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Selim Mouzannar (born February 5, 1963) est un joaillier et un activiste franco-libanais. Fondateur et PDG de la Maison Selim Mouzannar, une maison de joaillerie et d'artisanat basée à Beirut, Lebanon.
Biography[modifier | modifier le code]
Issu d'une famille d'artisans renommés originaires de Damas, S. Mouzannar a appris le métier dans la joaillerie de son père dans les anciens souks de Beyrouth lorsque le cosmopolitisme de la capitale libanaise était à son apogée.
En 1980, Mouzannar quitte le Liban en pleine guerre civile pour poursuivre ses études à l'Institut National de Gemmologie de Paris, d'où il obtient en 1983 une maîtrise en minéralogie et en gemmologie, y associant un stage dans le marché du diamant d'Antwerp (Belgique).
From 1984, Mouzannar worked as a production and purchasing manager for a renowned jeweler based in Saudi Arabia. In 1989, he moved to Bangkok, Thailand, managing an international workshop. In the late 1980s, he spent 6 months at the Thai-Cambodian border working in a Ruby mine before deciding to leave the Far-East.
In 1990, Mouzannar headed back to Paris, France where he acquired additional mineralogy expertise from Institut National de Gemmologie. He returned to Beirut, Lebanon in 1993 to establish his own jewelry brand, Maison Selim Mouzannar.[1] Mouzannar opened his workshop followed by his flagship store 5 years later in Beirut.[2][3]
Following the 2006 war over Lebanon, Mouzannar launched a new strategy in order to expand his brand internationally and participated in worldwide exhibitions.[4]
In 2012, he received a certification in Jewelry Design from the GIA Gemological Institute of America, followed by a certificate from the École supérieure des affaires (Beirut) Lebanon) in Marketing De Luxe in 2014.
Achievements[modifier | modifier le code]
En 2010, Mouzannar figure parmi les cinq joailliers-créateurs du Moyen-Orient présentés aux enchères chez Christie's.[5]
En 2011, Sélim est classé parmi les cinq meilleurs joailliers-créateurs de l'année par Elle Style Awards au cours d'une cérémonie à Istanbul.[6]
En 2012, Sélim est classé parmis les dix meilleurs designers dans le cadre du Prix des Grands designers du Conseil mondial de l'or.[7]
En 2014, Mouzannar est classé parmi les 30 personnalités libanaises émergentes les plus influentes au Liban en 2014.[8]
Community[modifier | modifier le code]
As a member of the Executive Committee of Achrafieh2020, a citizen-led environmental initiative to reinvent Beirut’s historic neighborhood of Ashrafieh as a sustainable and livable space,[9] and as a joint founder of Right to Nonviolence, a NGO based in Beirut, focused on legal activism and advocacy,[10] Mouzannar developed his involvement in the community as an extension of his profession.
Mouzannar was involved in the nonviolent Cedar Revolution of 2005 that forced the departure of the Syrian military from Lebanon.[11]
A profile in the International Herald Tribune headlined ‘Translating violence into wearable beauty’ pointed to the cross-culture of Mouzannar’s collection.[12]
Collections[modifier | modifier le code]
• Beirut, Beirut 13, Beirut Key
• Basilique
• C’est dans l’Air
• Fortune
• Heritage
• Istanbul
• Kastak
• Link
• Plage de Galets
• Shooting Stars
• Terra
• Transparence
Boutique / Points of Sales[modifier | modifier le code]
• Selim Mouzannar, Ashrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon [13]
• Le Bon Marche, Paris, France[14]
• Annoushka at Harrod’s, London, United Kingdom[15]
• Crans Prestige, Geneva, Switzerland
• BonGenie Grieder, Geneva, Switzerland
• Midnight Express, Istanbul, Turkey[16]
• Bloomingdale’s, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Harvey Nichols, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
References[modifier | modifier le code]
- King of Diamonds.
- Un caractère unique.
- Le Beyrouth des arts.
- Lebanese Jewellery Designers Are Making Waves.
- Creativity and Innovation: Contemporary Jewellers of the Middle East.
- Selim Mouzannar’s Ode to Istanbul.
- The National Jeweler
- les-30-libanais-qui-ont-defait-2014.html.
- Member of the Executive Committee of Achrafieh 2020.
- Co-founder and member of the administrative board of the NGO Right to Non-Violence.
- (en) Michael Young, The ghosts of Martyrs Square: an eyewitness account of Lebanon's life struggle, New York, 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed., (ISBN 9781416598626)
- Translating Violence Into Beauty.
- Selim Mouzannar.
- Le Bon Marche.
- Annoushka.
- Midnight Express.