Joseph Kai

Lebanon
The unspoken, along with sensitive subjects such as marginalization and gender, are major themes in Joseph Kai’s current illustration and comics work.   He is best known for his delicate line and introspective tone, a merger of a traditional French-Belgian style and an experimental Beiruti tendency, initiated by post-civil war comic artists such as Mazen Kerbaj and Barrack Rima.  Joseph joined Samandal Collective in 2010.   After some tumultuous years of censorship-related events, he participated in setting the new tone of voice for a series of anthologies, of which he edited “Geography” in 2015.  Joseph is a freelancer for cultural events’ communication projects, children literature, theatre.  He has also participated in many comics festivals and exhibitions in Paris, Berlin, Beirut, Brussels and other cities.