Rabih Mroué (born 1967) is an actor, director, playwright, visual artist whose work deals with the politics of fiction and the authority of archival evidence. He is a contributing editor of The Drama Review (TDR) as well as a co-founder of the Beirut Art Center (BAC), Beirut and a theater director at the Münchner Kammerspiele, Munich. His diverse practice spans numerous disciplines and formats, employing fiction and in-depth analysis to engage with his immediate reality and the associated political and cultural contexts. In 2010 Mroué was awarded an Artist Grant for Theatre/Performance Arts from the Foundation of Contemporary Arts, New York, as well as the Spalding Gray Award. Works include: The Pixelated Revolution (2012); and Who’s Afraid of Representation? (2005). Recent exhibitions include: Documenta 13, Kassel, 2012; FORMER WEST Research Exhibition I, the Undersigned, BAK, Utrecht, 2010; Performa 09, New York, 2009; 11th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, 2009; Tarjama/Translation, Queens Museum of Art, New York, 2009; Sjarjah Biennial, Sjarjah, 2009; Soft Manipulation – Who is afraid of the new now?, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 2008; and Medium Religion, Center for Art and Media (ZKM), Karlsruhe, 2008. Mroué lives and works in Berlin and Beirut. [Last updated 2016]
