Her first milestone in her career was in 1992, when she held her first exhibition “Beyrouth, ville fantôme” (Beirut, American University of Beirut, just as the civil war broke out in Lebanon. She currently lives and works in Beirut, where she has been teaching painting since 1993.

Mona Trad Dabaji has exhibited in Lebanon, France, Jordan, the United States and The United Arab EmiratesThe Phantom City), portraying the shattered city center of Beirut. Ever since, all her work revolves around one recurrent theme: Lebanon, its traditions and culture. Throughout her personages, mainly Lebanese women, she succeeded to convey with great precision this multifaceted and complex culture.

Determined to wipe out the last shadows of war, she collects old doors & windows – saved from demolition wreckages – and uses them as a support for her paintings, granting them a chance of rebirth in new interiors.