ROULA CHREIM

Internationally acclaimed artist and curator, Roula Chreim shares reasons for an ongoing theme that surfaces in her work. Between extensive traveling in her previous career and being displaced after her house was destroyed via war, "home" is a pivotal idea and crucial place that manifests from her psyche and heart in many of her works as well as in her life. As a young artist she painted small houses and meadows, inspired by her former town of Salhieh. Ms. Chreim started painting at the young age of four years old, with great support coming from her parents and art teachers... Throughout her life, Roula has been to more than 148 cities and communities in more than 37 different countries throughout the world. This enabled her the great opportunity to explore and delve into the cultural influences and origins of the art produced in those various communities, cities and countries. In accord with these travels, she has in her mixed-media canvases, incorporated objects found or seen during..