ghassan Ghazal

Ghassan Ghazall, born in 1961 in lebanon. He holds a Bachelor and a master degrees in Visual Arts from the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM). His main artistic practices are: painting, sculpture, photography and installations. Recipient of numerous prizes, he made over 20 solo and collective exhibitions in Canada and abroad. His pieces are part of many private collections in Canada and abroad. At present time, he lives and teaches at the Lebanese American University in Beirut
EDUCATION

1994-1997 M.A. Fine Arts June 1997
                Quebec University in Montreal
1989-1992 B.A. Fine Arts April 1992
            Quebec University in Montreal
1986-1987 C.E.C.  Computer Science October 1987
                Herzing Institute in Montreal
            Computer Analyst Diploma
1979-1981 D.E.C.  May 1981
            College Français, Montreal
            High School Diploma

PUBLICATION

GHAZAL, G.: Prefabricated object and painting-sculpture: The manipulation of the object and its relation with the frame and space, Thesis, Quebec University in Montreal, 1997 (research director: Jean-Pierre Gilbert, PhD)

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS

Oct.Nov. 2006 NAFAS
  Gallery Espace SD, intallation
Dec 2005   Dépôt DareDare
  Objets sériels
Mars 2002 Arts N.D.G.
  Mix Medias ’02
August 2000 Museum of Modern Art of Cartagena
                      (Colombia), Installations 2000
January 1996 Gallery of the Quebec University in
                      Montreal (UQAM), Installation ’96
Oct. 1995           La Biennale Découverte 1995, National
                      Museum of Quebec, Installation ’95
September 1995 Quebec University in Montreal
                      Diffusion Center (UQAM),Installation ’95  
Feb.-March 1995 Graff Gallery, Installation ’95

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS

June 1997           UQAM Gallery in Montreal
                  Installations ‘97
April-May 1994 St-Lambert Cultural Society Center Gallery
                Painting and installations ’93-94
October 1993   Saint-Léonard’ Port-Maurice Gallery
                Painting and installations ’93
Jan.-Feb. 1992       Côte-des-Neiges House of Culture,     
                      Montreal, mixed medias ’91
August 1989       Mont-Royal Courts, Montreal
                Mixed painting ’89

CONTESTS, SCHOLARSHIP AND SUBVENTIONS

May 1992 Winning of « Atelier In Situ » Contest March
                Sept. ’93, organized by the Association for the
                Development of Visual Arts in Mtl (ADAVM)
January 1995   Quebec University in Montreal
  scholarship Program PAFARC
July 2000 Quebec Arts and Letters Cabinet’ Scholarship Program for Professional Artists – Department of International
                Commerce and External Affairs Ministry
                                 
July 2000       Subvention for the exhibit « La migration de la
                culture ” in Colombia (Cartagena and Bogota)