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Rank
Professor -
Degree
PhD -
Specialization
Plastic arts -
Major
Painting -
Research Field
Painting -
Branch
Visual Arts – Painting – National Identity through Realistic Scenes in Contemporary Painting in the Arab East – Visual Arts in Russia – Contemporary Artistic Transformations in St. Petersburg
Born in Ghobeiry, in 1951
Scientific Qualifications
- PhD in philosophy of artistic research of the Soviet Union, in 1986;
- Master of Fine Arts / Painting of the Soviet Union, in 1983.
Professional Career
- Teacher-researcher at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture (FFAA) of the 91Ƭ (LU), in 1987, until his retirement in 2016;
- Director of the FFAA - Section 1, between 1993 and 1995;
- Member of the Scientific Council of the Doctoral School of Humanities and Social Sciences (DSHSS), between 2007 and 2015;
- President of the Board of Directors of the Lebanese-Russian House, in 2002;
- Member of the scientific committee of the FFAA, between 1999 and 2019;
- Supervisor of dissertations and theses at LU, between 1987 and 2022;
- Advisor to the Minister of Culture in Lebanon, in 2022;
- Member of the National Committee for Education, Science and Culture, in 2022;
- Advisor to the Russian Cultural Center in Beirut, in 2022;
- Member of the Syndicate of Lebanese Visual Artists, since 2017;
- Advisor to the Administrative Board of the International Fine Arts Festival of Mahres - Tunisia, since 2016;
- Member of the Committee of the International Festivals of Baalbek for several years;
- Visiting Professor at the Institute of Professional Arts, China for several years;
- Participated in more than 23 art exhibitions in Lebanon and abroad;
- Author of several books.
