Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui

Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui
Born Mouna Bassili
(1945-09-15) September 15, 1945
Residence Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality Lebanese
Other names Bassili Sehnaoui
Occupation Artist
Known for Painting, Writing and Art
Religion Melkite Greek Catholic Church

Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui (born 1945) is a Lebanese painter,[1] writer and artist.

Biography

Born in Egypt, Lebanese artist Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui attended the American University of Beirut[2] and the University of Arizona, where she studied Fine Arts. Sehnaoui works in a variety of formats ranging from painting, writing, design and sculpture. She has had solo exhibitions in Paris, Dubai, and Beirut. Sehnaoui currently lives and works in Beirut with husband Marwan, President of the Lebanese Order of Malta[3] and sons Salim Sehnaoui and Khalil Sehnaoui.

In the seventies, Bassili Sehnaoui was in charge of the Graphic Art Department of the Lebanese National Council of Tourism. She also produced designs for stamps, packaging, posters, and book illustrations and created films for the Lebanese public television station. She later learned painting and typography, two disciplines she taught in Lebanese universities.

Her style is influenced by a Middle Eastern cultural heritage as reflected in the flat treatment of colours in both Byzantine icons and Persian miniatures. The treatment of space is very personal and brings a new dimension to a figurative approach by the use of hieroglyphic –like symbols and “windows” that open to reveal an added aspect of the subject treated.[4]

Since the early nineties, she has produced albums of lithographs based on Phoenician legends and studied porcelain painting, while still working as a designer and illustrator. Bassili Sehnaoui has been exhibiting art since the mid-sixties. Her seemingly naïve paintings most often reference her own surroundings, her country and its cultural heritage. The works suggest a very personal interpretation of space where shapes and line interpenetrate in colourful harmonies.

Work

Her work has won several Prizes and figures in the Museum of Prints, Alexandria; the Sursock Museum, Beirut; the Art Collection of the American University of Beirut; the Bank Audi Art Collection as well as many private collections around the world.

She is also known for her paintings depicting the Lebanese civil war.[5][6]

Solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

Selected books

References

  1. ↑ "Byblos, Lebanon’s Ancient Port, Is Reborn". The New York Times (New York Times). 31 December 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Beirut: A World of Art". The American University of Beirut. AUB. Fall 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Rencontres A Mokhtara Entre l'Ordre De Malte Et L'Association Abou Hassan Aref Halaoui". L'Orient Le Jour. Orient-Le-Jour. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Zéna Zalzal (2015-06-13). "Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui (se) libère (de) ses peintures de guerre - Zéna Zalzal - L'Orient-Le Jour". Lorientlejour.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  5. ↑ "Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui On Painting The Lebanese Civil War". The Culture Trip. The Culture Trip. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "An Art Of War And Resilience". The Daily Star. Daily Star. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Exposition Of Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui @ Fine Art, Gallery Cherfan". Mondanité. MOndanité. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Lebanese Artists Evoke Violent Past, Hopeful Future". NPR. NPR. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Bassili Sehnaoui Mouna". Beirut Exhibition Center. Retrieved 2016-02-21.

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