Born in Beirut in 1955, Edgard Mazigi holds a diploma in textile engineering from ESITL Lyon (1978) and a certificate with an excellence in painting award from the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture (1998). In 1999 he moves back permanently to Lebanon where he paints full time. He has taken part in several group and solo exhibitions and has been selected for the Salon d'Automne 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 at the Sursock Museum in Beirut.