Born in Lattakia, Syria; lives in Beirut, Lebanon.
Lea Morcos is a Syrian born artist, living and working in Brumana , Lebanon. With a university degree in Political Sciences from Sciences Po, Paris, Lea moved to the world of Art with studies in mosaic, painting and sculpture at a number of schools and institutes in Lebanon and Italy. Lea was selected and exhibited twice at the” Salon d’ Automne du Musee Sursok” Beirut, and has held several private and group exhibitions in Lebanon, Paris and Kuwait.
My recent paintings and sculptures focus on the power of Chance . Inspired by philosophy and nature, I explore the infinite potential of Chance. Observing Nature , I try to catch in my work , the “ will to power “ that is the driving force in every living being . The will to power is undetermined , meaning it can develop in any possibility as to the form it adopts. It’s a movement between contradictory and complimentary forces . If Chance enables the will to power to exist and be , the obstacle , here the medium , whether paint or clay, dictates the path towards the finished artwork .
Exhibitions
August 2019 392 rmeil 393 Gallery, ( Beirut, Lebanon)
September 2016 AUB Art Gallery, " Mashrou' Proletkult ", (Beirut, Lebanon )
June 2016 MACAM ( Modern Art and Contemporary Art Museum), Age Of Recycling Competition, ( Batroun, Lebanon)
June 2015 Beirut Design Week, Rosa Maria Concept Store (Beirut, Lebanon)
June 2006 Chahine Gallery (Beirut, Lebanon)
December 2005 Salon d Automne, Musée Sursock (Beirut, Lebanon)
December 2004 Musee Guiragossian (Beirut, Lebanon)
January 2004 Salon d’Automne, Musee Sursok (Beirut, Lebanon)
December 2003 Lebanon Tourism Office (Paris, France)
August 2003 Phoenicia Hotel (Beirut, Lebanon)
August 2002 Deir El Kalaa Country Club (Beit Mery, Lebanon)
June 2002 ADG (Beirut, Lebanon)
June 2001 ADG (Beirut, Lebanon)
Workshops
2015 - Present Sculpture workshop Gulene Der Boghossian ( Beirut, Lebanon)
2006 Collective mosaic creation and restauration, Deir El Kalaa historical monastery (1748)
November 2015 CaC03 Mosaic Workshop (Ravenna, Italy)
October 2013 Koko Mosaico Workshop (Ravenna, Italy)
Education
June 2006 Antonine Mosaic Institute and Ravenna Mosaic School (Beirut, Lebanon)
2001 - 2003 Atelier d’Art Torossian (Beirut, Lebanon)
1997 - 2000 “Art & Renaissance” Institute (Beirut, Lebanon)
1980 - 1983 “Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris “ (Paris, France)