Naim Doumit

I. Biography

Certificate in Drawing, painting and Sculpture Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts Beirut, Lebanon .
1960-1962

Scholarship for Drawing and Sculpture granted by the Lebanese Ministry of Education for specialization abroad.
1962

Diploma in Sculpture from the Accademia di Belle Arti Rome, Italy
1962-1965

II. Exhibitions

Participation in the Seventh Biennial Alexandria, Egypt.
1968

Participation in the First Arab Biennial in Baghdad, Iraq.
1974

Participation in the Tenth Biennial Alexandria, Egypt.
1974

Personal exhibition of pastel and china ink drawings at the Faculty of Fine Arts Universite Saint Esprit(USEK) Kaslik, Lebanon.
1980

Personal exhibition of sculptures and china ink drawings at "Epreuve d'Artiste" art gallery Kaslik, Lebanon.
1992

Exhibition of Lebanese painters and sculptors Manama, Bahrain.
1997

Exhibition of Sacred art at the faculty of fine arts of Usek Kaslik, Lebanon.
1998

Professor of Basics of design at the fine arts faculty of USEK.
1974-present

Head of the art department at USEK.
1977-1980

III. Monuments

Bas- reliefs at the city of Jeddah ( 8 m high) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1978

Stone monument in the town of Beit Mery( 2.55m high) Lebanon.
1978

Sculpture in the town of Ain Saadeh, Lebanon.
1978

Monument in concrete at Mont La Salle College ( 9m high) Ain Saadeh, Lebanon.
1983

Marble monument for Zouk Mikael municipality(2 m) Zouk Mikael,Highway, Lebanon.
1985

Bas-relief on church door at Mont La Salle College Ain Saadeh, Lebanon.
1998

Design for the above- mentioned church altar. 
1998

Design for church altar at College Sacre Coeur Kfar Hbab, Lebanon.
1998

Artistic works present in each of the following countries:
Lebanon, Italy, Germany, France, Greece, Algeria, Jordan, USA, and Iraq.

IV. Extracts from Press Articles

…Had it not been for a perceptive art teacher, Naim Doumit would have not become one of the few sculptors and quite a loss that would have been.

…The works are abstract, the style more fluid and they seem to have been poured rather than nervously built.

…Introducing volume into space is a far more delicate task than breaking off the mass surrounding it; therefore, space itself is worked into sculpture; thus the effect of inabruptness is achieved and it appears perfectly normal for Naim Doumit’s sculptures to be beautiful.

… Smooth and simple dealing with themes enveloped with a warm austerity of expression that appeals to the sense of touch and evoke a mood of serenity that is rewarding to contemplate.

…The human figure that resides in every feminine shape exceeds the corporeal level to attain the spiritual dimension which spotlights the intensity of human emotions and well the incarnation of an atmosphere of metaphysical inquiries and aspirations.

…The works of Naim Doumit create a world of idealistic perfection.

… The clarity if expressive motion created by a poetic rhythm which make obvious the notion of life in both its blissful and tragic dimensions.

… The beautiful combination between the strength of the movement and the tenderness of the lines and curves bestow upon Naim Doumit’s works a refined richness in expression.

… Cold stones transformed into warm faces wrapped in a veil of mystery, faces with no features, their beauty lying in their simplicity.

(Translated)

V. Article

The ensemble of sculptures and pastels which Naim Doumit presents to us this year is truly the climax of a learned and patient research stimulated by by a meditative sensitivity along with a disciplined imagination.

The works lift us to a world of idealistic perfection, a world situated in a context of demonstrations incarnating the manner through which the passage from one artistic mode to another in achieved; all in a frame of fanciful creations reproducing transient emotions.

Consequently, nothing taken for granted and nothing inappropriate.

Through reproducing human situations in all their particularity and instantaneousness, the works seem to materialize the psychological attitudes made explicit through the works to the extent that the simplifications, the stylization, and the mutilations, molded by the artist appear to be indispensable for attaining the perfection of the work of creation.

Should we say that Naim Doumit is classic?

Certainly, on condition that classicism is considered to be not a mere slavish imitation of nature but rather a process of recreating reality void from fantasy and purified from any mannerism or peculiarity.

Timeless, yet cease not existing in time. Unprecedented, yet exceed not the limits of sobriety. Thus, the “Doumit” achievements are not only worthy of admiration but also of study.

Joseph Abou Rizk - 26/6/1991
(Translated)

A photo from the artist studio

The artist at work - 22 / 10 / 2004

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