Mohamed Chabarik
I was born in Aleppo, in Syria, in 1978. After an artistic path, which in Syria had led me to experiment various techniques (calligraphy, glass decoration, textile production), I arrived at Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli (Friuli’s Mosaic School). I have always expressed myself by drawing, I love working with my hands, searching for technical and material solutions. Discovering mosaic art has been a way of combining all this, a way of telling about the world.
I graduated as a mosaic master in 2005 and some months later I founded Arab Mosaico. In 2010 I started collaborating with my wife Laura Carraro and in 2016, on the first ten years of activity, we decided to change the workshop’s name from Arab Mosaico to Carraro Chabarik mosaico contemporaneo.
Main activities and events:
2014
-“Ri-Tratti, lineamenti invisibili” (“Invisible features”): collective exhibition at the art gallery Econtemporary, Trieste
-Participation in the project “Altrememorie”, art park on the Friuli alps, with an installation-sculpture
-Participation in the event “Art&Mosaico – creators, craftsmen, artists”, Spilimbergo
2013
-”Déjà vu!”: collective exhibition at the art gallery Econtemporary, Trieste
-”Tu sei qui” (“You are here”): urban art workshop, Udine
-Participation at “Italia Mia”, the made in Italy at the Spring Fair of Graz (Austria)
2012
-Mosaici d’artista”(“Artists Mosaics”): collective exhibition at Villa Manin di Passariano-Codroipo (Udine)
-“Trame musive a corte” (“Mosaic plots at court”): collective exhibition at San Martino al Tagliamento (Pordenone)
-Participation to “Kunstart 12”, biennial fair or contemporary art – Bolzano; with Elena Cantori
2011
-“Silenzio e rumore” (“Silence and noise”): collective exhibition at Hotel Duchi Vis à Vis -Trieste, curator Elena Cantori
Participation to “Abitare il tempo 2011”, interior design fair – Verona, curator Paolo Coretti
-Setting of the monumental mosaic “Coming to the city”, made by Spier Architectural Arts (South Africa), sketch by Clive Van Den Berg, at “Nando’s” restaurant, Kings Cross, London
2010
-Teaching at “Spier Architectural Arts”, Cape Town, South Africa
-“Tessere & contorni” (“Tesserae & outlines”): collective exhibition at Fagagna Castle (Udine)
2009
-Collaboration with Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli for monumental mosaic “La fiamma tricolore”(“The tricolor flame”- symbol of Italian police), sketch by Daniela Cantarutti, for the police station of Spilimbergo (Pordenone)
-Participation at “Tendenza Mosaico 2009”, mosaic fair – Pordenone
2008
-Participation at “Tendenza Mosaico 2009”, mosaic fair – Pordenone
2007
-Teaching at Udine penitentiary; up to 2010.
2005
-Winner of the first prize at the contest “Bergolo città di pietra”(“Bergolo, the stone city”)– Cuneo
2004
-Organization of a collective exhibition: “Il mosaico tra sacro e profano” (“The mosaic between sacred and secular”) at Casso (Pordenone)
Laura Carraro
I was born in the province of Venice in 1984. After a Bachelor of Arts from Università Ca’ Foscari in Venice, with a thesis on Contemporary Art, I discovered the world of mosaics, congenial with my way of being, and Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli (Friuli’s Mosaic School), which I attended graduating as a mosaic master in 2010.
Shortly afterwards I started working as a freelancer and collaborating with my husband in the Arab Mosaico project, which in 2016 has become Carraro Chabarik.
I think that the concept of mosaic can also be used in experimental – both artistic and cultural – contexts. The crucial stages of my artistic path are collected on the website www.lauracarraro.it
Main activities and events:
2014
-“Ri-Tratti, lineamenti invisibili” (“Invisible features”): collective exhibition at the art gallery Econtemporary, Trieste
-Teaching at the mosaic masterclass “Central Asia Youth Biennial”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
-Participation in the project “Altrememorie”, art park on the Friuli alps, with an installation-sculpture
-Participation in the event “Art&Mosaico – creators, craftsmen, artists”, Spilimbergo
-”Tu sei qui” (“You are here”): urban art workshop, Udine
2013
-International Prize GAEM 2013- Young Artists and Mosaic: selected artist. Collective exhibition at the Art Museum of the City of Ravenna
-”Déjà vu!”: collective exhibition at the art gallery Econtemporary, Trieste
-”Tu sei qui” (“You are here”): urban art workshop, Udine
-Participation in Fuorisalone 2013 – Milan – Brera Design District, at Valcucine showroom
2012
-Big mosaic project with Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli: “La Sacra Famiglia” (“The Holy Family”), for a church in Pordenone, sketch by Stefano Jus.
-“Reshape_Crossroads”: workshop and collective exhibition in a public park (Parco di Cemento – Udine)
-“Mosaici d’artista” (“Artists Mosaics”): collective exhibition at Villa Manin -Codroipo (Udine)
2011
-Monumental mosaic for Prodes cooperative in Fagagna (Udine)
-Organization of an European project: “Arts and Culture Reshaping Urban Life” with Modo Cultural Association
-Teaching at Mosaic Workshop of Gwangju – South Korea, with local artists
-Big mosaic project with Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli: “San Lorenzo” (“Saint Lawrence”) for the church of Fossa (L’Aquila), sketch by Stefano Jus.
-Big mosaic project with Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli: “Le radici del tempo” (“The dawn of Time”), for the school of Gonars (Udine), sketch by Stefano Jus.
2010
-“En Marche”: collective exhibition at Magazzino La Chispa, Roncade (Treviso)
-Collaboration with Eclektic Cultural Association and the mosaic artist Giulio Candussio for a big mosaic project for M. Volpe School in Spilimbergo.
-Internship with the Glass school of Valasské Mezirici (Czech Republic)
-Internship with mosaic artist Marco Bravura at Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli
2008
-Winner of “Facchina Award” for mosaic
