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
2024 safelight paper : https://safelightpaper.com/blogs/stories/i-noise-lee-marie-sadek
2023 Lightreadings : The Psychology of Night. https://lightreadingsmag.com/group-exhibition-the-psychology-of-night/
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