Biography
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Inspired by the beauty of modern art, Carole Choucair Oueijan, born in 1966 in Beirut, Lebanon, faithfully reflected her Lebanese heritage in her art. Her journey into the world of impressionism began as ingenuous sketches at a very tender age and was further sculpted through academic education and training at YWCA College-Beirut, Lebanon, where she studied Interior Design and graduated with high distinction. After her graduation, however, Carole discovered her real passion for painting, so she attended the Institut Nationale des Beaux Arts-The Lebanese University and completed her Bachelor of Fine Art Degree. Carole’s portrayal of the Mediterranean life carried her to Greece in 1989. There, she learned the essential skills of classical mosaic art, the Byzantine Indirect technique, and took this exceptional art into a different terrain when she moved to California in 1990. By tallying her artistic creativity and her impressionistic oil painting techniques, she began crafting exceptional mosaics art pieces with three dimensional effects, using stones such as marble-smalti combination, which brought her mosaic art pieces closer to the modern age and added a layer of innovation and captivating charm to her art pieces. In 2014, Award-Winner artist, Carole Choucair Oueijan, started her world tour and traveled globally to teach her mosaic technique for a period of 6 years. She was also chosen to be the judge to many national and international art shows in the US, New Zealand, and Australia. Carole was awarded with 5 permanent Public Art projects in California: 1. City of Santa Cruz, CA, art installation at their historical board walk, 2005. 2. Temecula Civic Center, CA, “The Emigrant Trail” Mural 2010. 3. Five murals on Rosemead Blvd., City of Temple City. 4. “Orchis Morio Libani” City of Bellflower, CA. 5. “Mayer Bob Bartlett Memorial”, a sculpture in the city of Monrovia CA, 2018. In 2020 Carole won her biggest project to date, a commission from Nike to create a mosaic mural titled "Our Bonds" about LeBron James and his mom Glo, located at Nike World Headquarters in Oregon. In 2021 she installed The Luminous Mysteries, a series of mosaics in Our Lady of The Rosary Church, San Diego, CA. In 2022 she was commissioned to do a large icon of Our Mother of Good Counsel in Saint Augustine High School, San Diego, CA. Her artwork is exhibited across the US, Lebanon, Italy, Greece, France, Qatar, and Canada. |