Chaouki Chamoun

Chaouki Chamoun (born January 19, 1942) is a Lebanese contemporary artist.

As a school boy he worked as an art instructor to pay for the education of himself and his younger brothers, while at the same time attending art and design night schools, before finally joining the Fine Art Institute at the Lebanese University in Beirut in fall 1968, at the age of 26.

In 1975, Chaouki received his Master of Fine Arts from Syracuse University, N Y.

[1] Chaouki since continued his academic career as an influential educator and architectural designer both in the United States and in Lebanon,[2] and has donated a number of his works to raise funds and scholarships for educational and social institutions in Lebanon, including Brave Heart, Tawasul, Seri-Art, Lebanese American University.

[4] The book was one of a series on Lebanese artists such as sculptor Hussein Madi and painter and printmaker Mohammad Rawas.