Hrair
Hrair (Hrair Diarbekirian)
* 1946 (Beirut, Lebanon) - Lives in Beirut, Lebanon
Education
Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts (ALBA)
Solo Exhibitions
1961 Gallery One, Beirut, Lebanon
Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
1962 Gallery Mykonos of Athens, Greece
1963 Gerard Mourgues Gallery, Paris, France
1964 Amateur Gallery, Paris, France
1965 Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
1966 Findlay Gallery, New York, USA
1967 Amateur Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Biennial, Sao Paolo, Brazil
1968 Minas Gerais Gallery, Brazil
1969 Bonino Gallery, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Bonino Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1970 Jadis Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Juarez Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1972 Chelsea Gallery, Brazil
1973 Turzi Gallery Paris, France
Boutros Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
1974 I.D. Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
1975 Zahret Al Shark Gallery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1976 Kandara Hotel, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1977 Turzi Gallery, Paris, France
1978 International Hotel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1979 Bonino Gallery, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Chahine Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon (Retrospective)
1980 Abdullah Al Salem Hall, Kuwait
1981 Turzi Gallery, Paris, France
1982 Pan Arab Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Intercontinental Hotel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1984 Redec Plaza Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1985 Rochane Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Zagrafa Gallery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1986 Épreuve d’Artiste Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
House of Arab Art, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Golden Touch Gallery, Tripoli, Lebanon
1987 Gray d’Albion Gallery, Cannes, France
Don Carlos Gallery, Marbella, Spain
1988 Myriam Art Gallery, Washington, USA
House of Arab Art, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Alwane Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
1989 Alwane Gallery Beirut, Lebanon
1990 Don Carlos Gallery, Marbella, Spain
1991 Art Station Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Gallery Square Design, Hamra, Lebanon
1992 International Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Al Sayed Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria
1993 Rochane Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Safir Hotel, Kuwait
1994 Rochane Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
1995 Art et Valeurs Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Matignon Gallery, Paris, France
1996 Rochane Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
College Saint-Joseph, Antoura, Lebanon
Galerie Echos, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
1997 The Art Shop, Dubai, U.A.E.
Matignon Gallery, Paris, France
Épreuve d’Artiste Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
1998 Safir Hotel, Kuwait
Al Sayed Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria
Juarez Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1999 Al Fayrouz Art Gallery, Bahrain
Hamouraby Gallery, Jordan
Findley Gallery, New York, USA
2000 Arabesque Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Rochane Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Aeabia
2001 Arabesque Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2003 Intercontinental Phoenicia Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon
2004 Rochane Gallery, Jeddah, Lebanon
Al Sayed Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria
2005 Al Anda Gallery, Amman, Jordan
Green Art Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.
2006 Beirut Solidere Art Gallery, Beirut, Leban
Al Sayed Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria
Pièce Unique Art Gallery, Saifi Village, Beirut, Lebanon
2010 Bait Muzna Gallery, Oman
2011 Hamazkayin Lucy Tutunjian Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2012 Moscow Don Nashokina Art Gallery, Greece
2016 Doshokina Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Group Exhibitions
1972 16 Pittori Libanesi a Roma, Centro d’Arte, la Barcaccia, Rome, Italy
1992 International Art Center, Lebanon
2016 Hrair and Annie Diarbekerian – Saadé, Hamazkayin Lucy Tutunjian Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Private Collections
Queen Elizabeth the 2nd of England
King Fahed Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia
King Faysal Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia
King Hussein Bin Talal of Jordan
Prince Rainier of Monaco
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Sheikh Mubarak Al –Sabah, Kuwait
Sheikha Mubarak Al- Sabah, Kuwait
Sheikha Hossa Saad Al-Sabah, Kuwait
Anthony Quinn
Georges Pepard
Liza Minelli
Kirk Douglas
Awards
1964 Gold Medal forTapestries for the Presidential Palace, Beirut, Lebanon
1965 Gold Medal Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
1971 Gold Medal Rome, Italy
1989 Prize of the European Excellency, Paris, France
1990 Prize of the European Excellency, Marbella, Spain
