•Ain is a non-profit organisation formed in Damascus in January 2008 and registered in Paris, France.
•Its founding members are Delphine Leccas, Jamel Oubechou, Estelle Nicaud and Sabine de Maussion.
•Its current board members are: José Garçon, Jamel Oubechou, Delphine Leccas
•It aims to support contemporary art with a focus on Syrian artists.
•Events presented by AIN
Who Knows What Yesterday will bring? : screenings, online discussions and essays
a collaboration with locus athens and regional partners : Dokufest in Prizren, Harabel contemporary art platform in Tirana, The Institute of Contemporary Art – ICA in Sofia, MakeDox and Museum of Contemporary Art-MoCA in Skopje, Subversive Festival in Zagreb and Festival Europe autour de l’Europe in Paris.
Tavros, Athens
June 2022- In progress
Zagreb, Croatia
25-28 May 2022
Unfortunately, it was paradise : cine-concert, screenings, online discussions and essays
a collaboration with locus athens
Public space in Tavros, Cine Fleury and Tainiothiki, Athens
September 2020-June 2021
Paysage interne : exhibition and talk
Centre des arts actuels-Skol, Montreal
January 2017
In the heart of the heart of another country: screenings, round tables, exhibitions
Greek film archives-Tainiothiki, Athens / Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki / Mansion and Dawawine, Beirut
June and September 2016
L'Art en Marche - Artistes syriens d'aujourd'hui : exhibition, screenings, round table, concert, artists'talks
Le Rocher de Palmer and Utopia Cinema, Bordeaux (France)
January-February, 2015
Et Pourtant ils créent: exhibition, screenings, video installations, performances, concerts
Institute of Islamic Culture, Paris
April-July, 2014
Visual Arts Festival Damascus @ ZKM: screenings
ZKM, Karlsruhe
January, 2014
Visual Arts Festival Damascus @ Istanbul: exhibition, screenings, video installations, performance, round table, workshop
Depo, Istanbul
June-July, 2013
Syrian Anonymous Exhibition : collective exhibition
Exfila, Florence, Italy
14-28 February 2013
Syrian Anonymous Exhibition : collective exhibition
Museo du Palazzo Poggi, Bologna, Italy
17 January -17 February 2013
Syrian Anonymous Exhibition : collective exhibition
La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, Italy
November-December 2012
Syrian Anonymous Exhibition : collective exhibition and video
Cantieri d’Arte, Viterbo, Italy
September 2012
http://www.artecantieri.blogspot.com/#!http://artecantieri.blogspot.com/2012/09/syrian-anonymous-exhibition.html
Syrian Anonymous Exhibition : collective exhibition and video
WEYA- World Event Young Artists, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
September 7th-16th 2012
Fresh Fears by Muhammad Ali: exhibition
Cantine Nervi, Gattinara (VC), Italy
July 7th - August 3rd 2012
http://www.bjcem.org/muhammad-ali-fears-fresh/
Fresh Fears by Muhammad Ali: exhibition
Swab Barcelona International Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain
May 23rd - 26th 2012
Visual Arts Festival Damascus @ Rotterdam: video, documentary, cinema, video installation, artists’ talks
International Film Festival, Rotterdam
January 2012
Syrian Icon by Delphine Leccas and Rami Farah: video installation
3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary art, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece
September 2011
“Fresh Fears” by Muhammad Ali, “I’m in love” by Madonna Adib, “Not a matter of if but when” by Rami Farah, Julia Meltzer and David Thorne: exhibition and video installation
Omar Almkhallalati, culinary performance
XVth Biennale of “Jeunes de la Méditerranée”, Warehouse, Industrial port, Thessaloniki
October 2011
Monif Ajaj : solo exhibition
Artist’studio, Damascus, Syria
December 2010
Visual Arts Festival Damascus: video installation, exhibition, performance, workshops, lectures
Co-curator Charlotte Bank
Damascus, Zeitouneh area, Finnish Institute, French Cultural Center, Goethe Institute, faculty of Fine arts
October-December 2010
Muhammad Ali, Adnan Getto, Giwan Khalaf, Adel Daoud : collective exhibition
New Art Center, Hassakeh, Syria
March 2009
•Publication
"Syrie, l’art en armes", ed. La Martiniere, 2013
•Its founding members are Delphine Leccas, Jamel Oubechou, Estelle Nicaud and Sabine de Maussion.
•Its current board members are: José Garçon, Jamel Oubechou, Delphine Leccas
•It aims to support contemporary art with a focus on Syrian artists.
•Events presented by AIN
Who Knows What Yesterday will bring? : screenings, online discussions and essays
a collaboration with locus athens and regional partners : Dokufest in Prizren, Harabel contemporary art platform in Tirana, The Institute of Contemporary Art – ICA in Sofia, MakeDox and Museum of Contemporary Art-MoCA in Skopje, Subversive Festival in Zagreb and Festival Europe autour de l’Europe in Paris.
Tavros, Athens
June 2022- In progress
Zagreb, Croatia
25-28 May 2022
Unfortunately, it was paradise : cine-concert, screenings, online discussions and essays
a collaboration with locus athens
Public space in Tavros, Cine Fleury and Tainiothiki, Athens
September 2020-June 2021
Paysage interne : exhibition and talk
Centre des arts actuels-Skol, Montreal
January 2017
In the heart of the heart of another country: screenings, round tables, exhibitions
Greek film archives-Tainiothiki, Athens / Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki / Mansion and Dawawine, Beirut
June and September 2016
L'Art en Marche - Artistes syriens d'aujourd'hui : exhibition, screenings, round table, concert, artists'talks
Le Rocher de Palmer and Utopia Cinema, Bordeaux (France)
January-February, 2015
Et Pourtant ils créent: exhibition, screenings, video installations, performances, concerts
Institute of Islamic Culture, Paris
April-July, 2014
Visual Arts Festival Damascus @ ZKM: screenings
ZKM, Karlsruhe
January, 2014
Visual Arts Festival Damascus @ Istanbul: exhibition, screenings, video installations, performance, round table, workshop
Depo, Istanbul
June-July, 2013
Syrian Anonymous Exhibition : collective exhibition
Exfila, Florence, Italy
14-28 February 2013
Syrian Anonymous Exhibition : collective exhibition
Museo du Palazzo Poggi, Bologna, Italy
17 January -17 February 2013
Syrian Anonymous Exhibition : collective exhibition
La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, Italy
November-December 2012
Syrian Anonymous Exhibition : collective exhibition and video
Cantieri d’Arte, Viterbo, Italy
September 2012
http://www.artecantieri.blogspot.com/#!http://artecantieri.blogspot.com/2012/09/syrian-anonymous-exhibition.html
Syrian Anonymous Exhibition : collective exhibition and video
WEYA- World Event Young Artists, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
September 7th-16th 2012
Fresh Fears by Muhammad Ali: exhibition
Cantine Nervi, Gattinara (VC), Italy
July 7th - August 3rd 2012
http://www.bjcem.org/muhammad-ali-fears-fresh/
Fresh Fears by Muhammad Ali: exhibition
Swab Barcelona International Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain
May 23rd - 26th 2012
Visual Arts Festival Damascus @ Rotterdam: video, documentary, cinema, video installation, artists’ talks
International Film Festival, Rotterdam
January 2012
Syrian Icon by Delphine Leccas and Rami Farah: video installation
3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary art, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece
September 2011
“Fresh Fears” by Muhammad Ali, “I’m in love” by Madonna Adib, “Not a matter of if but when” by Rami Farah, Julia Meltzer and David Thorne: exhibition and video installation
Omar Almkhallalati, culinary performance
XVth Biennale of “Jeunes de la Méditerranée”, Warehouse, Industrial port, Thessaloniki
October 2011
Monif Ajaj : solo exhibition
Artist’studio, Damascus, Syria
December 2010
Visual Arts Festival Damascus: video installation, exhibition, performance, workshops, lectures
Co-curator Charlotte Bank
Damascus, Zeitouneh area, Finnish Institute, French Cultural Center, Goethe Institute, faculty of Fine arts
October-December 2010
Muhammad Ali, Adnan Getto, Giwan Khalaf, Adel Daoud : collective exhibition
New Art Center, Hassakeh, Syria
March 2009
•Publication
"Syrie, l’art en armes", ed. La Martiniere, 2013