Jad El Khoury

Jad El Khoury (B. 1988) is a Lebanese street artist and interior architect. He holds an MA in architecture from the Lebanese University and a MFA in art and public space from Oslo National Academy of the Arts. His main intent is to bring attention to social and political issues through public art installations. He is best known for his fictional characters, defined as Potate Nose, who draws on the damaged buildings of Beirut, highlighting the bullet holes left by the passage of the civil war. His work has been shown internationally and he has received awards including the Institute of Public Art Award and the Arte Laguna Prize for Urban Art and Land art.