“ART IS THE MIRROR OF SOCIETY “ H.J

Born in Beirut in 1942

  • Diploma in drawing and painting from the Lebanese Academy of fine arts – Beirut – 1964
  • Diploma in drawing and painting from the Foster Academy of fine arts – Valencia – Spain – 1965
  • Grant from the Lebanese University to study abroad in 1966 where he got the title of a professor of drawing and painting from the Royal higher Academy of fine arts in San Fernando – Madrid 1984
  • Member in the association of the Lebanese artists for drawing and painting in the institute of fine arts since 1984
  • President of the department of drawing and painting in the institute of the beauty art for 17 years
  • Actually: professor in the institute of fine arts – Lebanese University

 

Personal expositions (Lebanon)

  1. Hall of Arts and Letters oil painting               Beirut              1971
  2. Hall of Arts and Letters oil painting               Beirut              1972
  3. Hall of the Spanish cultural center oil painting              Beirut               1973
  4. Gallerie Contakest oil painting                  Beirut               1974
  5. Gallerie Contakest oil painting                 Beirut               1975
  6. Hall Rigoletto drawings and water color  Beirut               1978
  7. Spanish Cultural Center      oil painting              Beirut              1980
  8. Spanish cultural center oil painting               Beirut               1981
  9. Smugglers Inn oil painting                  Beirut               1983
  10. Gallerie Epreuve d’artiste oil painting            Beirut            1985
  11. Hall of expert – Manara oil painting               Beirut               1986
  12. Hall el Mountada oil painting                Beirut              1989
  13. Hall Khan Franj oil painting                 Saida                 1990
  14. Gallerie Agial oil painting                Beirut               1991
  15. Gallerie Agial oil painting                  Beirut                1992
  16. Hall of Houssam Hariri            oil painting              Beirut                 1993
  17. Gallerie Alwane     oil painting               Beirut                1994
  18. Gallerie Alwane      oil painting               Beirut                1995
  19. Gallerie Alwane oil painting                Beirut                1996
  20. Gallerie Alwane oil painting                Beirut                1998
  21. Gallerie Alwane                oil painting                Beirut                2001
  22. Gallerie Alwane oil painting                Beirut                2003
  23. Gallerie Alwane oil painting                Beirut                2006
  24. Gallerie Alwane oil painting                Beirut                 2008

 

Collective expositions outside Lebanon

 

  1. Damascus   1971
  2. Biennale- Kuwait                        1972
  3. Biennale Sao Paolo Brazil                                1973
  4. Biennale Alexandria Egypt                                1974
  5. Biennale Sao Paolo Brazil                                  1975
  6. Exposition le Petit Palais Paris                              1986
  7. Exposition of Galleria Kufa London 1987
  8. Exposition of Washington United States 1990
  9. Exposition in Manheim Germany 1973
  10. Exposition in Dubai 1998
  11. Exposition in Dubai   2001
  12. Exposition in Damascus               2004
  13. Exposition in Geneva  2002
  14. Exposition in Frankfurt   2003

Individual expositions outside Lebanon

 

  1. Exposition in the hall of Holiday Inn Kuwait 1983
  2. Exposition in the hall of Sheraton Kuwait 1984
  3. Due to an invitation of the Kuwait cabinet, a complete exposition in the hall of the superior council of letters and arts in Kuwait 1989

 

His paintings are in

  • Museum of Sursok Beirut Lebanon
  • Military museum of Damascus Syria
  • Museum of modern art in Sao Paolo Brazil
  • Museum of plastic art Amman
  • Hall of Kuwaiti artists association Kuwait

 

He got his first gold medallion in paintings and drawings in Biennale Ladkieh – Syria – 1997.