Joyce Joumaa is a video artist and writer working between Beirut, Montreal, and Amsterdam. After growing up in Lebanon, she pursued a BFA in Film Studies at Concordia University in Canada. Her work explores microhistories in Lebanon and elsewhere to understand how past structures shape contemporary realities. Central to her practice is an interest in the political charge inscribed in space and the social psychology that unfolds from the tensions emerging between the two.
Joumaa’s work has been presented at institutions including the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, e-flux Screening Room, the Sharjah Architecture Triennial & the 60th Venice Biennale. Recent solo exhibitions have been held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Plein Sud Centre d’exposition, and Eli Kerr Gallery. Joumaa is the recipient of the Hnatyshyn Foundation Prize for Emerging Artists and the 2025 Baloise Award. She is a 2025–2027 VLC Fellow at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School.
Head shot: Credits: Clara Lacasse
Memory Contours, 2024, Foreigners Everywhere, 60th International Venice Biennale, Venice IT. Photo Credits: Valentina Mori
A temporary loss of consciousness, 2024, solo show, Eli Kerr Gallery Montreal CA. Photo Credits: Simon Belleau
