life of a place) L’Orient-Le Jour, by
Emmanuel Khoury.
www.lorientlejour.com/article/1199796/vie-de-peintre-vie-dun-lieu.html
2019 | "Lebanese Artists Splash Paint on Sursock Museum, Al Bawaba (adapted from The Daily Star)
www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/--1238024
2017 | "32e Salon d’Automne: Les 7 choix de L'Orient-Le Jour," L’Orient-Le Jour, by Zéna Zalzal.
www.lorientlejour.com/article/1030300/32e-salon-dautomne-les-7-choix-de-lorient-le-jour-.html
2015 | "Beyrouth métamorphoses," Magazine.menaws, by Delphine Darmency.
https://www.balsamabozour.com/le-monde-artiste
2010 | "Ce que la nature nous réserve," L’Orient-Le Jour, by Maya Ghandour Hert.
www.lorientlejour.com/article/665329/Ce_que_la_nature_nous_reserve.html
2010 | "When Art Draws on Nature," ISSUE, by Aline Sara.
https://www.balsamabozour.com/issuu
SELECTED MEDIA & SCREENINGS
2023 | Beirut in The Air
○ Role: Director, Animator, and Editor.
○ Nomination: Best Animation Video, Cinema Star - Star Saint-Exupéry. Strasbourg, France.
RESIDENCIES
2013 – 2017 | Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon
○ Home Workspace Program (2013–2015) followed by a guest studio residency.
PROJECTS & WORKSHOPS
2017–2019 | Archive Associate: Collaborated with the community of families of the disappeared in Lebanon
2018 | Transitional Justice Workshop, International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ).
2016 | Creative Physics Workshop, Albedo Creative Platform, Lebanon.
2013 | Portraits and Prayers (Replica of Salon de Fleurus), Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon.
2012 | Animation Workshop, Beirut Art Center (BAC), Lebanon.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & FABRICATION
2014 – 2018 | Lead Fabricator for Walid Raad
○ Postscript to the Arabic Translation (Multiple iterations: Aishti Foundation & Private Collections)
○ Better Be Watching the Clouds (Reproduction of Marwan Kassab-Bachi), Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut
2017 – 2018 | Lead Preparator / Assembly for Tony Chakar
○ The Discourse of the Last Things Before the First, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
○ All That is Solid Melts into Air, Beirut Art Center, Lebanon
2017 | Fabricator for Mahmoud Khaled
○ Seagulls Are Flying Close to the Ground, Sharjah Biennial 13, UAE
2013 | Commissioned Fabricator / Assembly for Ashkal Alwan
○ Portraits and Prayers (Replica of Salon de Fleurus), a project by ICI and Metabolic Studio. Beirut, Lebanon.