Chaza Charafeddine is an artist and writer. She studied special education at La Branche|Centre de formation en pédagogie curative et sociothérapie in Switzerland, and Eurhythmy dance at the Eurythmieschule - Hamburg in Germany. After exploring the fields of education and dance for 15 years, she turned to photography and writing. Her photographic works were shown in numerous galleries and artistic venues in Lebanon and abroad. In 2012 Dar Al-Saqi|Beirut has published her first novella Flashback and in 2015 her short-story collection Haqibatun Bilkade Tura. Chaza Charafeddine is represented by Agial Art/Saleh Barakat Gallery.
Born in Lebanon in 1964.
1983–1986 Diploma in curative education from ‘La Branche — Centre de formation en pédagogie curative et sociothérapie’, Savigny and Épalinges – Switzerland
1987–1991 Diploma in Eurythmy Dance from the ‘Eurythmie Schule Hamburg’ – Germany
1992–1994 Dance therapist at ‘La Branche Institute’, Savigny – Switzerland
1996–1997 Dance therapist at ‘Fista’, and Marie Rose Boulos Center, Beirut – Lebanon
1999–2001 Taught body movement at the drama department of the ‘Holy Spirit University Kaslik’ (USEK), Kaslik – Lebanon
2000 Summer Academy with the performance artist ‘Angie Hiesl’ (Cologne), Felix Meritis program at the Amsterdam/Maastricht University, Amsterdam – Netherlands
2002/03 exhibition coordinator at the House of World Cultures (HKW), for the DisORIENTation project, Berlin – Germany
2005 project coordinator for Home Works III, a project by the Lebanese Association for Plastic Ashkal Alwan, Beirut – Lebanon
2006-08 project coordinator at the Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut – Lebanon
2017 Artist in Residence at the Center for Arts and Humanities | American University of Beirut, Lebanon