Luana Bassil is a Lebanese filmmaker and photographer, born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. She spent her childhood discovering filmmakers and developed her taste for cinema from a young age. Throughout her youth, she could be seen taking analogue photos of her surroundings.
Her passion for films and cinema has deeply influenced her work. To escape the political and personal challenges she faced since a young age, Luana found solace in her country's true riches, namely the sea and mountains. From the start of her career, the artist used the lens to create a distance between herself and the difficult and complex realities found in the Lebanese social and political landscape. Her work subtly guides her viewers towards what is most authentic: the body and nature, far from the vicissitudes of a country in distress.
Having left Beirut in 2019, she now applies the same approach of searching for the beauty and authenticity of everyday life, offering a poetic, soothing, and sincere refuge from her new residence of Brussels, Belgium.
In recent years, Bassil has exhibited her work in various art galleries across the world, including Beirut, Paris, Morocco and Brussels. She has collaborated frequently with creators such as Diane Von Fürstenberg, Lara Khoury, and Alexandra Hakim.
exhibitions
Daydreams, Château du Lac de Genval, Belgium - 2025
A Night for Lebanon, Paramour, Brussels - 2024
Photography: The universal Language Exhibition, Musée de la Femme, Marrakesh - 2024
Echos du Liban, Francois Roffiaen, Brussels - 2024
Not Today, Lynn Modallal Gallery, Beirut - 2023
Beirut Nejma, Lynn Modallal Gallery, Beirut - 2023
Sana Helwa, Lynn Modallal Gallery, Beirut - 2024
Cinemamed exhibition x Beirut Beitna, Cinéma Palace, Belgium -2023
Point of view, Ked Beirut, Lebanon - 2023
Liban, Beirut Beitna, Brussels - 2022
Mademoiselle l’Ancien x Philippine d’Otreppe, Mademoiselle l’Ancien, Belgique - 2022
Pop Up Exhibition Paris Edition, 389 La Boutique, France - 2022
Pop Up Exhibition II, Pop Up Gallery, Lebanon - 2021
Pop Up Gallery 1, Pop Up Gallery, Lebanon - 2020
press links, interviews & web editorials
Eudemonia by Luana Bassil for Flanelle Magazine
Foto Femme United
Au Musée de la Femme, la photographie déploie son langage universel
Echos du Liban
«Beirut Nejma»: mosaïque artistique d’une ville en mutation
Photography: the Universal Language Exhibition
Lens of Diversity
philippine x mademoiselle l’ancien
For commissioned work and collaborative projects,
you can email me at Bassilluana@gmail.com
All photos are shot on 35mm and 120mm film photography.
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