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Aude Abou Nasr
عود أبو النصرAude Abou Nasr, also known as Ahlan My Darlings, is a French-Lebanese illustrator, animator, and visual artist based in Beirut. She has worked with independent media and initiatives such as MyKali, Kohl Journal, Architectural Review, Gaza Poets Society, Queering the Map, and most recently Revealing Recording Reflecting (Khatt Books, 2025). Her art delves into personal and collective histories, weaving introspective narratives that explore memory and shared experiences in relation to place and belonging, or the lack thereof. She is currently working on a submission on war crimes committed in South Lebanon for Biennale Architettura 2025.
عود أبو النصر، المعروفة أيضاً بإسم "Ahlan My Darlings"، هي رسّامة وفنّانة بصريّة فرنسية-لبنانية مُقيمة في بيروت. عملتْ مع وسائل إعلام ومبادرات مستقلّة مثل ماي كالي و مجلة كُحل و Architectural Review و Gaza Poets Society و Queering the Map و غيرها. يتناول فنّها التاريخ الشخصي والجماعي، حيث تَنسج سرديّات تستكشف من خلالها الذاكرة والتجارب المشتركة فيما يتعلق بالمكان والانتماء، أو غيابهما. تعمل حاليّاً على تقديم عمل حول جرائم الحرب التي ارتُكِبت في جنوب لبنان لـ Biennale Architettura 2025.
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EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
- 2025 | Featured in Revealing Reflecting Recording : Graphic Women from Southwest Asia and North Africa, by Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares, Yasmine Nachabe Taan, Bahia Shehab, Soukeina Hachem, published by Khatt Books.
- 2025 | Participation in "Biennale Architettura 2025", Lebanese Pavillion, curated by Collective for Architecture ✸ May 10th 2025 to November 23rd, 2025.
- 2025 | Participation in "Souk al Fan" at Beirut Art Center (BAC) in Beirut, Lebanon ✸ 7, 8, 10 and 11th of March 2025.
- 2024 | Participation in "Souk al Fan" at Barzakh in Beirut, Lebanon ✸ 20th of December 2024.
- 2024 | Pieces exhibited and for sale as part of “The Bey Route to Gaza” at Lynn Modallal Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon ✸ 20th of June 2024, curated by Joelle Kabbour.
- 2024 | Pieces exhibited and for sale as part of “Artists for Gaza” at Zawyeh Gallery, Ramallah, Palestine and Dubai, UAE ✸ 26th of January – 30th of April 2024.
- 2024 | Participation in "Souk al Fan" at Riwaq in Beirut, Lebanon ✸ 3rd of March 2024.
- 2024 | Exhibition as part of "Baladi Fest" in Lyon, France, with Collectif Shokran ✸ 25th of February 2024.
- 2023 | Participation in "Soirée de soutien à la Legal Team" in Marseille, France ✸ 8th of August 2023.
- 2023 | Participation in "Al Beyt à la Dar" in Marseille, France ✸ 1st of July 2023.
- 2022 | Participation in "Les Puces de l'Illu #10", a 2-day illustration event in Paris, France ✸ 3rd and 4th of December 2022.
- 2021-22 | Participation in Banat Collective's exhibition "As we gaze upon her", with a series of analog photographs called "An Imagined Archive" ✸ 16th of October 2021 to the 23rd of January 2022 at Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- 2021 | Participation in Project Anzaar's seminar "Let's talk through art", with a piece called "Night Talks" ✸ November 6th 2021, at the Museum of Oriental Art in Turin, Italy.
- 2021 | Participation in the online panel "Launching our new series: Inner migration" hosted by Mashallah News.
- 2021 | Participation in the online panel "QWK#2: Queer & successful, peut-on se vendre sans se compromettre?", hosted by Paris-based Queer Week.
- 2021 | Participation in the permanent exhibition of Aequa Berlin, a community and space for social equity, with Ousa Collective.
- 2020 | Fonce dans le Mur, a collective exhibition by Cécile Iacianco ✸ 9th to 17th of October, at 12900m², Marseille. Cancelled due to Covid.
- 2020 | Queer Zine Fair, Queer Week - Decolonial Week-end ✸ 11th of October, at Mains d’œuvres, Saint-Ouen, Paris.
- 2020 | Illustration performance for Paris - Beyrouth, 24 heures pour le Liban, a festival and fundraiser in support of Beyrouth's artistic community impacted by the 4th of August blast ✸ 25th and 26th of September, at Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris.
- 2020 | Ousa Illustration Festival, a festival for BIPOC, Migrant and Diasporic Illustrators ✸ 5th of September, at Oyoun, Berlin. Invited but couldn't attend because of COVID-19 restrictions.
- 2020 | Queer Zine Fair, Queer Week ✸ 9th of February, at the artist-led squat d'Anger, Paris.
- 2018 | "@Farraham22" - an interactive installation and performances co-created with Paul Bourigan for the Festival 100%, Parc de la Villette, Paris XIX, France.
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PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
- 2020 to 2025 | Publication of commissioned illustrations : Time, Vice UK, Architectural Review, Kohl Journal, Araborama (Institut du Monde Arabe), Gal-dem, Basta! mag, My.Kali, Raseef22, Arabpop, Mangal Media, Shado Mag, Bricks Magazine, Skin Deep...
- 2022 to 2025 | Interviews and features : It's Nice That, Bowie Creators, Creative Boom...