Ashraf Osman Email & Phone Number

Lebanon

Venice, Veneto, Italy

PhD candidate in History of Art as part of the LAWHA project, with an international position between Università Cà Foscari (Venice) and Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB).

Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

PhD candidate in History of Art as part of the LAWHA project, with an international position between Università Cà Foscari (Venice) and Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB).

Zürich Area, Switzerland

• The Network for Scent in Art & CultureEVENT ORGANIZATION & PRODUCTION
• Kunstmuseum Thun: Schnupperschau a year-long 4-exhibition olfactory series
• Ephemeral Materialities: Scent in Swiss Arta month-long exhibit featuring 3 Swiss artists
• Biennale Bern: Urban Scent Walk 5 one-hour olfactory tours of old-town Bern WRITINGS & PUBLICATIONS
• "Culturalizing Scent: Integrating Smell in Art & Design Education" in 'Designing with Smell: Practices, Techniques and Challenges'
• "A Conversation with Peter: 20 Years Working with Scents" in 'Scent in Context: Olfactory Art by Peter de Cupere'

Paris, France

Advisory member of the "comité scientifique d’experts" for "Exposition Parfums d’Orient", a 1000 m2 exhibition scheduled for fall of 2023, to include "Scents of Exile", in partnership with Givaudan

Beirut, Lebanon

The position entails working closely with the directors and various collaborators to develop and implement short- and long-term multi-disciplinary projects and programs, as well as coordinating with the BAC team and affiliates.

Beirut, Lebanon

Cosmetics import & distribution agency:the exclusive agent of EVA Cosmetics (skin and hair care products) in Lebanon

Zürich Area, Switzerland

The Platform & Marketplace for Personalized Perfume

Zurich, Switzerland

Led 2 scent appreciation events for employees Google (Zurich)

• ARTINECT is a multimedia communications & art curating agency. It connects art both physically--by providing artwork for architectural spaces--and virtually--by managing the web presence of art entities.WEBSITE DESIGN
• Vardart · Habib Asal · Scents of Exile · Scent Art News
• 1&1 · GoDaddy · Squarespace · Weebly · WIX · WordPressSOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT
• Radicalizing the Local · Public Faculty (JeanneWorks)
• Curating123 & Kunstkammer AZB (ZHdK)
• Facebook · Tumblr · Twitter · MailChimp

• 11.2017 | Zurich, SwitzerlandZURICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS (ZHdK) guest lecturer
• Style & Design Program | Scent in Figures09.2017 | Hasselt, BelgiumUNIVERSITY COLLEGE PXL-MADguest lecturer
• Art Sense(s) Lab | Master Seminar Series 09.2014 – 02.2016 | Bern, SwitzerlandBERN UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS (HKB) guest lecturer
• Art Education Program: Olfactory Art: Past & Present
• Y Transdisciplinary Institute: On the Cultural History of Smell
• Signaletik MAS Program (Building Context): Urban Smellscapes 12.2012 | Lausanne, Switzerland ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE (EPFL)design critic

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Saint Peter Parish Hall (Brandywine, PA, USA)Lenape Valley Presbyterian Church (New Britain, PA, USA)Lower Moreland Elem. School Addition (L. Moreland, PA, USA)Woods Services (Langhorne, PA, USA)Avon Grove Middle & High Schools (Avon Grove, PA, USA). developed the design of a special-needs medical & dental facility (using SketchUp) and assembled a set of.

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Design I & II: Interdisciplinary Foundation Studies (First-Year Design Studio for Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture & Architectural Studies majors)

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Yale University School of Sculpture (New Haven, CT, USA)Cornell University Student Housing (Ithaca, NY, USA)Philadelphia Theatre Company (Philadelphia, PA, USA). executed code research and prepared a feasibility study for a higher educational facility; analyzed program requirements and explored schematic design options on their basis. rendered digitally.

Princeton, NJ, USA

Governmental Bio-Containment Facility (Toshkent, Uzbekistan)BASF Corporate Offices Relocation (Florham Park, NJ, USA)Pfizer Veterinary Medicine R&D Facility (Kalamazoo, MI, USA)NIA & NIDA (NIH) Headquarters (Baltimore, MD, USA). developed the schematic design for a governmental facility using adjacency diagrams & massing models. composed presentations &.

Princeton, NJ, USA

KSS Architects’ New Offices (Philadelphia, PA, USA)HESA Environmental Corporation (Princeton, NJ, USA)Volkswagen Service Headquarters (Cranbury, NJ, USA). explored and documented different site options for a prospective project's feasibility study. built physical models of schematic design options for an office building. developed construction documents.

New York, NY, USA

Bear Stearns Headquarters (New York, NY, USA). explored design options for a financial trading desk prototype using computer modeling (3D Studio)

Post-Graduate Program, Curating

Master of Advanced Studies | Postgraduate Program in Curating: • MAS: “The Objects of Non-Object-Based (Socially-Engaged) Art” • CAS.

Education record

• Social Networking for Gallerists & Art Professionals • Graphic Design Toolkit for Curators & Cultural Producers

M.Arch.I, Architecture, Gpa: 3.7

Thesis Title: "Memory for Forgetfulness": Registering/Effacing the Memory of the Lebanese War AWARDS & HONORS: 06.2002 James Britton.

B.S., Biology

Penrose Award for the College of Arts & Sciences (07.1997)

Lebanese Baccalaureate, Experimental Sciences

Activities and Societies: 1993-1998: Beirut Symphonic Band