Abdul Rahman Katanani is a Palestinian artist who was born in the Sabra refugee camp in Beirut in 1983. He studied at the Fine Arts Institute of the Lebanese University, and was a resident at Centre d’Art de Nanterre in Paris in 2016, and a resident at Cites International des Arts in Paris in 2012, 2013, and 2016. Abdul Rahman Katanani has had solo and group exhibitions in Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Paris, London, Kuala Lumpur, Doha, Brussels, Rome, Geneva, Manama, Marseilles, Munich, Washington DC, and elsewhere. Recent solo shows include Brainstorm at Saleh Barakat Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon (2019); Hard Core curated by Barbara Polla at Gallery Magda Danyzs, Paris, France (2017); Resilience at Gallery Analix Forever in Geneva, Switzerland (2017); Olive Forest at the Biennale d’Anglet, Anglet, France (2016); Softness of a Circle, Knife-Edge

of a Straight Line at Agial Art Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon (2015); Kids, Barbed Wire and a Dream at Galerie Tanit in Munich, Germany (2014); and No Address at the Institut Français in Beirut, Lebanon (2012), among others. In 2013, French writer and filmmaker Christophe Donner produced a feature film, entitled Le Lanceur de Pierres, based on Katanani’s experience. In 2016, Katanani was nominated for the “commitment” prize at YIA Art Fair in Paris, and in 2008 and 2009 he received prizes from the Sursock Museum in Beirut.