Born in 1983, Rima Maroun is a Lebanese photographer and performer based in Beirut. She is the co-founder of Collectif Kahraba theater company and cultural association with which she performed in different theater projects until 2009. She also took part in organising Nehna wel Amar Wel Jiran (Us, the moon and the neighbours) Festival since its first edition in 2011.
In 2008, she receives the Anna Lindh Foundation award for dialogue through art and culture and has exhibited her work in different countries (Italy, Hungary, Syria, France, Lebanon, UAE).
Her work was part of Photoquai biennale in Paris, Art Dubai, Meeting Point 6. She exhibited her work at the Gallery Janine Rubeiz, Beirut Exhibition Center, Institut Francais de Beirut, Beirut Art Center, and lately at Festival « Les Femmes s’exposent » and Casa Arabe as part of Photo Espana 2022, In Cadaques photo festival 2022, Vantage point sharjah
In 2017 she co-founded Hammana Artist House a multidisciplinary art residency space with a focus on performing arts, where she initiated encounters between local photographers aiming at joining efforts to create a collective of artists that have photography at the heart of their artistic practice that led to the creation of Collectif 1200.
