Roger Harb
Born in Byblos, Lebanon in 1961, Roger Harb is an Italian-Lebanese hyper-mannerist painter whose work bridges memory, landscape, and emotion with quiet intensity. Grounded in classical training and a lifelong dedication to fine art, Harb’s practice encompasses oil painting, ink drawing, ceramics, and mosaics—always returning to the essential truth of art for its own sake.
After completing his early studies at the AMBA Academy in Beirut (1984), Harb pursued advanced artistic formation at the prestigious Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, graduating in 1989. This cross-cultural education continues to shape his work, fusing Mediterranean light and architecture with introspective, often poetic compositions.
Over the past three decades, Harb has exhibited widely in Lebanon, Italy, and internationally. His paintings—often created alla prima in oil or rendered meticulously in ink and pencil—evoke forgotten towns, silent interiors, and existential pauses in time. His visual language is both intimate and architectural, rooted in careful observation yet open to abstraction and metaphor.
A devoted educator, Harb has taught generations of artists as a professor at USEK University since 1994, alongside teaching roles at the Lebanese American University, the École Normale des Beaux-Arts, and the Lebanese University of Pedagogy. Currently, he serves as Chairperson of the Department of Fine Arts and Design and Art Program Coordinator at the Lebanese International University (LIU). His teaching philosophy reflects his artistic credo: art must remain personal, rigorous, and never reduced to commercial intent.
Now based near Rome, Roger Harb continues to create, teach, and exhibit, following a path where art remains an act of reflection, resistance, and revelation.