Current Events :
   
July 31 - Sep 22, 2007
 

PREVIEW ARLINGTON TO AACHEN: IMAGING THE DISTANCE.

Arlington Art Center. Arlington, VA
JULY 31– SEPTEMBER 22, 2007
Reception: Friday September 7th, 6-9PM

   
Oct 2 - Nov 17, 2007
 

MISSA PRO PACE

Arlington Art Center. Arlington, VA
OCTOBER 2– NOVEMBER 17, 2007
Reception: Friday October 5th, 6-9PM

   
Nov 9 - Jan 13, 2008
 

ARLINGTON TO AACHEN: IMAGING THE DISTANCE.

Ludwig Forum For International Arts. Aachen, Germany.
NOVEMBER 9, 2007 – JANUARY 13, 2008.
Reception: Friday November 99h

   
Oct 13 - Oct 14, 2007
 

Judge, Third Annual Festival.

2007 Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival. Newport News, VA
Oct 13 10am-6pm
Oct 14 10am-5pm

   

 



Education
Teaching
Professional Experience
Solo Exhibitions
Museum Exhibitions and International Art Fairs
Group Exhibitions
Grants and Awards
Collections
Publications
Articles and Reviews
Chawky Frenn, Associate Professor
George Mason University
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Department of Art and Visual Technology
College Hall, Room C217
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
(703)993-2187 / chawky@chawkyfrenn.com


Education
   
1987 - 1988 Tyler School of Art-Temple Abroad. Rome, Italy. MFA, Painting Studied with Richard Raiselis
   
1986 - 1987 Tyler School of Art of Temple University. Philadelphia, PA. Studied with John Moore
   
Fall 1985 Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY
   
1982 - 1985 Massachusetts College of Art. Boston, MA. BFA, Painting Studied with George Nick and Paul Rahilly

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Teaching
   
2006 - Present Associate Professor, George Mason University. Fairfax, VA
   
Fall 2000 - 2006 Assistant Professor, George Mason University. Fairfax, VA
   
Spring 2000 Visiting Assistant Professor, Montserrat College of Art. Beverly, MA
   
1998 - 1999 Assistant Professor, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Edinboro, PA
   
1997 - 1998 Visiting Assistant Professor, Montserrat College of Art. Beverly, MA
   
1995 - 1998 Visiting Assistant Professor, Bridgewater State College. Bridgewater, MA
   
1990 - 1998 Instructor, Cambridge Center for Adult Education. Cambridge, MA
   
1991 - 1995 Instructor, Brookline Adult and Community Education Program. Brookline, MA
   
1995 Instructor, Elderhostel Intensive.  Horizons. Williamsburg, MA

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Professional Experience
   
2007

Visiting Artist/Lecturer. New York Academy. New York, NY
Judge, Third Annual Festival. Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival. Newport News, VA

   
2006

Visiting Lecturer. The Nietzsche Circle. Mercy College. New York, NY
Judge, November Exhibition. The League of Reston Artists. Reston, VA
Visiting Lecturer. Zahle Public Library. Zahle, Lebanon
Visiting Lecturer. The Art Center,American University of Beirut. Beirut, Lebanon
Judge, 15th Annual Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival. Greater Reston Art Center. Reston, VA
Judge, 74th Annual Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition. Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. Hagerstown, MD

   
2005

Judge, The Arts at Beacon 2005. Montgomery College. Rockville, MD
Juror, Bethesda Painting Competition. Bethesda Art & Entertainment District. Bethesda, MD
Judge, Gosport Arts Festival. Portsmouth, VA
Speaker, Brown Bag Lunch. Washington Theological Union. Washington, DC

   
2004

Curator, Anonymous Returns. Washington Project for the Art/Corcoran. Washington , DC
Speaker. Global Affairs Program, George Mason University . Fairfax , VA
Judge, Fall 2002 Stockley Gardens Arts Festival. Hope House Foundation. Norfolk , VA.
Visiting Lecturer. Department of Otolaryngology, American University of Beirut . Beirut , Lebanon
Judge, 49th Boardwalk Art Show & Festival. Contemporary Art Center of VA.Virginia Beach , VA
Participated in a panel discussion "Portrait of the Artist" moderated by Lenny Campello, Director, Fraser Gallery . Other panelists: Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post Art Critic and Dr.Carolyn Carr, Chief Curator at the National Portrait Gallery . The Art League Gallery, Alexandria , VA

   
2003

Conducted a ten-days Drawing Marathon. The first at St. Paul 's School. Concord , NH
Participated in a three-weeks Supra Drawing Marathon. Conducted by the Dean of NYSS, Graham Nickson. New York Studio School , New York , NY
Curator. Annual Georgetown International Art Competition. Fraser Gallery . Washington , DC

   
2002 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, St. Paul's School. Concord, NH
   
2001 Visiting Lecturer, Erie Art Museum. Erie, PA
  Visiting Lecturer, Housatonic Museum of Art. Bridgeport, CT
  Visiting Lecturer, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts. New Castle, PA
  Visiting Lecturer, George Mason University.Fairfax, VA
   
Fall 1999 Research and travel for the upcoming traveling show "Ecce Homo"
   
1995 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Salve Regina University. Newport, RI
   
1994 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, St. Paul's School. Concord, NH
   
1991 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Bradford College. Bradford, MA
   
1989-1996 Guest Reviewer, Mass College of Art. Boston, MA

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Solo Exhibitions
   
2007 Missa Pro Pace. Arlington Arts Center. Arlington, VA
   
2006 Art for Life’s Sake. The Art Center, American University of Beirut. Beirut, Lebanon
  Human, Not Too Human. Fraser Gallery. Bethesda, MD
   
2005 What is Truth? Washington Theological Union. Washington, DC
   
2004 US and THEM. Fraser Gallery. Bethesda, MD
   
2003 - 2004 For Show or For Sure? Upper Jewett Exhibition Corridor, Dartmouth College. Hanover, NH
   
2002

Thanatos and Eros. Horizon Gallery. Santa Fe, NM

  The Holy Cost. Fraser Gallery. Bethesda, MD
   
2000 - 2002 Ecce Homo. Traveling exhibition:Sarrat Gallery, Vanderbilt University. Nashville, TN; Johnson Center and Fine Arts Galleries, George Mason University. Fairfax, VA; The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts. New Castle, PA; Housatonic Museum of Art. Bridgeport
   
2000 "Thanatos and Eros" Passions Gallery. Provincetown, MA
   
1998 "Wandering"  Voss Gallery. Düsseldorf, Germany
   
1997 "Sacra Conversazione"  Olaf Clasen Gallery. Cologne, Germany
  "Silence" Galerie Septentrion. Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
   
1996 "Tomb to Womb" Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State College. Bridgewater, MA
  "Sacra Conversazione" Bromfield Gallery. Boston, MA
   
1995 "Art for Life's Sake"  Carnegie Arts Center. Covington, KY
   
1994 "Big.  Works of Surprising Size and Impact" The Art Center in Hargate, St. Paul's School. Concord, NH
   
1993 "Shared Solitude"  The Lowe Gallery. Atlanta, GA
  "Reckless Peace"  Alif Gallery. Washington, DC
   
1992 "A Living Trail" McKillop Gallery, Salve Regina University. Newport, RI
   
1991 "Active Meditation"  Laura Knott Gallery, Bradford College. Bradford, MA
  "Dolls' Heads"  Goforth Rittenhouse Galleries. Philadelphia, PA
   
1988 "Your Tragedy is Mine" Temple Abroad Gallery. Rome, Italy
  "Your Tragedy is Mine"  Basilica San Lorenzo Maggiore. Milan, Italy
   
1987 "The Quest"  Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art. Philadelphia, PA
   
1985 "Raison d'Etre"  Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art. Boston, MA
   

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Museum Exhibitions and International Art Fairs
   
2007

Arligton to Aachen: Bridging the Distance. Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst. Aachen, Germany ARTDC WashingtonFirst Annual International Modern & Contemporary Art Fair. April 27 – 30.Washington Convention Center. Washington, DC

  Exhibition 280. Huntington Museum of Art. Huntington, WV
   
2006 Slow Painting: A Determined Renaissance. Oglethorpe University Museum of Art. Atlanta, GA
   
2005 73rd Annual Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition. Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. Hagerstown, MD
   
2004 20th Contemporary Art Fair. MAC 2000. Espace Champerret.Paris, France
   
2002 The Affordable Art Fair. Gescheidle. New York, NY
   
2001-2002 Re-presenting Representation 5. Arnot Art Museum. Elmira, NY
   
1998 XXII Salon d’Automne. Sursock Museum.Beirut, Lebanon
  16th Annual September Competition. Alexandria Museum of Art.Alexandria, LA
  New Voices/New Visions. New The Alternative Museum. York, NY
  16th Contemporary Art Fair. ArtBrussels. Brussels, Belgium
   
1997 XXI Salon d’Automne. Sursock Museum. Beirut, Lebanon
   
1995 XIX Salon d’Automne. Sursock Museum. Beirut, Lebanon
  30th Annual Exhibition. The Fine Arts Institute of the San Bernardino County Museum. Redlands, CA
   
1994 Hoyt National Art Show. The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts.New Castle, PA
  Staten Island Biennial. Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences.Staten Island, NY
   
1993 28th Annual Exhibition. The Fine Arts Institute of the San Bernardino County Museum. Redlands, CA
  Winter International Competition. The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art. Miami, FL
   
1992 ANA 21. The Holter Museum of Art. Helena, MT
   
1991 Tenth Annual September Competition. Alexandria Museum of Art. Alexandria, LA
  Juried Exhibition. Attleboro Museum. Attleboro, MA
   
1989 Springfield Art League 70th Annual Exhibition. Springfield Museum of Fine Arts and George Walker Vincent Smith Art Museum. Springfield, MA
   
1987 Harrisburg Arts Festival. State Museum of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, PA
  National April Salon. Springville Museum of Art. Springville, UT
   
1986 National April Salon. Springville Museum of Art. Springville, UT
   

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Group Exhibitions
   
2007 Arligton to Aachen: Bridging the Distance. Arlington Arts Center. Arlington, VA
   
2006

Missa Latina. JKK Fine Arts. Gallery, Upper Montclair, NJ
Going Underground. Art @ Large. New York, NY

   
2005 New Erotix. Art @ Large. New York, NY
   
2004

Anonymous Returns. Washington Project for the Art/Corcoran. Washington, DC
Meditations on the Sacred. Washington Theological Union. Washington, DC
 Seeing with the Heart’s and Mind’s Eye. Washington Theological Union. Washington, DC
Faculty Show 04. Mason Hall Gallery, George Mason University. Fairfax, VA
The Male Nude. Light Street Gallery. Baltimore, MD
Contemporary Realism. Fraser Gallery. Bethesda, MD
Contemporary Figurative Painting. Fraser Gallery. Bethesda, MD
100th Exhibition. Fraser Gallery. Bethesda, MD

   
2003

"Faculty Show 03" Mason Hall Gallery, George Mason University . Fairfax , VA
"Brave Destiny" Williamsburg Art and Historical Center. Brooklyn , NY
12 Annual National Exhibition, Art Institute and Gallery. Salisbury , MD
"Figurative Paintings" Fraser Gallery . Bethesda , MD

   
2002

"September 11" New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University . Boston , MA
"About Looking at Things" Gescheidle. Chicago , IL
Grand Opening Exhibition, Fraser Gallery . Bethesda , MD

   
2001 "Exposicion Binacional Paraguayo-Americano"The Paraguayan American Cultural Center. Asuncion, Paraguay
  "Visual Frequencies 2001"Mason Hall Gallery,George Mason University. Fairfax, VA
  "The Figure in Painting" Fraser Gallery. Washington, DC
   
2000 "Revealing the Nude-A Timeless Passion" Chase Gallery. Boston, MA
   
1999 Group Show by Gallery Artists, Olaf Clasen Gallery. Cologne, Germany
  Group Show by Gallery Artists, Claire Oliver Fine Art. Philadelphia, PA
   
1998 Grand Opening Exhibition, Claire Oliver Fine Art. Philadelphia, PA
  "Faculty Exhibit" Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of PA. Edinboro, PA
  "Figure and Fantasy"  Chase Gallery. Boston, MA
  Group Show by Gallery Artists, Art Service Gallery. Paris, France
  "Art Faculty" Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State College. Bridgewater, MA
   
1997 Group Show by Gallery Artists, Art Service Gallery. Paris, France
  "Making a Still Life: Ten Variations" South Shore Art Center. Cohasset, MA
  "The Escutcheon of Opus 71" Opus 71 Galleries. Hollis, NH
   
1996 Group Show by Gallery Artists, Galerie Septentrion. Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
  "Tension, Ideal and Expectation. The 50's"  Opus 71 Galleries. Hollis, NH
  "Evil"  Opus 71 Galleries. Hollis, NH
  "The Lyrical, the Expressionist and the Poetic" Denise Bibro Fine Art. New York, NY
   
1995 National Juried Competition, Gallery 84. New York, NY
  "The Soiree Group"  Concord Art Association. Concord, MA
  "2025 A.D." Opus 71 Galleries. Hollis, NH
  "Frenn, Lehrer, Paine"  Pepper Gallery. Boston, MA
  "The World According to Art"  Concord Art Association. Concord, MA
  "A Perfect World" Opus 71 Galleries. Hollis, NH
   
1994 "North American Works" Matrix Gallery. Sacramento, CA
  "Fantastically Real"  The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts. Boston, MA
   
1993 "An American Renaissance"  The Lowe Gallery. Atlanta, GA
  "Breaking the Mold" Koppelman Gallery, Tufts University. Medford, MA
  New England Juried Exhibition, South Shore Art Center. Cohasset, MA
  "Seeing the Object: A Tribute to George Nick" Alumni Gallery, Mass College of Art. Boston, MA
   
1992 Group Show by Gallery Artists, The Lowe Gallery. Santa Monica, CA
  National Juried Show '92, Marcella Geltman Gallery, Arts Center of Northern New Jersey. New Milford, NJ
   
1991 Invitational Show, Bromfield Gallery. Boston, MA
  Group Show by Gallery Artists, Goforth Rittenhouse Galleries. Philadelphia, PA
  "Whose Choice?" Arts Council of San Mateo County. Belmont, CA
   
1990 "ART/AIDS" Laura Knott Gallery, Bradford College. Bradford, MA
   
1989 "Above, Beyond and Within: The South End"  Cyclorama, Boston
  Center for the Arts. Boston, MA
  "Baart, Frenn, Grad: New Paintings; Ott: Recent Sculpture"  Gallery NAGA. Boston, MA
   
1988 "MFA Show" Temple Abroad Gallery. Rome, Italy
   
1986 Participated in five shows at Salmagundi Club Gallery. New York, NY
   

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Grants and Awards
   
2006 Teaching Excellence Award, Finalist. George Mason University. Fairfax, VA
   
2003 Summer Research Grant. George Mason University . Fairfax , VA
   
2002 Teaching Excellence Award, Finalist. George Mason University. Fairfax, VA
   
1998 Blanche E. Colman Award, Mellon Trust. Boston, MA
   
1996 Award for Excellence, Hollis Arts Society. Hollis, NH
   
1995 First Prize, Concord Art Association. Concord, MA
  Award for Excellence, Hollis Arts Society. Hollis, NH
   
1994 "Just Say Roe" Album cover for Sire Records Company. New York, NY
   
1993 The Stacey Scholarship Award, The National Academy of Western Art. Oklahoma City, OK
  The Sheldon Bergh Award USA, Basil H. Alkazzi Award. London, England
   
1990 Massachusetts Artist Fellowship in Painting, Semi-finalist. Boston, MA
   
1982 - 1984 Gibran Khalil Gibran Foundation Grant, Gibran Khalil Gibran Foundation. Boston, MA
   

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Collections
 
The Springfield Museum of Art. Springfield, OH
 
Housatonic Museum of Art. Bridgeport , CT
 
Mr. George Berkowitz, Owner, Legal Seafood. Boston, MA
 
Mr. Howard Klein, Vice President, Warner Brothers Records. Burbank, CA
 
Mr. Basil H. Alkazzi, President, Basil H. Alkazzi Award. London, England
 
Mr. Luis A. Ferre, President, Museo De Arte De Ponce. San Juan, PR
 
Mr. George Nick, American Realist Painter. Concord, MA

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Publications
   
Al-Kafila “The Doll” Jan/Feb 2007. Zahran, Saudi Arabia
   
Exhibition 280 Catalog of exhibition. Huntington Museum of Art. Huntington, WV. 2007
   

Slow Painting:
 A Determined Renaissance.

Catalog of exhibition. Oglethorpe University Museum of Art. Atlanta, GA. 2006
   
Venganza Injusta Carlos Erazo
   
Art for Life’s Sake Hard cover, 186-page book, with essays by Mark Daniel Cohen, Raphaël Karim Hamoudi, Donald Kuspit, Cesar Nammour, John D. O’Hern, and Howard L. Resnikoff.  Published by Fine Arts Consulting and Publishing s.a.r.l. Beirut, Lebanon. 2006
   
2006 Artist Directory Washington Project for the Arts/ Corcoran.2006
   
American Art Collector - South Alcove Books. 2005. Berkeley, CA
   
MAC 2000 Catalog of the 20th Contemporary Art Fair.  Espace Champerret, Paris, France. 2004
   
Devenir un Dieu Patrick Bruneteaux. Edition Publibook Université. Book cover, 2004. Paris , France
   
Terrain 42 Homme/Femme Patrick Bruneteaux. "Obstacle aux recherches sur les camps de la mort". Maison des sciences de l'homme/Ministère de la Culture et la Communication, 2004. Paris , France
   
Amam al-Lawha Cesar Nammour. Dar al Founoun al-Jamila, 2004. Beyrout , Lebanon
   
New American Paintings Catalog of the Ninth Open Studios Mid-Atlantic Competition, 2004. Boston , MA
   
2004 Artist Directory Washington Project for the Arts/ Corcoran
   
2003 Artist Directory Washington Project for the Arts/ Corcoran
   
RePresenting Representation 5 Catalog of the 2001-02 Biennial Exhibition. Arnot Art Museum
   
Male Nude Now David Leddick. Universe Publishing, a division of Rizzoli
   
Ecce Homo Catalog of the traveling show with essays by JoEl Levy Logiudice, Kirby Malone, Kimberly Koller-Jones, Robbin Zella,  John D. O'Hern, Dorothy Joiner, Patrick Bruneteaux
   
New American Paintings Catalog of the 1999 New England Open Studios Competition
   
New American Paintings Catalog of the 1993 New England Open Studios Competition

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Articles and Reviews
       
Al Asr Antoine Zarzour June 22, 2006 Zahle, Lebanon
L’Orient Le Jour Maya Ghandour Hert May 30, 2006 Beirut, Lebanon
The Gazette Karen Schafer June 8, 2005 Bethesda, MD
Aïshti Magazine Kaelen Wilson-Goldie Feb/Mar 2005 Beirut, Lebanon
The Daily Star Kaelen Wilson-Goldie December 23, 2004 Beirut, Lebanon
ArabAd Mona Iskandar October 2004 Beirut, Lebanon
The Gazette Claudia Rousseau September 22, 2004 Bethesda , MD
Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan September 17, 2004 Washington , DC
Washington City Paper Dave Jamieson September 10, 2004 Washington , DC
The Virginian-Pilot Teresa Annas June 19, 2004 Virginia Beach , VA
The Gazette Claudia Rousseau February 25, 2004 Bethesda , MD
WAMU 88.5 FM Kojo Nmandi Show February 21, 2004 Washington , DC
The Dartmouth Mignon Lamia February 07, 2004 Hanover , NH
The Dartmouth Gerald Auten January 30, 2004 Hanover , NH
The Dartmouth Barry Hashimoto January 23, 2004 Hanover , NH
The Dartmouth Bruce Gago January 22, 2004 Hanover , NH
Washington , DC Art News Lenny Campello November 02, 2003 Washington , DC
WTOP "Man About Town"& WGMS Classical 103.5 Bob Madigan July/August, 2003 Washington , DC
The New Mexican Craig Smith June 14-20 Santa Fe, NM
WETA TV "Around Town" Bill Dunlap April 18&20, 2002 Washington, DC
Concord Monitor Christine Hamm January 17, 2002 Concord, NH
NY ARTS Mark Daniel Cohen October 2001 New York, NY
Art New England Mark Daniel Cohen Oct/Nov 2001 Boston, MA
Erie Times-News Karen Rene Merkle October 18, 2001 Erie, PA
An-Nahar Laure Ghoreib July 21, 2001 Beirut, Lebanon
New York Times William Zimmer July 8, 2001 New York, NY
Connecticut Post Phyllis A.S. Boros June 3, 2001 Hartford, CT
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rebecca Sodergren May 15, 2001 Pittsburgh,PA
Boston Sunday Globe Mark Dagostino April 6, 1997 Boston, MA
The Sunday Telegraph Dean Shalhoup April 6, 1997 Nashua, NH
Boston Sunday Globe Mark Dagostino April 7, 1996 Boston, MA
The Boston Globe Cate McQuaid January 18, 1996 Boston, MA
Art New England Susan Mulski Oct/Nov 1995 Boston, MA
Concord Monitor Susan DiLuzio October 13, 1994 Concord, NH
South End News Cate McQuaid May 26, 1994 Boston, MA
Bay Windows Shawn Hill May 12, 1994 Boston, MA
Improper Bostonian Charles Giuliano May 11-24, 1994 Boston, MA
Boston Sunday Globe Nancy Stapen May 23, 1993 Boston, MA
Ray Gun Jack Basher June/July 1993 USA/Canada
Where Colleen Grewing May 1993 Washington, DC
Newport This Week John Pantalone October 29, 1992 Newport, RI
Atlanta Magazine Logan Mabe September 1992 Atlanta, GA
North Shore Sunday Alexander Stevens December 9, 1990 Lawrence, MA

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