Artist sculptor and statuary
Art foundry by lost wax system
E.N.S.B.A. – PARIS.

Biographical Information:

1944 - Born in Beirut. Lebanon.

1962 - 1963
Certificate in Drawing and Sculpture, Lebanese Academy of fine Arts, Beirut - Lebanon.

1963 - 1967
Studies of Sculpture.
Ecole Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-Arts. E.N.S.B.A. Paris.
Atelier Professor Hubert Yencesse.

1964 - 1967
Training in monumental sculpture.
Atelier Gerard Ramon, City of Villepreux - France.

1965 - Member of the Graphic and Plastic Art French Federation - Paris.

1967 - Create his own studio for sculpture and art foundry by lost wax system, Debayeh - Lebanon.

1967 - 1975
Professor of sculpture, drawing and artistic anatomy at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, Beirut - Lebanon.

1968 - 1970
Expert in the Service of Embellishment of the City of Beirut (Green Plan), Lebanon.

1972…
Professor of sculpture at the Lebanese Institute of Fine Arts, Section II, Lebanese University.

1990 - 1991
Worked in Susse Art Foundry, Paris - France.

Exhibitions:

1965
Exhibit at the Annual Salon of the French Federation of Graphic and Plastic arts, Modern Art Museum - Paris.

1967
Exhibit at the “Salon Mur et Espace for Monumental Arts”, Sainte Genevieve-des-Bois - France.
Personal exhibition at the International Cultural Center, University City of Paris - France.
Personal exhibition at Antoinette Mondon Gallery, Rue de Seine - Paris.

1967…
Exhibit at all the ”Salon d’Automne”, Sursock Museum, Beirut - Lebanon.

1976
Personal exhibition at the “Centro Lebanese”, Mexico city - Mexico.

1977
Retrospective of ten years of sculpture, Cultural Palace, Rabieh - Lebanon.

1980
Personal exhibition at Sindin Gallery New-York - U.S.A.

1985
Permanent personal gallery at Amwaj center, Jounieh - Lebanon.

1987
Personal exhibition at Amwaj Center, Jounieh - Lebanon.

1990
Personal exhibition at Grande Loge of France - Paris.
Personal exhibition at Salon Artis, Atlantia Cultural Center, La Baule - France.
Exhibit et the “Salon d’Automne”, Grand Palais - Paris.

1991
Personal exhibition - Salon Artis.
Orangerie, Château de Versailles -Versailles, France.

1992
Permanent exhibition of sculptures, Melki gallery - Paris.

1993
Exhibit at the “Salon d’Automne”, Grand Palais - Paris.

1996
Personal exhibition, Furstenberg Gallery - Paris.

1997
Exhibit at the “Salon du Printemps”, Beirut - Lebanon.

1998
Personal exhibition at Gallery 23, Barbizon - France.

1998
Exhibit at the “Salon d’Automne”, Sursock Museum, Beirut - Lebanon.

Exhibit at the Gibran Khalil, Gibran Museum, Bicharry - Lebanon.

1999
Exhibit at the Rachid Karame Fair, Tripoli - Lebanon.

2001
Baakline Symposium, Baakline - Lebanon.

2002
Personal exhibition at 'Art Contemporain', Expo Beirut - Lebanon.

Symposium of the Resistance, Ghobeiry City - Lebanon.

2003
Atelier et fonderie portes ouvertes - Exposition permanente. Mafrak Aoukar – Liban. . 2004
Expose au Salon d’Automne du Musée Sursock – Beyrouth. - “L’épopée des martyrs du Liban ou Le cèdre de la Liberté Plâtre direct - Dimensions: 125x105x65 cm.

2005
Expose au Salon d’Automne du Musée Sursock – Beyrouth. - Tête du Poète Saïd Akl – Prince du Liban. Bronze dimensions: 66x32x38 cm.

2006
Exposition personnelle "Regard sur mon œuvre" Galerie Surface libre - Jal el Dib – Liban.

2014
Expose au Salon de L’Association des Artistes Libanais. Peintres et Sculpteurs Palais de l’UNESCO – Beyrouth.

2016
Expose au Salon de L’Association des Artistes Libanais.Peintres et Sculpteurs Palais de l’UNESCO – Beyrouth.

Monuments and statues:

1967
Bust of Doctor Neubar Arpiarian, bronze 70 cm, Paris - France.

1969
Toboggan for the Children village, International Park of Beirut city.
Pines forest, Armed concrete. Dim: 21x18x9 meters.Beirut – Lebanon.

1971
Bust of Bishop Antonios Bechir; Bronze 90 cm, Balamand University - Lebanon.
Bust of Poet Ahmad Chawki; Bronze 75 cm, Casino Arabi - Zahle - Lebanon.

1973
Bust of Priest Selwanos Abi-jaoude; Bronze 85 cm, Jal-el-Dib - Lebanon.
Bust of Lebanese President Sheikh Bechara El-Khoury; Bronze 75 cm, Villa Sheikh Selim El-Khoury Aoukar - Lebanon.
Monument of First Lieutenant Samir Chartouni; Bronze Dim: 3 meters, Chartoun - Lebanon.

1974
Bust of Lebanese President General Fouad Chehab, Bronze 95 cm, Ghazir - Lebanon.

1975
Commissioned by His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Iran, to erect four monumental sculptures in steel, Park Shahinshahi, Teheran - Iran:
- Industry and development. Direct steel. Dim: 6x2x3 meters.
- The Forest Direct steel. Dim: 4x2.50x3 meters.
- Water symbol of life. Direct steel. Dim: 4.25x2.20x3 meters.
- Glory to the man and the horse. Direct steel. Dim: 5x1.50x4 meters.

1977
Monument “Attachment to the Earth”. Direct steel. Dim: 5x3x4 meters, Ghazir - Lebanon.

1979
Monument “Asking for Peace”. Direct steel. Dim: 9x4x1.50 meters, Meyrouba - Lebanon.

1981
Monument of St. Sharbel. Direct stainless steel. Dim: 4.25x1.20x1.25 meters, Windsor, Ontario - Canada.

1986
Monument to the “ Unknown soldier”. Direct steel. Dim: 4.25x1.20x1.30 meters, Aoukar - Lebanon.

1988
Bust of Mr. Diab Nasr, Bronze 80 cm, Mizyara - Lebanon.

1989
Entry façade with door, Armed resin. Dim: 7.70x2.30 meters.
Bas-reliefs interior, Armed resin. Dim: 18x2 meters, Villa Mr. Shadi Hanna, Mounsef - Lebanon.

1990
Bust of Grand Master Richard Dupuy, Bronze 95 cm. Grand Lodge of France. Paris - France.
Bust of grand Master Guy Piau, Bronze 95 cm. Paris - France.

1992
Bust of Grand Master Doctor Pierre Simon, Bronze 100 cm. Paris - France.

1994
Two bas-reliefs in direct steel: Dim: 6x3 meters and 4x2.50 meters.
Bust of Mr. Jean Farah, Bronze 75 cm.
Glass fountain. Dim: 1.30x1.20x1.20 meters; Intermedic company, Achrafieh - Lebanon.

1995
Bust of Prime Minister Rachid Karame, Bronze 100 cm. Verdun Avenue. Beirut - Lebanon.

2001
Monument of President of the Lebanese Republic Sheikh Bechara El-Khoury.
Bronze. Dim: 3.60x1.50x1.50 meters. Beirut - Lebanon.

2005
Reprise du plâtre de la statue du Lieutenant Samir Chartouni. - Bronze hauteur 3 m.

2005
Inauguration du monument du feu Président de la République Libanaise Cheikh Béchara Khalil El-Khoury.

2009
Inauguration de la nouvelle statue du Martyr Lieutenant Premier Samir Chartouni. Bronze cire perdue, coulé par l’artiste. Hauteur 3 m. - Chartoun – EL-Chouf – Liban

2011
Buste du Martyr Général Khalil Kenaan.Club des Officiers – Yarzeh – Liban.

2012
Fonde un nouvel atelier d’Art Monumental. Kleiat – Kesrouwan – Liban.

All the sculptures in bronze are cast by the artist, in his own art foundry by lost wax system.

Artistic works present in each of the following countries:
Lebanon, France, U.S.A., Mexico, Tchad, Iran, Canada, Germany.

Prizes and Decorations:

1964
First Prize of Sculpture for Foreign Artists from « Ecole Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts » Paris - France.

1967
Prize of Sculpture. Sursock museum, Beirut - Lebanon.

1970
Prize of Sculpture. Rotary Club, Beirut - Lebanon.

1973
Prize of Poet Said Akl, Beirut - Lebanon.

1985
" Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres "; French Ministry of Culture, Paris - France.

1999
Prize of the City of Gobeiry - Lebanon.
Monument to “ The Resistance of the Lebanese People”. Direct stainless steel, Model dim: 100 cm. Monument to be erected 20 meters.

2003
Prix Said Akl N° 147.

2014
Prix BIAF - Beirut International Awards Festival.

2014
Prix LAAPS – Beyrouth – Liban.

2015
"Allégorie de la Paix" Bronze – H : 5 m. Projet de sculpture pour le Parc Sino-Arabe – Yinchuan Chine. Ministère de la Culture de la Chine

2016
Prix LAAPS – Beyrouth – Liban.

Purposes, subjects and aims:

- To give life to the material.
- To express a dialogue with the spirit.
- To create a proper plastic expression developed in harmony with the proper character of new materials and techniques.
- To look for establishing a link between the past and the future.
- To erect monuments to the memory of important men, events and ideas.

Projets de monuments et de sculptures pour le Liban - PDF file, 2017