Biography of Laure Keyrouz

 

Laure Lichãa Keyrouz, artist, painter and poetess, was born in 1979 in Becharrè, a small town on mountains in the north Lebanon, where Gibran Kahlil Gibran, author of the book "The Prophet", was born too. From this cultural and natural enviroment she draw inspiration for her artistic passion.
She attended at Literary and Philosophical school, bachelor in Arabic literature in the Beirut Lebanese University. Afterwards she was going on studies at Holy Spirit University with a master. At the same time she started to study at the Fine Arts Academy in Beirut University - section II - where in July 2005 exposed her metaphysics paintings during the final exhibition, where she was classed first.
In the september of 2005 she received a scholarship of the Italian Cultural Institute and Foreign Ministry to attend to master in Italian language for foreigns at University of Udine in Italy. Now she is graduated at Fine Arts Academy in Venice (specialistic course in paintings). She is also author of some poetries and novels in Arabic, French and Italian language.

Education details

Second level diploma of "Arts and Paintings" with honours at Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia - Title thesis: "Art and wild landscape. Installations and performances in the mystical caves in Becharrè" (Italy, 2008)
Master 1° level in italian second language L2, University of Udine (Italy, scholarship 2005-2006 of Ialian Cultural Institute and Foreign Ministry)
Diploma of "Art and Paintings" (july 2005) Lebanese University II, Fine Arts Institute, Furn el Shebak, final year exposition
Diploma of Superior studies "Arab Literature" (june 2003) Holy Spirit University - II, Kaslik - Lebanon, "Working on my senior memorial"
Bachelor of "Arab literature" (october 2002) Lebanese University II, Faculty of Literature and Human Science
Lebanese baccalaureate "Philosophy", Becharrè High School (1997)

Exhibition and art events - selection:

2009
Exhibition at San Marco Gallery, pictures from archive of San Servolo mental hospital, (Italy, Venice, march) www.exibart.com or www.bevilacqualamasa.it
Performance at SS. Cosma e Damiano Bevilacqua studios (Italy, Giudecca - Venezia, 5 february)

2008
92th exibition of selected artist and Open studios at of Bevilacqua foundation (Italy, Venice) www.bevilacqualamasa.it
Exhibition "Devozioni domestiche", recent works of Venice Fine Arts Academy (Galleria contemporanea di Mestre, october) www.galleriacontemporaneo.it
Performance “17 maggio” at Junghans theatre (Giudecca, Venezia, 17 may)
Presentation of artistic works (Palazzetto Tito, Venezia, 14 maggio)

2007
Exhibition with presence of Milan lebanese cunsulate delegation (municipality of Asso - Italy, march 2007) news
Video-art exhibition "Per Lumina" in municipality of San Vito al Tagliamento (Pordenone-Italy, june 2007, Luigi Viola curator) www.accademiavenezia.edu
Exhibition P3 project - installation for collateral event of Biennale di Venezia (Venice, june 2007) site and manifest
Partecipation at Young Creativity International Festival "Changing Time", event related with Bjcem-EuroMediterranean Biennial (Municipality of Venice - july 2007) www.culturaspettacolovenezia.it or www.biennaldejeunes.org
Artistic permanent installations during opening of Mestre-Venice "Ottolenghi" forest (Venice, october 2007) manifest, description, newspaper article, installation map

2003-2006
Personal exhibition in Circoscrizione 4 (Municipality of Udine - Italy, may 2006) manifest
Personal exhibition in Villa de Brandis (Municipality of S. Giovanni al Natisone - Udine - Italy, june 2006)
Exhibition Unesco in the Castle of Conference (Beirut - Lebanon, september 2005)
Open Art Competion in the municipality of Artegna (Udine - Italy, november 2005)
Personal exhibition in the municipality of Chiah (january 2004)
Exhibition Daraj el phan, (Jemaize - Lebanon, june 2004)
Exposition of book (Becharrè - Lebanon, august 2004)
International art gathering (Jdeideh - Lebanon, 2003)



Other cultural events:
Catalogue "Arte e pensieri poetici aula 16", 2008
Poetry book “Nel paese delle spine e dei gelsomini ” (" In the country of thorns and jasmine"), 2007
Collaboration for translation of special book "Tsunami of LOVE" (january 2007) www.perlecolorate.com/news.php
Personal "Poetic evening" under the title "Malakout el che'er" (a'ashkout - Lebanon, august 2003)
First prize of poetry, Holy Spirit University, (Kaslik - Usek - Lebanon, march 2003)
Poetic article in the daily newspaper "Al-Nahar" (11th of February 2002)

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