Biography
Jamil Molaeb, born in 1948 in Baissour, Lebanon, began his artistic journey in the seventies after studying under esteemed artists Chafic Abboud and Paul Guiragossian at the Fine Arts Institute of the Lebanese University. At 18, he won the 3rd prize for sculpture at the 7th Salon of the Sursock Museum in 1967. He sought further education abroad, studying in Algeria for a year and later enrolling in the Master of Fine Arts programme at New York’s Pratt Institute in 1984. He also earned a doctorate in artistic education from Ohio State University. In 1989, Molaeb returned to Lebanon and started teaching at the Lebanese University and the Lebanese American University in Beirut.
Since 1966, Molaeb has held numerous solo exhibitions in Lebanon, Algeria, France, Switzerland, and the United States. His work has been showcased in prominent art fairs such as Art Abu Dhabi, Beirut Art Fair, Art Dubai, Art14 London, and La Biennale de Lyon. Molaeb’s art has been featured in international museums like the Gropius Bau Museum in Berlin and included in collections at The World Bank in Washington DC and the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. His work is permanently exhibited at Galerie Janine Rubeiz. In 2015, he established the Jamil Molaeb Museum in Baissour, Mount Lebanon.
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