Biography
زهير الحلو
Born in Byblos, Lebanonlived in
Lebanon, England, Saudi Arabia, Colombiaworked for the
Middle East, Europe, Africa, and the Americastackled many industries, such as:
Management Consulting, Project Management, Media Production and Real-Estate
Languages
fluent in 4 languages
english
c2 proficiency
arabic
c2 proficiency
spanish
c1 advanced
french
c1 advanced
EDUCATION
BA
Bachelor of Arts
in Visual and Performing ArtsSpecialization: Cinema and Television2014
USEK
Holy Spirit University of KaslikKaslik, Lebanon
MSc
Master of science
in EntrepreneurshipPathway: Creative Industries2018
Henley Business School
University of ReadingEngland, United Kingdom
DIGITAL PROJECT MANAGER
2022-2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Contributed to the creation of a Metaverse Gallery featuring my fractal art, glitch art, and other digital works on display.
Orchestrated B2B & B2C projects, delivering services that include Content, Corporate Strategy, Business Design, Workshops, Blockchain, Metaverse, Digital Twins, & Smart Contract Development.Curated a network of creatives, providing blockchain education, resources & innovative product creation.
Garnered recognition from Arab News for our dedication to education, featured twice for supporting local businesses.
Curated and organized a network of creatives and exhibited their works in the SRMG Gallery during Riyadh Season at Boulevard World.
Organized interactive events & art exhibitions, resulting in collaborations with renowned brands such as:Misk Entrepreneurship, Uturn, HIA, Almasthal, Music Space, Asharq
events Management
riyadh, KSA | 2018-2019
Managed operations, financial reporting, and team coordination for a 24-member team.Built and maintained client relationships, handling accounts in Riyadh and Jeddah.Secured new business and recovered outstanding accounts.
Business Project Manager
Business Project Manager
Launched a tech startup in Berlin, Germany
‘iridescence’ • Liquid Crystals self-organizing.Complex, unpredictable fractal shapes emerge as liquid crystals flow out from a main course into several branches.Fractal patterns are seen by using polarized eyeglasses to view the display (polarized glass will pass light waves in a certain angle)This video takes a dive into shapes that emerged from a broken old LCD monitor I had laying around.
The footage was shot on iPhone 6s in February 2017.
Educator
Webinars
Zouhair has taught a diverse range of students of all ages from Australia, the USA, Canada, Europe & the Middle East.
His courses were on art-making, including Fractal Art, and Generative Art, as well as tokenizing and marketing.Higher Education
He has been a University Lecturer and Research Coordinator in Colombia, conducting workshops and lectures in Spanish, engaging 134 university students.
Topics included Analysis of Television, Scriptwriting, Documentary Filmmaking, Pre/post-production, and Audiovisual Expression.
Exhibitions
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Using installation, sound, photography, and video
to research the relationship between
perception, ideology and technology.As a curator and organizer, Zouhair has
Artworks exhibited in
3 continents, 8 countries.
HONG KONG
Zouhair El Helou
Bogotá
filmmaking
cinematography
Cinematography Showreel from Zouhair El Helou on Vimeo.
film-making
Zouhair 's 2014 BA Senior Film ‘Adin’ was nominated for the European Film Festival & Douma Film Festival in Lebanon.
ADIN - أدين from Zouhair El Helou on Vimeo.
| Short-Film | Location | Year | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adin | Selected for the European Film Festival | Lebanon | 2014 |
| Adin | Nominated for Douma Film Festival | Lebanon | 2014 |
| Varushka’s Death | Selected for the Plural+ Video Festival | Slovenia | 2013 |
sound design
Through his one-minute sound design, Zouhair tries to capture the essence of grey, evoking the complexities of ambiguity, confinement, and oppression.
During his Bachelor's degree in Visual and Performing Arts, Zouhair undertook a sound design project as part of a Sound Design class. The objective was to create a one-minute sound piece using recordings and libraries to represent the conceptual feeling of a color of the student's choice.
Zouhair, inspired by George Orwell's 1984 and an industrial post-apocalyptic aesthetic, chose the color grey to construct his sonic landscape.
The Natural, The (Un)Cleansed & The Foreign
Beirut, Lebanon 2019
Behind me my fractal art print 'Geodesy'
Participating in the group exhibition:
• In collaboration with Miha Vipotnik & Station Beirut
• Curation Kaja Kraner & Lucija Smodiš
• Produced by Holy Spirit University of Kaslik - USEK and Pekarna Magdalenske mreže (Guest Room Maribor residency program)
THE OBSERVABLE MANIFESTATION OF HEARING
2017 Maribor, slovenia
My interactive art installation was part of the 2017 group exhibition:
"Two good listeners make a piece with a silence",
a result of a one month residency in Maribor, Slovenia.Mentored by Miha Vipotnic.
Residency at GuestRoomMaribor - Pekarna Magdalenske mreže
Cymatics is the science of sound made visible.In my project I used a fluid (water) to transmit sound vibrations through it.I did coding, and installed a camera and lighting to display in realtime the forming interesting and unbelievable patterns.The coding transmits tactile and auditory functions into proportional frequencies that show the patterns on a suspended projector screen.
NFTs
Zouhair has sold tens of thousands in minted digital artwork,
pieces uniquely untouched by cross-platform minting.
Testimonials
Discover what my global patrons and students have to say about my art commissions and teaching services.
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"Friendly, Fast, Personalized, and Quality. Fantastic service!"Riley S.
Commissioned Art (Glitch Art)
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"Thoughtful and complete! Thanks so much."Maria T.
Student (Fractal Art Webinar)
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"Very attentive and interactive, all of my requests and modifications were met with patience along with a great artistic personal flair from his end, resulting in a fun and positive experience with a great outcome."Bilal M.
Commissioned Art
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"Informative and communicated well."Celia W.
Student (Webinar)
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"I couldn't decide which one is the best one. Zouhair is attentive and effective."Antonio H.
Commissioned Art
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"professional, helpful, eye opening."Jeff S.
Student (Webinar)
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"we had a very tight deadline on our project. Zouhair worked very hard to meet this deadline and worked with us on all requests. happy with how it turned out.
Thanks Zou!"Vinny G.
Commissioned Art
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"the webinar exceeded my expectations. It gave me immense understanding of fractal art for someone who is very new to the concept. I appreciate your knowledge and how you translate with simple language which is easy to comprehend. I look forward to apply the learnings and come back for advanced courses."Rohit V.
Webinar Attendee
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"the Glitchograph webinar was fun & helpful!"Austin H.
Webinar Attendee
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"great communication! was able to immediately help me understand a new program."Amanda T.
Student (Webinar)