Born in 1931 in Deir al-Qamar, Laure Ghorayeb is a Lebanese artist, poet, art critic and author of 4 published books. As a witness of Lebanon’s recent history, Ghorayeb’s work obsessively documents the people and events in her life, combining an almost childlike naivety with a rather dark metaphysical perception. Ghorayeb has participated, since 1966, in a number of solo and collective exhibitions in Lebanon, Europe, Asia and the Arab world, and most recently in “Home Beirut: Sounding the Neighbors” (2017), at the MAXXI Museum in Rome. Represented by Galerie Janine Rubeiz since 2001, she has held a number of solo and group shows, and collaborated with her son, Mazen Kerbaj, on 3 exhibitions all between 2001 and 2015 at the gallery where, In 2016, she was featured in “The Doors of Perception”, alongside artists Huguette Caland and Etel Adnan. Her work is part of a number of prominent collections, like the collection of the British Museum, Sursock Museum and Fondation Saradar.