User:Hchaya

Husam Chaya was born in Lebanon in 1976 and has lived in UAE since the early 2005 And he moved to Paris in 2009. Chaya studied at the Institute of Fine Arts and AUST; Beirut and at the EDH GROUP - Icart; Paris. Holding the Canadian Residency, Chaya spends his time between Montreal, Paris, Beirut and Dubai - Abu Dhabi. He has exhibited extensively in Beirut, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and was commissioned for sculptures for many cities over the world like Los Angeles, Michigan, Pinamar, Tunisia, Istanbul and Montreal.

Chaya was awarded the “Golden Award” from the French Embassy in 2003, the YDP Award; Lebanese sector, in recognition to his contributions to Public Art at the local and national levels, as an emerging artist. In 2003 his sculpture “Fusion” was selected for the building of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in Beirut.

1976 Born, Lebanon. 1998-2002 Institute des Beaux Arts, UL, Beirut, Lebanon - BA in Fine Arts. 2002-03 AUST, Lebanon - BA in Graphics. 2003 Golden Award from the French Embassy. 2004 YDP Award, Lebanese Sector. 2010 Group EDH - Icart, Paris - MBA in International Business of Arts.