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Zena Ghossoub – Artist Biography
A Journey Through Her Artwork — From Surrealist Narrative to Abstraction to Becoming the Founder of GHZ ART Gallery
Zena Ghossoub born 28 November 1983, Zalka, Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese visual artist, painter, sculptor, and poet, and the founder of GHZ ART Gallery. She works across painting, sculpture, and installation art, exploring themes of transformation, identity, and the human experience.
Early Life and Education
Ghossoub developed an early interest in art, mythology, and philosophy. She pursued formal art studies and later established a multidisciplinary practice that integrates traditional techniques with contemporary experimentation. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the Lebanese University, Faculty of Fine Arts II, and a degree in Interior Design from Notre Dame University. She later obtained a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Arts from the Lebanese University, where she presented a thesis titled The Impact of Cybernetics on Arts in the 1960s.
Career and Artistic Style
Ghossoub began exhibiting her work in Lebanon during the early 2010s. She participated in the Visual Art Forum IV (2013) and Visual Art Forum V (2014), organized by the Lebanese Artists Association for Painters and Sculptors (LAAPS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Beirut. Her paintings The Cold War (2013) and The Cocoon Woman (2014) were exhibited during these events.
In 2016, she executed the bronze sculpture Metamorphosis (H: 50 cm, 18×33 cm), which was exhibited in Hazmieh and later acquired by the Lebanese Ministry of Culture.
Her 2018 sculpture Kuberneto, exhibited at the Institut Francais du Liban and the Lebanese University, was featured in L’Orient-Le Jour, which described the work as exploring “the alienation of modern man by technology and machines, as well as their impact on our society.
Ghossoub’s artistic approach blends science, nature, and technology with reflections on human psychology and the social effects of mechanization. Her works often investigate how technological progress reshapes emotional, cognitive, and spiritual dimensions of life. Through organic forms and layered materials, she evokes the dialogue between inner and outer transformation.
Follow her work and journey at: https://zenaghossoub.com
