Education and career
Minawi graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the Lebanese American University in 2008, and earned a MA in Fine Arts from Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht in 2018. [3] He went on to study lighting design lighting design at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. [3]
Minawi began his career in 2006 as a lighting designer and scenographer, collaborating with various theater and dance companies in Lebanon and the Arab region. [2] In 2010, he began creating his own installations, which have been frequently exhibited in public spaces. [2] [4] [5] Some of his notable works include Beyond Myself... (2013), [6] My Light is Your Light... (2014), [7] [1] [8] The Bride (2016), [9] Waiting for It to End... (2020), [10] [11] [12] and The Liminal (2024). [13] In 2016, Minawi began an artistic research project focused on the concept of belonging and its connection to physical space, culminating in a series of performances collectively titled 2048. [14] [11] In this work, Minawi aimed to integrate installation and performance art, involving the audience as a part of his performance. [14] [3] [15]
Minawi is a teacher at the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK) and the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU), and is a lecturer at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. He is the founder and program director of the Beirut Summer School for Theater and Performance. [3] [16]