Known as HRAIR

Biography:

Born in Beirut
Studied Art at the Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts (ALBA)
1964 - 3 Golden Medals for his tapestries for the presidential Palace in Beirut
1965 - Gold Medal Sursock Museum, Lebanon
1971 - Gold Medal, Rome, Italy
1989 - Prize of the European Excellency, Paris, France

Private Collection:

- Queen Elizabeth the 2nd of England
- King Fahad Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia
- King Faysal Bin AbdulAziz of Saudi Arabia
- King Hussein Bin Talal of Jordan.
- Prince Rainier of Monaco
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwait
- Sheikha Hossa Saad Al-Sabah, Kuwait
- Anthony Quinn
- Georges Pepard
- Liza Minelli
- Kirk Douglas

Exhibition since 1961 - 2007

1- Lebanon:
- 1961 Gallery One
- 1961 & 1965 First Prize, Sursock Museum, Beirut
- 1967 Amateur Gallery
- 1970 Jadis Gallery
- 1973 Boutros Gallery
- 1974 I.D. Gallery
- 1986 & 1987 Epreuve d'artiste Gallery
- 1989 Alwane Gallery
- 1990 Square Design Gallery
- 1990 Art Muntada Gallery
- 1991 Art Station Gallery
- 1992 International Art Center
- 1993, 1994 & 1996 Rochane Gallery
- 1995 Art et Valeurs Gallery
- 2003 Intercontinental Phoenicia Hotel
- 2006 Beirut Solidere Art Gallery (Pièce Unique)

2- Jeddah:
- 1976 Kandara Hotel Exh.
- 1982 Pan Arab Gallery
- 1984 Redec Plaza Gallery
- 1985 & 2000 Rochane Gallery
- 1986 & 1988 House of Arab Art
- 2000 & 2001 Arabesque Gallery
- 2004 Rochane Gallery

3- Riyadh:
- 1975 Zahrat Al Shark Gallery
- 1978 International Hotel
- 1982 Intercontinental Hotel
- 1985 Zagrafa Gallery

4- Kuwait:
- 1980 Abdullah Al Salem Hall
- 1993 & 1998 Safir Hotel by Mrs Maryam Al Issa

5- Bahrain:
- 1999 Al Fayrouz Art Gallery

6- U.A.E.:
- 1997 The Art Shop
- 2005 Green Art Gallery

7- Jordan:
- 1999 Hamouraby Gallery
- 2005 Al Anada Gallery

8- Damascus, Syria:
- 1991, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2004 & 2006 Al Sayed Art Gallery

9- Paris:
- 1963 Gerard Mourgues Gallery
- 1964 Amateur Gallery
- 1973, 1977 & 1981 Turzi Gallery
- 1987 Gray d'Albion Gallery, Cannes
- 1995 & 1997 Matignon Gallery

10- Brazil:
- 1967 Gold Medal, Sao Paolo Biannual
- 1968 Minas Gerais Gallery
- 1969 & 1979 Bonino Gallery, Rio De Janeiro
- 1972 & 1983 Chelsea Gallery
- 1972 Jiquitti Mar Gallery
- 1969 Bonino Gallery, Buenos Aires

11- Spain:
- 1987 Don Carlos, Marbella
- 1990 European Excellency Trophy, Don Carlos Gallery
- 1992 Cristamar Gallery, Marbella

12- Greece:
- 1962 Mykonos Gallery, Athens

13- Washington:
- 1988 Myriam Art Gallery

14- New York:
- 1966 & 1999 Findlay Gallery