BIO
Ieva Saudargaitė Douaihi is a contemporary artist working with photography, installation and various media. Her works are deeply rooted in her background in architecture and profound fascination with the built and natural environments as well as different layers of street life. Having grown up between fundamentally different geographies, Lithuania, UAE and Lebanon, ieva developed an early interest in the intricate interplay between space, environment and human interaction. She has been living and working in Lebanon since 2007.
Drawing inspiration from the urban and natural landscape surrounding her, ieva’s practice seeks to uncover the layers of history, culture, ecology and experiences embedded within. Experimenting with a diverse range of mediums - from image-making to mixed media and digital art - she pushes the boundaries of traditional techniques to create multi-dimensional artworks that elevate the mundane or the seemingly coincidental. Lately, she has been exploring working with found objects and plant matter gathered in the city in combination with photography and drawing.
Ieva studied architecture at the Lebanese American University in Byblos and École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris; she grew up between Lithuania, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon.
In 2021, she co-founded Digital Fountain, an online platform for photography from Lebanon.
In 2022, she established Takeover, an artist-led project space in Beirut. She is also a member of the Lebanese photography collective Collectif ١٢٠٠
In 2021, she received the Boghossian Foundation Award for photography and the ADPP mentorship award.
ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS
Article - L'Orient le Jour (12.2022)
Article - Fisheye Magazine - Les Femmes S'exposent (04.2022)
SOLO
2020 - SAD SUN - La Vitrine - Beirut, Lebanon
GROUP
2023 - Le Liban n'a pas d'age - Bibliotheque Orientale, Beirut, Lebanon
2023 - Stillness in the Fall with Collectif ١٢٠٠ - Ishbilia Theatre and Art Hub - Saida, Lebanon
2023 - Bienal'23 Fotografia do Porto with Collectif ١٢٠٠ - Porto, Portugal
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2022 - Anatomy of a Fall with Collectif ١٢٠٠ - Abroyan Factories, Beirut, Lebanon
2022 - Do you feel like in a hurricane eye? - Nida Art Colony, NIDA Meeting Photography - Nida, Lithuania
2022 - Allo Beirut - Beit Beirut - Beirut, Lebanon
2022 - Stillness in the Fall with Collectif ١٢٠٠ - Hammana Artist House - Hammana, Lebanon
2022 - Take me away to better days (Gaia Fodoulian benefit auction) - Sursock Museum - Beirut, Lebanon
2022 - 5éme edition du Festival of "Les Femmes S'exposent" - Houlgate + Gare St.Lazare, Paris, France
2022 - In Light or Shadow of what was and still is with Collectif ١٢٠٠ - Casa Arabe/Photo Espana - Madrid, Spain
2022 - Echoes from a Crowded Room with Collectif ١٢٠٠ - Artlab - Beirut, Lebanon
2022 - The Place That Remains - Beit Beirut - Beirut, Lebanon
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2021 - Lost in the right direction - Art Design Lebanon - Deir el Qalaa, Lebanon
2021 - Stillness in the Fall with Collectif ١٢٠٠ - Fabrique POLA, Festival International des Arts de Bordeaux - Bordeaux, France
2021 - Lumières du Liban - Institut du Monde Arabe - Paris, France
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2020 - Architects for Beirut fundraiser with Design Miami - online from Miami, USA
2020 - Lebanon Then and Now: Photography from 2006 - 2020 - Middle East Institute - Washington DC, USA
2020 - PICTO ❤︎ THE BOWERY MISSION - online from New York City, USA
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2019 - Permission to Land screening at Sharjah Film Platform by Sharjah Art Foundation - Sharjah, U.A.E.
2019 - Modern and Contemporary Lebanese Art and Design - Phillips Auction House - London, UK
2019 - Revealing by SGBL - Beirut Art Fair 2019 - Beirut, Lebanon
2019 - Liban: Realites & Fictions - Institut du Monde Arabe - Paris, France
2019 - Bcc: - Vivid Projects - Birmingham, UK
2019 - Architecture of the Territory - Beit Beirut - Beirut, Lebanon
2019 - 33rd Salon d'Automne - Sursock Museum - Beirut, Lebanon
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2018 - Revealing - in collaboration with Atelier Relief (Belgium) - Beirut Art Fair 2018 - Beirut, Lebanon
2018 - The Place That Remains - Lebanese Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennial - Venice, Italy
2018 - Screening: Immaterial Collection II - Beirut Art Center - Beirut, Lebanon
2018 - Space Edits - Beirut Art Center - Beirut, Lebanon
2018 - One Off Image Festival - Valencia, Spain + Copenhagen, Denmark + Internet
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2017 - Berlin Experimental Film Festival - Kino Moviemento - Berlin, Germany
2017 - Beirut Noise - La Colonie - Paris, France
2017 - City Struck - Danish Architecture Centre - Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 - Videoworks 2017 - Beirut Art Center - Beirut, Lebanon
2017 - Art Interventions on Dalieh - Dalieh of Raouche - Beirut, Lebanon
2017 - Mediterranean Landscapes at Mediterranea 18 - Young Artists Biennale - Tirana, Albania
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2016 - Bejrut Bratislava - Goethe Institute - Bratislava, Slovenia
2016 - Bitassarof - National Library - Beirut, Lebanon
2016 - 7 Rooms 7 Artists - Boustany Art House - Beirut, Lebanon
2016 - Building Images - Sto Werkstatt - London, UK
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2015 - Tracce dal Limes - Festival Architettura in Citta - Turin, Italy
2015 - Based in Beirut - Beirut Design Week - Beirut, Lebanon
AWARDS/GRANTS
2023 - BERYT GRANT for Cultural and Creative Industries - Beirut, Lebanon
2021 - Boghossian Foundation Award for Photography - Beirut, Lebanon
2021 - ADPP Mentorship Award - AFAC, The Prince Claus Fund and Magnum Foundation - Beirut, Lebanon
2021 - Afternoon Visit - a production grant for Aikštėje by Architektūros Fondas - Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 - ARS Arte Laguna Prize(Art Reuse Sustainability) - for Nationmetrix in collaboration with Roula Salamoun - Venice, Italy
2017 - Best experimental documentary - Berlin Experimental Film Festival - Berlin, Germany
2016 - Finalist for Premio Gabriele Basilico - Milan, Italy
COLLECTIONS
Fondation Boghossian Institut du Monde Arabe
RESIDENCIES
2023 - Villa Empain - Fondation Boghossian, Brussels, Belgium
2022 - Architectural photography residency hosted by the Festival Les Femmes S'exposent - Houlgate, France
2016 - La ville ouverte/Mediterranean Landscapes curated by Giuditta Nelli/Marco Trulli in collaboration with A-POIS, Pellagica and Mediterranea 18 - Viterbo, Italy + Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016 - Ras Masqa Artist Residency curated by TAP/Temporary Art Platform in collaboration with APEAL - Ras Masqa, Lebanon
COLLABORATIONS
2021 - Future was a year ago - object, photo and NFT with Roula Salamoun
2019 - Scenography with Tara Sakhi for Toyota 89 performance by Petra Serhal
2017 - Nationmetrix - installation with Roula Salamoun
PUBLICATION (SOLO)
2019 - Beirut, naked city | Beyrouth, ville nue - Medawar Editions | L'Orient des Livres
PUBLICATIONS (CONTRIBUTOR)
2023 - The Work of Art in the age of planetary destruction - Human After All
2023 - Illusio n° 20 "Totalitaire" - Revue Illusio, Caen, France
2021 - À Beyrouth ; Sur les traces de Jean Royère ; un récit mémoriel et architectural - Sophie Skaf 11 1 11 - Beirut/Paris
2021 - Popietinis Vizitas/Afternoon Visit - Nemunas magazine issues 5-8 - Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 - Cirque du Liban - Rusted Radishes issue 8 - Beirut, Lebanon
2019 - last years' snow - Journal Safar issue IV - Beirut, Lebanon
2018 - Refugees as City Makers - AUB Press - Beirut, Lebanon
2018 - Vacuum - Columbia University Press - NYC, U.S.