ABOUT | Nadim Kurani Artist

Nadim Kurani was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1965 and lives in Southern California. He immigrated to the United States in 1986 where he earned his Bachelor of Architecture/cum laude and received the Faculty Award from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Nadim is a multimedia artist working in sculpture, and is drawn to working with existing objects, both natural and industrial. Through visceral imagination and methodical execution, he deconstructs objects and re-forms them into made-again hybrids.

In 1994 Nadim created his first works of art, casting concrete around off-the-shelf bits of hardware and making unique industrial creations. The artwork was used on set design for CBS/David Copperfield 15 Years of Magic (1994), and Warner Brothers/Batman and Robin (1997). His work also was featured in WIRED magazine (May 1997) and Playboy magazine (January 1999.)

Nadim kept art as a hobby while pursuing his other career interests as an architectural designer and communication artist.

Almost 20 years later, in 2019, he made a commitment to return to his true passion for creating art professionally, combining years of fascination with rocks, industrial material, print media, design and architecture.