LAMA HOURANI & ADAM @ ENVIRONments Miami

Dear Friends,

I'm proud to invite you to Michael & ST. Armand's ENVIRONment at FENDI CASA- Miami.

Featuring Art Works by SABHAN ADAM & Art to Wear by LAMA HOURANI along side Artists from around the world.

December 5.6.7.8.9. 2007

Attached is the invitation & to RSVP please go to www.michaelsa.com

Warm Regards,

Lama

for info (+1786 4494920) til Dec 10th.

Please join us while we celebrate the joy of coming together in a unique ENVIRONment. Enjoy a quiet time out where we will offer works of art, many ‘never before seen', from emerging, break-out and established artists.

Michael & St. Armand has a passion for culture, unique spaces and extraordinary, enterprising, individuals. We have earned the reputation for knowing how to make you feel as though you are part of something unique, something you have never quite experienced before...

Sabhan Adam
Born in Hasaka, Syria, in 1972, Adam is one of the most prominent neo-oriental/ modern artists in the Arab world. He is widely recognized as a unique artistic phenomenon.
Driven by his artistic aspirations, Adam has commuted between many countries; Beirut, Amman, Geneva, Madrid, Dubai, Rome, New York, and Paris, which simultaneously hosted 5 of his exhibitions in one season between 2005-2007.
Adam's exhibitions are numerous and are held all over the world. His paintings are peculiar for possessing profound artistic sensitivity. As a plastic artist, Adam succeeds in employing modern visionary techniques, and accordingly, has managed to produce impressive work that retains cerebral and harmonic elements to the performance of plastic art.
His drawings appear on the covers of many international magazines that are specialized in plastic art. In 2007 alone, Adam's illustrious work was displayed at Christies, Dubai and South Bay London.
Adam's fame is daily on the rise; he has managed to create a very distinguished international reputation.
He has held 27 solo exhibitions in Damascus, Beirut, Geneva, Cairo, Tunisia, Madrid, Brussels, Rome, London, New York, Paris, Bombay, Amman and Dubai.

Lama Hourani Creations
Jordanian Jewelry Designer Lama Hourani has been designing and producing jewelry since 2000; she launched her first Art Gallery & Jewelry shop in April 2004. Hourani holds a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, two diplomas in Jewelry Design & Gemology from GIA, in addition to a Master's degree in Product Design from Istituto Marangoni, Milano- Italy. Her mission is to promote Jordan's rich culture and heritage through art and jewelry. Her creations were exhibited in shops, galleries & museums around the world.
Hourani's timeless, evocative jewelry draws extensively from the abundant natural bounty and rich cultural landscape of Jordan. Each of her collections imbued the traditions and civilizations of the past, which are recast as stunning amulets for the future - celebrating both our shared heritage and modern diversity. The designer draws her inspirations from old primitive etchings, drawings, adorning walls and caves through out Jordan's Desert, and rich archeological relics. Recalling many locations around the world with similar drawings of a similar life and daily practices which was way before languages, ethnicities and religions; all is mirrored in her pieces. Those symbols are familiar, explicable and they become a way of communication that bears free self-expression, peace and unity.
Hourani who has been recently interviewed and featured in the New York Times- New York and De Pres- Netherlands has also launched her new collection in 11 concept store and Hlam Collectable Furniture Shop both located in Milan

لما حوراني
بدأت لما حوراني عملها في تصميم وإنتاج الحلي منذ العام 2000، وأطلقت قاعتها الخاصة ومعرضها الأول في نيسان 2004. حصلت لما حوراني على الشهادة الجامعية الأولى في الفنون الجميلة عام 2000 وهي تحمل دبلومين في التصميم و"الماجستير" من معهد مارانغوني في مدينة ميلانو الإيطالية. وهي تسعى لإيصال رسالة الأردن بتراثه الغني وثقافته العريقة من خلال أعمالها المعروضة في المعارض وصالات العرض في أنحاء العالم.
إن تصميمات حوراني ليست محددة بزمان، ولكنها تقدم خيارات متعددة من البيئة الطبيعية ذات الألوان الثقافية المتنوعة للأردن، وكل مجموعة من معروضاتها مشبعة بتقاليد وحضارة الماضي، والتي تستعاد كتعويذات جميلة للمستقبل، محتفلة بالتراث والتنوع الحديث. ترسم وتصمم تحت إيحاء االمحفورات والرسوم التي تزين جدران الوديان والكهوف واللقى الأثرية في الأردن، وتستعيد في أعمالها صور الحضارات القديمة التي تعبر عن الحياة الإنسانية ما قبل اللغة والإثنيات والأديان، من خلال الرموز الأليفة والبسيطة التي تحولت الى وسيلة إتصال حرة تعبر عن الذات والسلام والوحدة.