Untitled ( photo available upon request)
Giclee Print
25.4 X 20.2 cm
Kevork Mourad was born in Qamishli, Syria, Mourad now lives and works in New York City. He received his Master of Fine Arts from the Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts in Armenia. Mourad employs his technique of live drawing and animation in concert with
musicians – developing a collaboration in which art and music harmonize with
one another. This Photograph was taken of his live drawing project as part of his residency at Art Residence Aley in Lebanon in 2014.
musicians – developing a collaboration in which art and music harmonize with
one another. This Photograph was taken of his live drawing project as part of his residency at Art Residence Aley in Lebanon in 2014.
Other collaborators include Yo-Yo Ma, Kim Kashkashian, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Brooklyn Rider, The Knights, Perspectives Ensemble, Paola Prestini, and Kinan Azmeh and he has performed in many institutions, including The Aga Khan Museum (Toronto), The Art Institute of Chicago, The American Museum of Natural History, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Bronx Museum of Art, Carnegie Hall, ElbPhilharmonie (Germany), Rhode Island School of Design, Nara Museum (Japan), Lincoln Center Atrium, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Mourad has been a resident teaching artist at Brandeis University, Harvard University, and Holy Cross (Worcester). The 2016 recipient of the Robert Bosch Stiftung Film Prize.