STUDIES

2010-2012 LICENCE degree in Fine Arts / Photography - University of Paris 8.

2003-2004 MASTER degree in Communication / Publicity - ISERP - Levallois-Perret - Paris.

1998-2001 LICENCE degree in Mass Media / Publicity - Lebanese University - Beirut - Lebanon.

1995-1997 Graphic Design / Typography - La Cambre (national school of visual arts) - Brussels.

 

PRIZES

2023 Best new talent, Gold winner (Architecture), Silver winner (Photojournalism) – Analog Sparks.

https://www.analogsparksawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=3-2342-23

https://www.analogsparksawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=3-1296-23

2023 Special mention - Fotofestival Lenzburg.

2022 Shortlist - International Photography Exhibition 164 (The Royal Photographic Society) - UK.

2022 Finalist - Belfast Photo Festival.

2021 Shortlist - Galleries Without Walls - Ireland.

2021 Finalist - Belfast Photo Festival.

2020 Winner - RESTART competition.

2020 Juror’s choice “Portraits Without Faces” - PH21 Gallery - Budapest.

2020 Finalist - TIFF OPEN FESTIVAL : “Processes”.

2020 Finalist - COCA PROJECT.

2019 Shortlist “Home & Away” - Open Walls Arles.

2018 Finalist - La Bourse du Talent.

2017 Finalist - Renaissance Photography Prize.

2017 Honorable mentions - Monovisions Awards.

2015 to 2018 shortlisted - Athens Photo Festival.

2016 Semi-Finalist - Head On Portrait Prize.

2014-2015 Honorable mentions - ND Awards.

2014 Third position category : Press, Gold medals and Silver medals - PX3 Awards.

2014 Shortlist theme 1 : Love - Life Framer.

2008 to 2014 Honorable mentions - IPA.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 “Filling Balloons … / Mother Milk” - Prospekto Gallery - Vilnius - Lithuania.

https://www.photography.lt/en/exhibitions/busimos/filling-balloons...-mother-milk.html

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Analog Sparks Best of Show Exhibitions - Athens - Budapest - Ostuni (Italy).

2023 Charta Festival - Rome.

2021 Charta Festival - Rome.

2020 Angkor Photo Festival - Cambodia.

2020 RESTART - Prospekto Gallery - Vilnius - Lithuania.

2020 “Portraits Without Faces” - PH21 Gallery - Budapest.

2020 “Togethering” - Houston Center for Photography - USA : https://hcponline.org/exhibit/togethering-online-exhibition/

2020 TIFF OPEN FESTIVAL : “Processes” - Wrocław - Poland.

2019 PEP “Interior” - Berlin.

2019 “Home & Away” Open Walls Arles - Galerie Huit Arles - France.

2019 “Migrants” at London Gallery West - London.

2018 Les Boutographies (official selection) - Montpellier - France : https://www.boutographies.com/exposition/i-kiss-holes-for-the-bullets

2018 “The Mask” by LoosenArt at the space Millepiani - Rome - Italy.

2018 “Modules” by LoosenArt at the space Millepiani - Rome - Italy.

2017 Renaissance Photography Prize - Getty Images Gallery - London.

2016 “Vanitas#1” by LoosenArt at the space LAB-A - Cagliari - Italy.

2016 “Migrants” at the Gallery on the Corner - Battersea - London.

2014 Projection of “How they made me an alien” at the Open Show Paris #9 - Paris.

2014 Projection of “Seasons End” in Photonic Moments - Month of Photography festival - Ljubljana - Slovenia.

2014 “Borderland – Hidden Identities & Forbidden Desires” at Club Nàutico De Zaragoza - Spain.    

2014 “Touche d'arts” at the Russian Tea Room Gallery - Paris.

2013 “Color-blind” at Darkroom Gallery - USA.

2013 “Abstraction” at The Kiernan Gallery - USA.

2008 “l’Eté Photographique de Cahors” - France.

 

PUBLICATIONS

2023 Yogurt Magazine, Flavour : WILDNESS.

2022 Interview by Fisheye Magazine : https://www.fisheyemagazine.fr/decouvertes/interview/lhomme-la-mere-et-la-patrie-navigation-en-mer-laiteuse/

2022 Grandmama’s Print : https://grandmamasmag.com/en/projects/74/

https://grandmamasmag.com/en/projects/78/

2022 Yogurt Magazine : https://yogurtmagazine.com/portfolio/planet-tarkovsky-mother-milk-lee-marie-sadek/

2021 Der Greif Guest-Room : Lucy Soutter.

2021 Yogurt Magazine, Flavour : MOJO.

2021 Der Greif Artist Feature : https://dergreif-online.de/artist-feature/lee-marie-sadek/

2021 Float Magazine : https://www.floatmagazine.us/portfolios/lee-marie-sadek

2020 AINT-BAD, what we’ve found : the new normal.

2020 AINT-BAD, what we’ve found : covid-19.

2020 Curious Photo Blog - Pictura Gallery : https://www.picturagallery.com/2020/03/23/lee-marie-sadek/

2020 Der Greif Guest-Room : Mariama Attah.

2020 Der Greif Guest-Room : Marie Gomis-Trezise.

2020 Der Greif Guest-Room : Ashleigh Kane.

2019 Der Greif Guest-Room : John Fleetwood.

2019 Der Greif Guest-Room : Catherine Troiano.

2018 Book Conceptual - LoosenArt.

2017 Featured on BBC Persian and Iran International with excerpts from the series “Mr Hatami (the Flight Room)” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGTHaEl_U0o&feature=youtu.be&t=25m1s

2013 to 2017 F-Stop Magazine.

2014 Publication of the series “Seasons End” in the virtual photo gallery “De visu” : http://www.2visu.org/regards/lee-marie_sadek/index.php