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Place of Birth: Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon
About Ricardo Mbarkho
- Ricardo Mbarkho (25 January 1974 in Beirut, Lebanon), is a Lebanese contemporary artist. Mbarkho's work includes multiple outcomes especially digital art practices.In his digital images, as well as in his time-based work, he investigates multiple questions related to interactivity, language, communication, cultural industries, history of art as well as the visual representation within the sociopolitical sphere.
- Mbarkho's digital images are made from texts.
- He uses the computer as a tool to mutate texts into images; the text's binary codes are transposed into a unique corresponding visual. Mbarkho received his art diplomas from École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts and École supérieure d'études cinématographiques, Paris, and from Institut supérieur des beaux-arts, Beirut.
- He also completed an exchange study program at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. He lives and works in Beirut.
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