Charles Khoury

About his work:

Known for his colorful palette in primary colors, Charles Khoury's work develops a whole universe of interiors, conceived from a radically formalist point of view. The symmetrical shapes melt into primal human forms, opening a space of playfulness between specter and anatomical shape.
The legacy deployed here is indubitably Modernist and grounded in a stable tradition of Lebanese painting and sculpture, however, he innovates upon the received tradition with an artistic practice at the border between image and meaning The two-dimensional surfaces - indeed a very difficult format - rise on their own surface to go on and become a composite environment.
In this environment where formal relationships between shape, color and structure are broken into wholes, but yet remain within the syntax of representation.
In his sculptures, the precise mathematical procedure acquires three-dimensional weight under the same guiding principle, producing  irreverent monumentality through minimal operations of folding and curving, inscribing bodies into abstract space but filled with gravity.

 

Biography:

Charles Khoury was born in Lebanon in 1966. He graduated from ALBA in 2005 and since 1993, he teaches ‘’fine arts’’ in Saint Joseph school Antoura.
He is a member of the Salon d’Automne of the Sursock Museum since 1995, the International Association of Fine Arts – Unesco in Paris, and the Association of Lebanese Artists.
Since 1989, he has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Ivory Coast, Syria, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bangladesh, UK and France.
With Galerie Janine Rubeiz he held a number of solo exhibitions  Etreinte” (2003), “Peintures et sculptures” (2009), “Charles Khoury” (2012) and has also participated in group exhibitions Signes et contours” (1999), Visages francophones (2002), Pinceaux pour plumes at the Sursock Museum (2006), Lignes et couleurs (2008) , and Clin d'oeil (2014).
Khoury's work has been showcased in a number of art fairs  Art Dubai, “Abu Dhabi Art”, ‘’Artuel’’, ‘’Art 14 London’’and Beirut Art Fair.
He has also participated in exhibitions such as Bangladesh Biennale, “Salon d’Automne” at Sursock Museum, exhibitions at the Centre Culturel Francais.
In 2008, the Nicolas Sursock Museum granted him the Special Jury Award, and the Artist Residency Lithography workshop- Morocco in 2013.
His work is permanently exhibited at Galerie Janine Rubeiz.

Related Exhibitions

"Oeuvres Récentes" - Collective Exhibition 2017

July 26, 2017 to August 22, 2017

"Oeuvres Récentes" - Charles Khoury

February 17, 2016 to March 18, 2016

Charles Khoury - Etreinte

February 19, 2003 to March 08, 2003

Lignes et Couleurs - Collective Exhibition

June 25, 2008 to July 19, 2008

Charles Khoury - Peintures et Sculptures

February 11, 2009 to March 05, 2009

Charles Khoury

March 07, 2012 to March 28, 2012

Artuel - Salon International d'art contemporain

July 25, 2001 to July 28, 2001

Art 14 London

February 28, 2014 to March 02, 2014

Abu Dhabi Art Fair 2013

November 20, 2013 to November 23, 2013

Art Dubai Art Fair 2013

March 20, 2013 to March 23, 2013

Beirut Art Fair 2013

September 19, 2013 to September 22, 2013

Beirut Art Fair 2015

September 17, 2015 to September 20, 2015

Abu Dhabi Art Fair 2012

November 19, 2009 to November 22, 2009

Abu Dhabi Art Fair 2014

November 05, 2014 to November 08, 2014

Art Dubai Art Fair 2009

March 18, 2009 to March 21, 2009

Art Dubai Art Fair 2010

March 17, 2010 to March 20, 2010

Abu Dhabi Art Fair 2017

November 08, 2017 to November 11, 2017

The Artist's View II

March 01, 2004 to March 06, 2004

L’Art aux enfants – Journée coup de cœur

December 09, 2001 to December 09, 2001

L'Art aux enfants - deuxième edition

December 08, 2002 to December 15, 2002

L'Art aux enfants - troisième edition

December 07, 2003 to December 14, 2003

Des signes et des contours - Collective Exhibition

July 15, 1999 to August 13, 1999

FeetBook - Ghassan Ghazal - Collective exhibition

August 05, 2008 to September 24, 2008

30 Years of Color - Collective Exhibition

November 25, 2023 to December 30, 2023