Born in Beirut, Alia Hamdan is a researcher in aesthetic politics and a practitioner in performance and video, with a particular interest in Lebanese aesthetics, Deleuzian cinema, visual theory, and choreographic thinking. She completed her studies in France, earning a Master’s degree in Philosophy from Paris I–Sorbonne, a Master’s degree in Urban Research from Paris X–Nanterre, and pursuing a dance curriculum at the CCN of Montpellier. Upon returning to Beirut, she worked as an urban researcher while developing and presenting performance projects. She taught, and continues to teach, courses in art theory at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) and Saint Joseph University (USJ). Since 2023, she has been based in Berlin. Her latest performance, The Body Is Here, Offscreen (2025), was presented at the Alkantara Festival and at Kaaistudios in Brussels.