Chawki Frenn was born in the central Lebanese market town of Zahle in 1960. His formative years were spent in Lebanon, which he describes as a country of beauty, mysticism and conflict. The devastating images of the first six years of civil war he witnessed growing up had a powerful influence on his life and work. He moved to the United States in 1981, where he obtained his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Fine Arts, where he stayed to pursue his career as a professional artist and as a university professor. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at George Mason University in Fairfax. Frenn’s work has been recognized with numerous awards and he has exhibited extensively, both nationally and internationally. He has participated in several museum exhibits and has taken his artwork on a traveling show, ECCE HOMO. It has been hosted by Vanderbilt University, in Nashville (TEN), George Mason University in Fairfax (VAL), the Holy Institute of Fine Arts in New Castle (PA). The Houston Museum of Art in Bridgeport, (CT), The Erie Art Museum, in Erie, (PA)