JEAN TANNOUS 
​حنا طنوس

Born in BYBLOS Lebanon, in 1946, is a Contemporary Plastician Artist Franco-canadian.​

ARTISTIC JOURNEY

• EARLY DAYS (1970-1975)
• PARIS (1976-2001)
• QUÉBEC (2002 - PRESENT)
• CHINA (2011-2016)
• COLLECTORS
• EXHIBITIONS

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1970 JEAN TANNOUS GRADUATES FROM THE NATIONAL superior INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEBANON. HE TEACHES AT THE SAME INSTITUTE IN 1974 AND 1975.
1976 FLEEING THE LEBANON WAR UPON HIS ARRIVAL IN PARIS, TANNOUS OBTAINS THE CERTIFICATE OF THE COMMISSION OF PROFESSIONALISM FOR ARTISTS & INTELLECTUAL WORKERS.
AFFILIATED WITH THE MAISON DES ARTISTES, HE WORKS AT THE PLACE DU TERTRE DOING PORTRAITS FOR TOURISTS.
DURING THIS PERIOD, TANNOUS MASTERS ALL PAINTING TECHNIQUES, THANKS TO HIS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE SPENT IN EUROPEAN MUSEUMS DOING COPIES OF GREAT MASTERS.

• PARIS (1976-2001)

FINALLY TANNOUS SETTLED DOWN IN PARIS. HE PARTICIPATES IN THE CREATION OF A FRESCO FOR THE RATP IN THE SUBWAY, THE SPIRAL OF THE ABBESSES.
HE COLLABORATES WITH THE RÉGIE IMMOBILIÈRE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS AND THE MAIRIE DE PARIS. UNDER THIS BANNER HE WILL PARTICIPATE IN SEVERAL PROJECTS IN BELGIUM (YPRES, OSTENDE, GHENT AND BRUGES AMONG OTHERS).
IN SANDNES, NORWAY, HE CONTRIBUTES TO THE REALIZATION OF ANOTHER FRESCO, LE PONT DE PARIS.
THE CARTIER AND BAUME & MERCIER COMPANIES APPEAL TO THE TALENTS OF TANNOUS FOR THEIR SEMINARS.
1977 WITH THE SUPPORT OF GÜNTHER KAPHAMMEL, THE FAMOUS GERMAN WATERCOLOURIST, TANNOUS RECEIVES AN INVITATION TO EXHIBIT IN BRAUNSCHWEIG AT THE JAESCHKE GALLERY.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER IN GERMANY.  TANNOUS COLLABORATES WITH KARSTADT FOR A LONG TIME. HE CREATES MANY PORTRAITS OF CELEBRITIES THAT POSE FOR  HIM, SUCH AS RUDI CERNE, DR VOLKER SCHMIDT, HERBERT PASCHEN AND HELMUT MARMULLA.
1982 IN PARIS, JIMMY CARTER POSES FOR TANNOUS. THE ARTIST CAREFULLY KEEPS THE THANK-YOU LETTER THAT THE FORMER US PRESIDENT SENDS HIM. TANNOUS ALSO PORTRAYS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE IVORY COAST, HIS EXCELLENCE FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY AND THE SULTAN OMAN QABUS IBN SAÏD.
1984 AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF RESEARCH, TANNOUS DISCOVERS A NEW WAY TO PROTECT HIS ARTISTIC CREATIONS BY COVERING THEM WITH AN INNOVATIVE VARNISH WHICH QUICKLY BECOMES HIS SIGNATURE.
THE ARTIST ALSO EXCELS IN SCULPTURE WITH THE REALIZATION OF BUSTS.
1986 TANNOUS WINS FIRST PRIZE IN A PAINTING CONTEST HELD BY L’ÎLE DES IMPRESSIONNISTES. THE WINNING WORK IS ACQUIRED BY THE FOURNAISE MUSEUM.
1987 KARSTADT-RECKLINGHAUSEN SURPRISES THE ARTIST WITH A JUBILÄUM FOR THEIR TEN-YEAR COLLABORATION.
1988 TANNOUS DESIGNED THE ENTIRETY OF THE BANG & OLUFSEN HOME IN PARLY 2 (CHESNAY-VERSAILLES).
1991 THE ARTIST FOUNDS AND PRESIDES OVER CARRÉ OUVERT, AN OFFICIAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS. IT WILL BE VERY ACTIVE AT THE MITSUKOSHI GALLERY IN PARIS FOR 9 YEARS, PERFORMING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A DECOR OF PARISIAN CAFÉS IN TROMPE-L’OEIL.
1992 CARRÉ OUVERT ORGANIZES AN EVENT IN CARROZ D'ARÂCHES WITH QUÉBECOIS ARTISTS, SUCH AS SYLVAIN COUSINEAU, SUZELLE LEVASSEUR, HANIBAL SROUJI AND MICHEL MADORE.
THE SAME YEAR, PARAVISION, CHAIRED BY RAPHAËL BERDUGO, NOW KNOWN AS EUROPACORP, SPONSORS TANNOUS BY PROVIDING HIM A LARGE WORKSHOP FOR 8 YEARS.
FROM 1992 TO 2000, THE AGENCY OF MODERN ART REGULARLY REPRESENTS TANNOUS IN GERMANY, ESPECIALLY IN BRAUNSCHWEIG, SPAIN AND UNITED STATES.
1993 TANNOUS PERSONALIZES A HARLEY-DAVIDSON FOR THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON CONVENTION IN FRANKFURT (GERMANY).
1996 IN MARCH, THE ARTIST IS EXHIBITED AT THE ARTEXPO OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED BY THE BERNICE JACKSON GALLERY. IN JULY, HE EXHIBITS AT THE KENNEDY STUDIOS GALLERY IN BOSTON, ALONGSIDE THE WORKS OF HUNDERTWASSER. THE NEXT MONTH, THE CAESARS PALACE CASINO IN ATLANTIC CITY INVITES TANNOUS FOR A SOLO EXHIBITION, FOR WHICH HE CREATED TWELVE LARGE FORMATS PAINTINGS.
1997 FRANCE-OKINAWA ELECTS TANNOUS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THEIR ASSOCIATION. THIS ORGANIZATION PROMOTES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FRANCE AND JAPAN. IT BRINGS OKINAWA’S KUMI ODORI BALLET TO PARIS. 
TANNOUS FOUNDS EUROP'ART, AN ASSOCIATION OF EXPERIENCED ARTISTS SPECIALIZED IN FRESCOES.
KARSTADT (HAMBOURG, GERMANY) SELECTS TEN EUROPEAN PAINTERS FOR A MAJOR EXHIBITION. TANNOUS IS ONE OF THEM.
THE ARTIST COLLABORATES WITH STEPHANIE, AN ART DEALER, WHO ORGANIZES SEVERAL SOLO EXHIBITIONS IN FOR HIM ACROSS SWITZERLAND - NOTABLY AT THE POLO GALLERY, IN MÄNNEDORF-ZÜRICH.
1998 TANNOUS EXHIBITS AT PORSCHE IN FULDA (GERMANY) FOR A PRIVATE SALE RESERVED FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS.
THE ARTIST MOVES TO 34 AVENUE DES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES, WHERE HE ESTABLISHES HIS WORKSHOP, KEEPING IT UNTIL 2001.
1999  TANNOUS PARTICIPATES IN THE INTERNATIONAL KIEV ART FESTIVAL (UKRAINE).
IN THE SCIENTIFIC, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL GUIDE DER PFIFFIKUS, TANNOUS IS PRESENTED BY KATJA GROSS AS AN INNOVATIVE PAINTER AND CREATOR OF A NEW TECHNIQUE.
HARTMANN TRESORE PLACES AN ORDER TO TANNOUS FOR A SPECIAL EDITION OF LARGE SAFES. THE ARTIST USES THEM AS SURFACES. THEY WILL BE EXHIBITED IN DIFFERENT AIRPORTS IN GERMANY.
SOME OF THE WORKS OF TANNOUS ARE FOUND AT THE HOSPITAL OF BERN IN THE SURGERY DEPARTMENT. THE MEDICAL JOURNAL VISZERALE MEDIZIN, TALKS ABOUT THE BENEFITS THAT HIS CREATIONS CAN BRING.
2000 TANNOUS PARTICIPATES AT THE INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL OF MAGDEBURG (GERMANY) FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
THE MITSUKOSHI GALLERY ORGANIZES A LARGE JAPANESE TOUR FOR THE ARTIST UNDER THE NAME OF FRENCH FAIR, IN TOKYO, NAGOYA, SAPPORO, SENDAI, FUKUOKA, MATSUYAMA AND TAKAMATSU

THE TANNOUS TECHNIQUE

• QUÉBEC (2002 -PRESENT)

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2002 TANNOUS INSTALLS HIS STUDIO (GALLERY EUROP'ART) AT 4100 SAINT DENIS STREET THEN MOVES TO 1894 NOTRE-DAME WEST STREET IN MONTRÉAL.
DELANO DESIGN, LOCATED IN THE OLD PORT OF MONTRÉAL, BUYS ALL HIS WORKS.
2004 IMA GALLERY AND RAVINE GALLERY IN TORONTO COMMISSION A NEW SERIES.
2006 BESHARAT GALLERY, IN ATLANTA, DISCOVERS TANNOUS DURING A VISIT OF HIS STUDIO IN MONTRÉAL AND PURCHASE HIS WORKS THE SAME DAY.
2010 THE GALLERY REPRESENTS THE ARTIST AT THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR IN NEW YORK.
2013 TANNOUS IS INVITED TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE NEW GEORGES LAOUN BOUTIQUE, IN THE ANNEX OF THE MONTRÉAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. DURING THIS EVENT THE ARTIST IS DISCOVERED BY SEVERAL OF HIS LONG-TIME COLLECTORS SUCH AS LISE WATIER AND JULIE COUTURE.
TANNOUS CUSTOMIZES A  VOLVO THAT HAS BEEN EXPOSED IN VOLVO BLAINVILLE (QUEBEC)
2015 2016 AND 2018 TANNOUS IS INVITED TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL HOME SHOW IN MONTRÉAL.
ACQUISITION OF SEVERAL WORKS OF TANNOUS BY THE CHURCH MUSEUM IN PIKE-RIVER.
2016 TANNOUS IS EXHIBITED ALONGSIDE GREAT MASTERS: DALI, PICASSO AND RIOPELLE, AT THE  CHÂTEAU FRONTENAC ART GALLERY IN QUÉBEC.
2016 TO 2019, THE ARTIST IS REGULARLY INVITED TO EXHIBIT AT THE COURS MONT-ROYAL.
2017 OPENING OF THE GRIFFINTOWN GALLERY IN MONTRÉAL, TANNOUS IS REPRESENTED.

TVA PRESENTING THE TANNOUS EXHIBITION AT THE CHÂTEAU FRONTENAC

• CHINA (2011-2016) ​
  

2011 IS A CRUCIAL YEAR IN THE ARTISTIC CAREER OF TANNOUS. 
THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF TANNOUS IN CHINA  WAS A SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE WISE ART GALLERY IN SHANGHAI.
THE HIGHLY RENOWNED CHINESE COSMETICS COMPANY MARIE DALGAR, APPROACHES TANNOUS WITH AN OFFER OF COLLABORATION. MARIE DALGAR ORGANIZES A MAJOR FOUR DAY EXHIBITION AT THE SHANGHAI RED TOWN MUSEUM.
2012 THE GALLERY EUROP'ART CHINA OPENS ESPECIALLY FOR TANNOUS. TODAY IT HAS BECOME A PLACE OF RENOWNED EXHIBITIONS WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND GREAT MASTERS.
2013 AFTER A LONG COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ARTIST TANNOUS AND MARIE DALGAR, A LIMITED SERIES OF MAKEUP COLORS WAS CREATED, INSPIRED BY THE ARTIST’S WORKS. A HIGHLY PUBLICIZED EXHIBIT IS ORGANIZED AT THE SINAN MANORS 个 思 南 公 馆 透 光, KNOWN AS THE SINAN OPEN AIR MUSEUM.
TANNOUS IS INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL SHANGHAI PLAN LISTING THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTIC & CULTURAL EVENTS IN THE CITY.
THE ARTIST PARTICIPATES IN THE EXHIBITION OF FRENCH CONTEMPORARY ART IN NANTONG; HE IS ALSO REPRESENTED FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS AT THE SHANGHAI ART FAIR.
THE GROUP MANPOWER APPEALS TO TANNOUS FOR A SOLO EXHIBITION DURING THEIR SEMINAR, IN SHANGHAI.
TANNOUS PRESENTS A SPECIAL SELECTION OF HIS WORKS ALONGSIDE JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER & MISSONI HOME AT ROCHE BOBOIS, ALSO IN SHANGHAI.
A CHARITY AUCTION IS ORGANIZED BY THE CLUB OF CEOS,  PRESIDENTS, AND ALUMNI OF THE SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY. THE GALLERY EUROP'ART CHINA OFFERS A PAINTING BY TANNOUS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SICK CHILDREN, WHICH RAISES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE CAUSE. 
2014 TANNOUS IS INVITED TO EXPOSE AT THE ROYAL MERIDIEN. THE IN-HOUSE CHEF IS INSPIRED BY THESE WORKS TO CREATE A MENU BASED UPON THE DOMINANT COLORS IN THE EXPOSITION. 
2015 TANNOUS IS PRESENTED AT THE ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW IN HONG KONG.

PRESS CONFERENCE AT RED TOWN MUSEUM

Collectors
Not Exhaustive List:
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• Jonathan Wener, Canadian Businessman, founder of Canderel, Member of the Board of Governors of the Concordia University, also as the Founding of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Former-president of the Montreal Jewish General Hospital
• Lise Watier, Elected six times Businesswoman of the year since 1993 with her company Lise Watier Cosmetics, appointed officer of the Ordre National Du Québec.
• Julie Couture, Québécois Journalist, Chief Antenna for Canal Nouvelles (Lcn) and Réseau TVA
• Antoine Akl, Honorary President of the International Union of Lawyers, International Arbitration Arbitrator, Co-owner of the Akl & Akl Law Firm
• Jehan V. Valiquet, Québécois Music Publisher and Founder of the Editorial Group Musinfo Inc.
• Jean Leloup, Québécois singer-songwriter
• Jean Nouvel, Internationally renowned Contemporary French Architect
• Michel L'Italien, Québécois antique collector, founder of the Church Museum in Pike River.
• Samuel Jeanson, Co-owner of the Écurie du Grand Coteau since its foundation in 2012
• Christian Dubé, Québécois Businessman, member of the Prairie riding, Chair of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Monteregie. 
• Nadia Haridi, Québécois Businesswoman, founder of Nadia Consulting Inc.
• Joe Harvey, Québécois Businesswoman,  Associate President of Health Cyclone
• John T. Pepper, Québécois lawyer, member of the Québec Bar, owner of Pepper & Associates
• Thomas Villeneuve-Gagné, Québécois lawyer, member of the Québec Bar, partner at Pepper & Associates
• Felix Abi Naim, Owner of Méli-mélo and Delano Design
• Stefan Priesmeier, German Businessman, owner of Priesmeier Sicherheit Gmbh System
• Bahjat Bou Hanna, French Architect, owner of Bouhanna Architecture
• Nicolas Milonas, French Businessman, president of Acropolis, investments overseas China, Europe, Africa, Middle East

EXHIBITIONS
NOT EXHAUSTIVE LIST:
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• 1977 - JAESCHKE GALLERY,  BRUNSWICK, GERMANY
• 1982 - ÉLYSÉES GEORGE V GALLERY,  PARIS, FRANCE
• 1991 - KVADRAT SENTERFORENING, SANDNES, NORWAY
• 1990 - PERFORMANCE GALLERY, LÜBECK, GERMANY
• 1993 - THE CARROZ D'ART, CARROZ D'ARÂCHE, FRANCE
• 1995 - ARTEXPO,NEW YORK CITY, USA
• 1995 - TOUCHSTONE FINE ART, PICAYUNE, USA
• 1995 - CORNELIA GREGOR GALLERY, LÜBECK, GERMANY
• 1996 - ÉPREUVES D'ARTISTES GALLERY, PARIS, FRANCE
• 1996 - BONGARTZ & PARTNER GALLERY, CALENBERGER, GERMANY
• 1996 - WERKGALERIE, HAMBOURG, GERMANY
• 1996 - KENNEDY STUDIO, BOSTON, USA
• 1996 - CAESARS PALACE, ATLANTIC CITY, USA
• 1996 - HENTZSCH GALERIE, BERLIN-FALKENSEE, GERMANY
• 1997 - THE FRENCH CULTURAL CENTER, BOSTON, USA
• 1997 - CARTHEW THOMPSON GALLERY, BEVERLY HILLS, USA
• 1997 - STÉPHANIE GALLERY, ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND
• 1997 - DER ZUKUNFT GALLERY, HAMBURG, ALLEMAGNE
• 1997 - PALAIS DES CONGRÈS, PARIS, FRANCE
• 1997 - KARSTADT, HAMBURG, GERMANY
• 1998 - PORSCHE, FULDA, GERMANY
• 1999 - INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL, KIEV, UKRAINE
• 1999 - LINDENAU GALLERY, BERLIN, GERMANY
• 1999 - GALA GALLERY (AUJOURD'HUI ART DÉPÔT), MAGDEBURG, GERMANY
• 1999 - PETER SEITZ GALLERY, MAGDEBURG, GERMANY
• 2000 - JAPAN TOUR WITH MITSUKOSHI FRANCE FAIR, TOKYO, NAGOYA, SAPPORO, SENDAI, FUKUOKA, MATSUYAMA AND TAKAMATSU.
• 2000 - INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL, MAGDEBOURG, GERMANY
• 2001 - GALA GALLERY (ART DÉPÔT TODAY), MAGDEBURG, GERMANY
• 2002 - AGENCY MODERN ART GALLERY, BRUNSWICK, GERMANY
• 2005 À 2007 - DELANO DESIGN MONTRÉAL, IMA GALLERY AND RAVINE GALLERY IN TORONTO, CANADA
• 2008 - BESHARAT MUSEUM GALLERY, ATLANTA, USA
• 2010 - AFFORDABLE ART FAIR, NEW YORK CITY, USA
• 2011 - GEORGES LAOUN BOUTIQUE, ANNEX MONTRÉAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, QUÉBEC, CANADA
• 2011 - WISE ART GALLERY, SHANGHAI, CHINA
• 2011 - RED TOWN,  SHANGHAI, CHINA
• 2012 - EUROP’ART CHINA GALLERY, SHANGHAI, CHINA
• 2012 - ART FAIR NANTONG, CHINA
• 2012 - GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, CHINA
• 2012 - ART CANTON INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, CHINA
• 2013 - SHANGHAI ART FAIR, CHINA
• 2014 - SHANGHAI ART FAIR, CHINA
• 2014 - ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW, HONG KONG, HONG KONG (CHINA)
• 2015 - ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW, HONG KONG, HONG KONG (CHINA)
• 2016 - PRESENT - CHÂTEAU FRONTENAC ART GALLERY, QUÉBEC, QUÉBEC, CANADA
• 2017 TO 2019 - GRIFFINTOWN ART GALLERY, MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC, CANADA