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List Of Armenian Women Artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in Armenia or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. A * Lusik Aguletsi (1946–2018), Soviet Armenian painter *Maide Arel (1907–1997) Turkish-born Armenian cubist painter * Mariam Aslamazyan (1907–2006), painter *Eranuhi Aslamazyan (1910–1998), painter B * Sonia Balassanian (born 1942), painter, sculptor, installation artist, curator * Zabelle C. Boyajian (1873–1957), painter, writer * Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (1922–2005), Soviet-Armenian painter * Zuleika Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (born 1939), painter * Zabelle C. Boyajian (1873–1957), painter and writer C * Tatev Chakhian (born 1992), Armenian-born Polish visual artist, poet D * Nelly Danielyan (born 1978), painter G *Ada Gabrielyan (born 1941), painter * Nona Gabrielyan (born 1944), Armenian-born German sculptor and educator * Mari Gerekmezyan (1913–1947), Armenian-Turkish sculptor *Regina Ghazaryan (1915–1999), painter *Stella Grigoryan (born 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Oxford Reference Online'' also place Armenia in Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region; and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the Lachin corridor (under a Russian peacekeeping force) and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the capital, largest city and the financial center. Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. The first Armenian state of Urartu was established in 860 BC, and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. The Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great in the 1st century BC and in the year 301 became the first state in the world to adopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armine Kalents
Armine Kalents, also Armine Galents, née Paronyan (arm. Արմինե Կալենց, 18 August 1920, Damascus – 22 November 2007, Yerevan) was an Armenian artist, Honored Artist of the USSR (1967). Life Armine Paronyan was born on 18 August 1920 in Damascus, Syria. Her parents Tigranuhi and Sargis Paronyans were teachers originally from Adapazar, Turkey. The family escaped from the genocide and fled the Ottoman Empire. Paronyan’s father died when she was a baby, and her mother had to escape with Armine and her older brother Aram. They lived in Istanbul for six years until they moved to Aleppo, Syria in 1926. From 1926 to 1935 Paronyan studied at the Haigazian Saint Joseph school in Aleppo, and then at the Jerusalem Church in Jerusalem. In 1938-1939 Paronyan studied in the studio of a famous painter Haroutiun Kalents. On 2 May 1943, Paronyan married Haroutiun Kalents in the St. Nishan Church in Beirut. Work In 1939, Paronyan’s first exhibition opened in Aleppo, Syria. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilit Teryan
Lilit Teryan or Liliet Teryan (31 December 1930 – 7 March 2019) was an Iranian born sculptor of Armenian heritage. She had to cease teaching sculpture when it was prohibited in Tehran. She began to exhibit in 2008 and then to teach again. She has been called the Mother of Iranian sculpture. Life Teryan was born in Tehran in 1930. She was born in the Naderi area of the city. Her parents were from Armenia. Her mother had been trained as an artist in France and her father worked for the Bank of Tehran. Her mother helped to train her daughters artistic skills. She took formal art training in Paris at the Beaux Art Academy. She was trained to teach sculpture and was one of the first to teach in Iran. She taught at the Faculty of Decorative Arts at the University of Tehran. After the revolution the teaching of sculpture became illegal and she had to continue the teaching in secrecy. The first sight of her work in Tehran was at an exhibition at Tehran Silver Publishing in 2008. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilit Soghomonyan
Lilit Soghomonyan (, born on February 18, 1969, in Yerevan) is an Armenian artist. Biography Lilit Soghomonyan was born in 1969 in Yerevan in the artistic family of Van Soghomonyan and Nona Gabrielyan. She studied at Fine Arts and Drama Institute, Yerevan, Armenia (1985-1991). Since 1992 Lilit Soghomonyan is a member of Artists' Union of Armenia. Exhibitions * 2014 St. John Armenian Church, San Francisco, United States * 2012 Modern Art Museum of Yerevan * 2008 Cultural Center “Pokrovskie vorota”, Moscow, Russia * 2004 Gevorgyan Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia * 2000 Artists’ Museum, Washington DC, USA * 1992 Gallery Kreishaus, Hofheim, Germany Group exhibitions Lilit Soghomonyan started to participate in group exhibions since 1989 in Russia, Germany, UAE, Switzerland, USA, Georgia, Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nune Siravyan
Nune Siravyan (), is an Armenians, Armenian artist, theatre expert, born on July 5, 1973, in the city of Yerevan, in the family of the Honored Artist of Armenia Henrik Siravyan. Career In 1994 Nune graduated from the Yerevan's State Fine Arts and Theatre Institute the faculty of theatre expert (theatre critic). Nune Siravyan creates costume sketches, photo frames, collages, handmade jewelry, dolls, Fashion accessory, accessories made of glass and stone items. Nune has done illustrations for children's magazine "Tsitsernak" (Swallow). Exhibitions Nune has solo exhibitions in *2007 National Aesthetic Center, Yerevan, Armenia *2011 "Studio" art café, Yerevan Armenia *2016 "Author's dolls", Yerevan History Museum Nune Siravyan's works has been exhibited in "Black Maria" gallery, Glendale, California, Glendale, "Papillon" art institute, Los Angeles. Nune Siravyan has Exhibited with these artists: *Jayson Atienza *Paul "AnimalChan" Chan *Barron Claiborne *Miss Numa Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hripsime Simonyan
Hripsime Simonyan (, born on January 2 (15), 1916 in Kars – September 28, 1998, Yerevan) was an Armenian artist and sculptor, who made an invaluable contribution to the development of decorative art and ceramics. She was rewarded as being hePeople's Artist of Armenia (1974). Career Hripsime Simonyan was born in 1916 in Kars. In 1945, she graduated from the Tbilisi Art academy, majoring in sculpture, minor ceramics (several Professors Y. Nicoladze, S. Kobuladze). From 1956 she took over the position of head of ceramics department of the Yerevan State Art and Theatre institute, from 1977 she has been awarded with a professor degree. In 1945, she started the department of applied arts within the Armenian Painters' (Artist) Association, which she led until 1975. When the Yerevan Crystal factory launched mass production of crystals, Hripsime designed a series of miniatures and tableware sets. Her creative development went from porcelain and clay miniatures, to pottery vessels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arpenik Nalbandyan
Arpenik Nalbandyan ( hy, Արփենիկ Նալբանդյան, December 23, 1916 – May 17, 1964) was a Soviet-Armenian artist. Biography Arpenik Nalbandyan was born on 23 December 1916 in Tbilisi. From 1935 to 1941 she studied painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Georgia. Nalbandyan became a member of the Armenian Artists Union in 1943. In 1946 she started to teach at the Yerevan Institution of Fine Arts and Theater. In 1948 and 1952 she was elected as deputy of City Council. In 1956 she was awarded the "Honored worker" medal, and 1957 she was appointed to teach in Moscow. In 1961 she became Honorary Artist of the Armenian SSR. Arpenik Nalbandyan died on 17 May 1964 in Yerevan. Exhibitions She participated in exhibitions in her home republic and in other parts of the USSR. * 1942 "The Red Army heroism", Yerevan * 1943 Reporting exhibition, Artist's house, Yerevan (solo exhibition) * 1948 38 works, Artist's house, Yerevan (solo exhibition) * 1967 Artist's house, Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Mnatsakanian
Alina Mnatsakanian (born 1958) is an Iranian-born American-Swiss visual artist, of Armenians, Armenian descent, known for her conceptual installations in various media (video, sound, robotics, objects) and her style of painting and drawing called ''Marks''. Identity, borders, and injustice are her preferred themes. She lives and works in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. From 2011 to 2017, she was the president, and since 2017, she has been the co-president of Visarte Neuchâtel, the Swiss Association of professional visual artists. Early life Mnatsakanian was born in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran. Her mother, Hasmik Haroutunian, is a plastic surgeon, and her father, Leon Mnatsakanian, was an architect. From 1976 to 1978 Mnatsakanian studied architecture at the School of Architecture at the University of Tehran. In 1979 during the Iranian Revolution, she moved to Paris to continue her studies in visual art at the University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, University of Paris 8. During her stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varteni Mosdichian
Varteni Mosdichian (, born on June 24, 1953) is a Boston-based Armenian American artist. Early life Varteni Mosdichian was born in 1953 in Istanbul to the Armenian family of Manouk Mosdichian and Zepur Elmayan. Her grantparents’ roots go back to Kayseri (Caesarea) in Central Anatolia and Bafra. She was educated at the Sourp Mesrobyan School, later at the Austrian Saint George Gymnasium. At age 16 she came to Boston, Massachusetts, where she attended Lynn Classical High School and gained an early acceptance to California Institute of Arts. In 1979 she graduated from the College of Fine Arts, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. During the 1980s she taught Art and Armenian language at Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) School in Watertown, MA. Varteni's biography is listed in the 1999 Who's Who of American Women. She was married to Canadian-Armenian conductor Nurhan Arman. Works In most of Varteni's works Armenian themes play a major, but not overr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tereza Mirzoyan
Tereza Gaikovna Mirzoyan ( hy, Թերեզա Միրզոյան; August 11, 1922, Kirovokan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union — 7 August 2016, Yerevan, Armenia) was an Armenian sculptor. A member of the Artists' Union of the USSR, she was an Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR (1967) and Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR (1986), as well as a teacher and professor. Life and Work Mirzoyan was born on 11 August 1922 in Kirovokan in Soviet Armenia (today the Lori Province of Armenia). In 1946, she graduated Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1949, Mirzoyan was a Member of the Union of Artists of the Armenian SSR. Since 1950, she was an active participant in exhibitions of the Union of Artists of Armenia. She has repeatedly exhibited her works abroad. Mirzoyan is an author of numerous sculptures and monumental works both in Armenia and abroad. When creating sculptural works, she worked with various materials, including marble, bronze, tuff, porcelain, wood, basalt, etc. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Matulyan
Margarita Matulyan (, born on June 7, 1985, in Yerevan) is an Armenian artist and sculptor. Career Margarita Matulyan was born in 1985 in Yerevan in the family of painter, Honored artist of Armenia Tigran Matulyan. She graduated from the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts. Since 2010 she is a member of Artists' Union of Armenia. Margarita works at "National Center of Aesthetics" as a sculpture educator of studio-college of fine arts. Since 2012 Margarita Matulian's artworks are permanently exposed at Arame Art Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia. Margarita creates bronze, copper, paper sculptures. Solo exhibitions * Exhibition of bronze statues, Albert & Tov Boyajian Gallery, Yerevan, 2006 * "Paper Statues", Academia Gallery, Yerevan, 2010 * Exhibition at the Armenian Embassy to Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2016 Group exhibitions * "Nouneh Tumanyan and Students", Albert & Tov Boyajian Gallery; Yerevan, 2007 * Exhibition-contest devoted to the 15th anniversary of liberation of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenouhi Martirosyan
Armenouhi Martirosyan (; born May 3, 1961, in Yerevan), is an Armenian artist. Biography Armenouhi Martirosyan was born in Yerevan in the family of priest Ruben Martirosyan. 1979–1981 she studied at theatre studio of Hayfilm. She started to paint at the age of 38. Armenouhi is a specialist of color therapy, she also teaches abstract painting to people of different ages and professional groups։ Individual exhibitions * Aram Khachatryan Hall, 2001 * Toronto, Canada, 2006 * "Naregatsi Art center", Yerevan, 2006 * Solo Exhibition, Yerevan, 2009 * Solo Exhibition in National Art Academy Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia, 2011 Group exhibitions * August Yerevan – group exhibition in Contemporary Art Centre, 2010. * August group exhibition in NPAC, Yerevan, Armenia., 2011, 2014 * 2nd medal award the Third International Art Competition "Art Without Borders", Kyiv, Ukraine. * "World Art in Venice" Exhibition Ca Zanardi Hall, 2012 * "Denial-Օ", Falan Gallery, Yerevan, 2015 *2015 From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
