Thierry Chehab

Thierry Chehab (aka atary81) is an award-winning, Lebanese-French artist based in Dubai. In 2021, he was among nine artists worldwide to win the Urban Sketchers’ reportage contest, following Beirut Port’s explosion in August 2020. A year later, his work was awarded at the Rendezvous du Carnet de Voyage in Clermont-Ferrand, France (Jury's Favourite: International Prize for a Travel Sketchbook). Aside from many artistic collaborations and features in the press, including CNN, some of his sketches have been published in books by world-class names in the sketching field, in France and in the USA. Thierry is a creative director of an advertising agency and a former university professor.