Christine Tohmé is the founding director of Ashkal Alwan, the Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts. She was the curator of the Sharjah Biennial 13 (2016–17). Tohmé is the recipient of the 15th Edition of the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture, the 2006 Prince Claus Award and the 2015 CCS Bard Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence.