Career



Born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1959
Lives and works in Montreal since 1989


EDUCATION

VISUAL ARTS STUDIES
Two completed classes in painting from the undergraduate program in visual and media arts

2002 Université du Québec à Montreal, Certificate in plastic arts,
2000 Université du Québec à Montreal


WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES (a selection)

2015 Iconography course with master Alexandre Sobolev, Sergiyev Posad, Russia
2015 Ty-Raps assembly workshop with Élisabeth Picard, Maison des arts de Laval, Quebec
2015, 2010  Iconography workshops with Michèle Lévesque, Diane Poulin and Virginie Desjardins 
         Institut Périchorèse, Montreal, Quebec
2015 Handmade, natural, papermaking workshop with Sarah Bertrand Hamel, Maison des arts de
         Laval, Quebec
2014 Drawing and printmaking workshop with Lisa Tognon, Maison des arts de Laval, Quebec
2011 Painting workshop with Pierre Lafleur, Atelier 205, Montreal, Quebec
2010 Drawing class with Chantal Pépin, Académie des Beaux-arts de Laval
2004 Iconography training with Svetla Velikova, Centre des loisirs, Ville Saint-Laurent, Montreal


TEACHING 1996-2004 

Trainer – various activities in plastic arts 
École Alternative Le Sentier, Vimont, Laval, Quebec
Hillcrest Academy elementary school, Chomedey, Laval, Quebec


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Marlène Fayad, Salle André-Mathieu, Laval, Quebec
2008 Marlène Fayad, Laure-Conan Library, Laval, Quebec
2005 Marlène Fayad, Retrospective, Multiculturelle Library, Laval, Quebec


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
In collaboration with Le Levant
Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec 

2014 Nostalgia, Who are We?
2012 Gaïa, Mother Earth
2011 One Thousand and one Night
2010 Colors and Cultures
2009 The Bridge, Story of a Journey
2009 The Scream
2008 Rebel Spirits, a Tribute to Gibran Khalil Gibran
2007 Leading the Way
2006 Art and Liberty


OTHER GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 Art and Spirituality, Le Levant, 
        Musée des religions du monde, Nicolet, Quebec
2005 Magical Ttendencies André Benjamin-Papineau Gallery, Laval, Quebec 


AWARDS 
Awarded by the Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec 
Group exhibition with Le Levant

2012 Silver medal, Gaïa, Mother Earth
2011 Silver medal, One Thousand and One Night 
2007 Gold medal, abstract painting,


ARTISTIC EVENTS

2014 In my garden, Painting houses like Paul Klee, Georges Braque’s birds
        Fibromyalgia Association of Laval, Quebec
2014 Photography contest, Confidences, Corporation lavalloise pour le développement de l’art
        photographique (CLDAP), Laval, Quebec
2011 Outdoor painting exhibition, Saint-Rose en blue , organized by the CLDAP,
        Parc de la Berge des Baigneurs, Old Sainte-Rose, Laval, Quebec
2005 Photography contest, The joy of living, organized by the CLDAP, Laval, Quebec
2005 Painting and collage, Pope Jean-Paul II, for the Eparchy of Saint-Maron, Montreal, Quebec
2002 Two posters for the celebration of confirmation, Saint-Elzéar Parish, Vimont, Laval, Quebec 


MONUMENTAL WORKS (integrated to architecture)

2010 Mural, Colors and cultures, Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec
1998 Mural, An apple tree, École Alternative Le Sentier, Vimont, Laval, Quebec
1995 Three murals for École Alternative Le Sentier, Vimont, Laval, Quebec 


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

2011 Photography and Illustration Exhibition, Association-Tollab (jury member)
         University of Montreal, Musée des maîtres et artisans du Quebec, Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec
2004 Regroupement des artistes peintres et sculpteurs du Levant (advisory committee member and 
         coordinator) Montreal, Quebec 


SELECTED MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS

Fayad, Marlène. “L'Art qui unit, la charte qui divise”, La Presse Plus December 24, 2013. Web.
Leblanc, Benoît. “Exposition solo de Marlène Fayad, Maison des arts de Laval” Courrier Laval October 19, 2011. Print.
Fayad, Marlène. Interview by Colette Zeina Dargham. “La lumière est le passage vers un monde accueillant dans les toiles de Marlène Fayad” Sans limites, Radio Canada International, October 6, 2011. Web.
Fayad, Marlène. Interview on Supreme Master TV. April 17, 2010. Television.
Maingrette, Ralph. “Couleur et Cultures au mmaq” www.youtube.com, May 12, 2010. Video
Fayad, Marlène. “Couleurs et Cultures” Journal Phoenicia, April 23, 2010. Print.
Zeina Dargham, Colette. “Le pont, histoire d'un trajet” Sans limites, Radio Canada International, 2009. Web.
“Vernissage de la nouvelle exposition du Levant” Awsatnews, November 15, 2009. Print.
Fayad, Marlène. Interview by Stéphane Parent. Tam Tam Canada, Radio Canada International, April 18-23, 2008. Web.
“Le collectif Le Levant s'invite au Musée des maîtres et artisans du Quebec” Les Nouvelles Saint-Laurent, November 7, 2009. Print.
Fayad, Marlène. Interview. Magazine Libanaiier Laval December 18, 2005. Print.
Leblanc, Benoît. “Quatorze artistes exposent à la galerie s, CJNT Montreal, May 10, 2008. Television, Fayad, Marlène. Interview by Colette Zeina Dargham. “Les esprits rebelles : Hommage à
Gibran Khalil Gibran” Sans limites, Radio Canada International, September 24, 2008. Web.
Leblanc, Benoît. “Voyage haut en couleur, Marlène Fayad présente sa rétrospective” Courrier Laval January 12, 2006. Print.
Leblanc, Benoît. “Marlène Fayad, Rétrospective” CourrBenjamin Papineau” Courrier Laval June 9, 2005. Print.

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