Karen Chekerdjian

In May 2016, Karen Chekerdjian has been invited to experiment and expose her work and the Institut du Monde Arabe Museum within the framework of D'Days. Entitled “Respiration”, the exhibition began on May 31 and will be open through D'Days until the 28th of August, 2016.

In 2015, her collection of limited edition objects Trans|Form was exhibited in Design Miami Basel in June 2015 and in Design Miami in December 2015 with Carwan Gallery.

In 2014, Karen Chekerdjian first exhibited Trans|Form, four collections of transformed and transforming objects, at the Beirut Art Center.

In 2013, Karen Chekerdjian had her first UK solo show, entitled "Designing the Middle East:Beirut", at 19 Greek Street in London.

In 2010, Chekerdjian opened the Karen Chekerdjian Store in Beirut.

She has taken part in several international exhibitions, amongst which Utopi (Copenhagen), Beyond the Myth (a pan-European show), Promosedia 2007 (Milan), Northern Lights (Tokyo) and ECHO (Beirut) and at galleries ranging from The Issey Miyake Foundation (Tokyo) and the Spazio Orlandi Gallery and the Nilufar Gallery (Milan) and the Sfeir-Semler Gallery (Beirut).

After several years spent in Italy, Chekerdjian came back to work in Lebanon in 2001. She has helped establish a local design scene and became a pioneer in the field throughout the region.

She has established her design studio in Beirut in 2001.

Karen Chekerdjian is a Lebanese-Armenian designer and artist who was born in Beirut, Lebanon. After having started a career in the design and advertising sectors, Chekerdjian moved to Milan to study Industrial Design at the Domus Academy from which she graduated in 1997. Her Mentor was Massimo Morozzi, founder of Archizoom Associati.