Artist, author, and art professor at george mason university
Known for
Figurative painting, political artwork, art activism
Website
www.chawkyfrenn.com
Chawky Frenn is a Lebanese-born American artist, author, and art professor.[1][2] He currently teaches art at
George Mason University in northern Virginia.[3] His highly realistic paintings have strong narrative social and political elements.[1] Frenn is a former
Fulbright scholar,[4][5] and currently resides in the Greater Washington, D.C. area.
2007 Aachen to Arlington / Arlington to Aachen: Imaging the Distance. Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst. Aachen, Germany. Curators: Harold Kunde, Director of the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Claire Huschle and Carol Lukitsch.[35][36]
ARTDC Washington First Annual International Modern & Contemporary Art Fair. April 27–30 Washington Convention Center. Washington, DC
A New York Times review in 2001 described him as "a painter who has nailed down the figurative mode, and this accomplishment gives him the license to convey anything he wants, including the grand theme: the elusive meaning of human existence.”[11]
A Washington Post review in 2004 added that Frenn is "an artist's artist (as opposed to a critic's artist)."[10] In that same year, in discussing an exhibition of Frenn's works at Dartmouth The
Lebanon Daily Star newspaper noted that "you might think it would take a lot to upstage an artist like Damien Hirst, but earlier this year Chawky Frenn did so with ease."[46]
American art critic
Donald Kuspit wrote that "He constructs a spiritual space in which the contemporary public can feel emotionally at home, however troubling the emotions his imagery evokes in them."
Washington Life Magazine described Frenn in 2009 as an "influential metro area visual artist."[47]
References
^
abcd"Bone Structures". Washington City Paper. September 10, 2004. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
^"Archived copy". www.dailystar.com.lb. Archived from
the original on January 4, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2019.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link)
Artist, author, and art professor at george mason university
Known for
Figurative painting, political artwork, art activism
Website
www.chawkyfrenn.com
Chawky Frenn is a Lebanese-born American artist, author, and art professor.[1][2] He currently teaches art at
George Mason University in northern Virginia.[3] His highly realistic paintings have strong narrative social and political elements.[1] Frenn is a former
Fulbright scholar,[4][5] and currently resides in the Greater Washington, D.C. area.
2007 Aachen to Arlington / Arlington to Aachen: Imaging the Distance. Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst. Aachen, Germany. Curators: Harold Kunde, Director of the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Claire Huschle and Carol Lukitsch.[35][36]
ARTDC Washington First Annual International Modern & Contemporary Art Fair. April 27–30 Washington Convention Center. Washington, DC
A New York Times review in 2001 described him as "a painter who has nailed down the figurative mode, and this accomplishment gives him the license to convey anything he wants, including the grand theme: the elusive meaning of human existence.”[11]
A Washington Post review in 2004 added that Frenn is "an artist's artist (as opposed to a critic's artist)."[10] In that same year, in discussing an exhibition of Frenn's works at Dartmouth The
Lebanon Daily Star newspaper noted that "you might think it would take a lot to upstage an artist like Damien Hirst, but earlier this year Chawky Frenn did so with ease."[46]
American art critic
Donald Kuspit wrote that "He constructs a spiritual space in which the contemporary public can feel emotionally at home, however troubling the emotions his imagery evokes in them."
Washington Life Magazine described Frenn in 2009 as an "influential metro area visual artist."[47]
References
^
abcd"Bone Structures". Washington City Paper. September 10, 2004. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
^"Archived copy". www.dailystar.com.lb. Archived from
the original on January 4, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2019.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link)