Melik Ohanian (in

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

Մելիք Օհանյան, in

Western Armenian Western Armenian ( Classical spelling: , ) is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect, as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which is mainly based ...

Օհանեան; born 1969 in

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) is a

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contemporary artist of

origin. He lives and works in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

and

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. His work has been shown in many solo exhibitions including Galerie Chantal Crousel,

Centre Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...

and

Palais de Tokyo The Palais de Tokyo (''Tokyo Palace'') is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, facing the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The eastern wing of the building belongs to ...

South London Gallery The South London Gallery, founded 1891, is a public-funded gallery of contemporary art in Camberwell, London. Until 1992, it was known as the South London Art Gallery, and nowadays the acronym SLG is often used. Margot Heller became its direct ...

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, De Appel in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

, IAC in

Villeurbanne Villeurbanne (; frp, Velorbana) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France after tha ...

Yvon Lambert Yvon Pierre Lambert (born May 20, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. Lambert was born in Drummondville, Quebec. Although drafted in 1970 by the Detroit Red Wings, Lambert started his National Hockey League (NHL) caree ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

Museum in Progress museum in progress is a private art association based in Vienna. The non-profit art initiative was created in 1990 by Kathrin Messner and Josef Ortner († 2009) with the aim to develop new presentation forms for contemporary art. The projects ...

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, and Matucana 100 in

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. His art work includes ''Island of an Island'' (1998–2002) following the volcanic eruption on the island of

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in 1963, ''Seven Minutes Before'' (2004), ''Invisible Film'' (2005) (a tribute to filmmaker

Peter Watkins Peter Watkins (born 29 October 1935) is an English film and television director. He was born in Norbiton, Surrey, lived in Sweden, Canada and Lithuania for many years, and now lives in France. He is one of the pioneers of docudrama. His films ...

particularly Watkin' film ''

Punishment Park ''Punishment Park'' is a 1971 American pseudo-documentary drama film written and directed by Peter Watkins. The setting is of a British and West German film crew following National Guard soldiers and police as they pursue members of a countercu ...

'') and ''From the Voice to the Hand'' (2008). He has also taken part in a large number of group exhibitions around the world, in particular the 52nd and 56th

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

(representing France and

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 ''Ox ...

), the

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(representing France), the

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

and Sydney biennials in 2004,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

and

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

biennials in 2005 and

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...

and

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

biennials in 2006.

Solo exhibitions

*2018 **''Les Réverbères de la Mémoire'', Trembley Park,

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

*2016 **''Under Shadows'', Marcel Duchamp Award 2015,

, Paris, France *2015 **''Days, I See what I Saw and what I will See'', Art Unlimited,

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

, Switzerland **''Memory'', Republic of Armenia Pavilion, 56. Venice Biennale **''Datcha Project — A Zone of No Production'', Special Session,

**''Stuttering'', Galerie du Château, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France *2014 **''Stutttering'', Galerie Chantal Crousel & La Douane, Paris, France **''Stuttering'', Centre d’Art Régional Contemporain L-R, Sète, France **''Welcome To Hanksville'', Utah Museum of Contemporary Art,

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**''Datcha Project — A Zone of No Production'', Session #005, Armenia *2013 **''Points d’Intentions'', Centre d’Art – Les Eglises, Chelles, France *2012 **''Days, I See what I Saw and what I will See'', Lo Schermo dell’Arte Film Festival,

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

**''In The Desert of Images'', Mumbai Art Room,

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

**''Points d’Intentions'', Centre d’Art – Les Eglises, Chelles, France **''Concrete Tears, 3451, Musée National Pablo Picasso, Chapelle Vallauris, France *2011 **', Galerie Ecole des Beaux Arts de Montpellier, France **''Days, I See what I Saw and what I will See'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France **''Datcha Project'', Session #004, Armenia **''Peripherical Communities'', London, Rich Mix, London, UK *2010 **''Cadence Modulaire'' – Public Art – UPR –

Hôpital Saint-Antoine Sorbonne University (french: Sorbonne Université; la Sorbonne: 'the Sorbonne') is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon ...

, Paris, France **''Lightbox'',

, Paris, France **''Datcha Project'', Session #002, Armenia **''Datcha Project'', Session #003, Armenia *2009 **''Blank'', Melik Ohanian & Romain Kronenberg, Paris, France **''From The Voice to The Hand**'', In Between, Centre Musical Goutte d’Or – Barbara, Paris, France **''Datcha Project'', Session #001, Armenia *2008 **''El Agua de Niebla'', Matucana 100, Santiago,

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

**''Datcha Project'', Session #000, Armenia **''From The Voice to The Hand'', a co-existent exhibitions project of 15 venues at the same time, Paris, France ***Le Plateau / FRAC Ile-De-France, Paris, France ***Abbaye de Maubuisson, Paris, France ***MAC/VAL, Ivry sur Seine, France ***Collection,

, Paris ***Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, Paris, France ***Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France ***Association FACE, La Courneuve, Paris, France ***Cinéma l’Entrepot, Paris, France ***Le CentQuatre, Paris, France ***Yvon Lambert – Librairie, Paris, France *2007 **''37 seconds''- Melik Ohanian, CCA Kitakyushu,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

**Harun Farucki & Melik Ohanian, Lunds Konsthall,

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

*2006 **''Seven Minutes Before'',

, London, UK **''(M)UT(E)OPIA'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France **''Somewhere In Time'', De Appel, Amsterdam,

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

**''Let's Turn or Turn Around'', IAC Villeurbanne, France *2005 **''ArtPace'', San Antonio, USA **''With Sean Snyder and Pia Ronicke'', Fruit Market Gallery,

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

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**''A Moment as an Event'', PERFORMA 05, New York, USA *2004 **''Seven Minutes Before'', French Pavillon XXVIe

São Paulo Biennale SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S. ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

**''Revolving Analogia'', Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, USA **''HERE'', Centre pour l’image Contemporaine, Saint Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland **''Welcome to Hanksville'', Galerie Dvir,

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

*2003 **''SlowMotion, from Slave to Valse'', CCA Kitakyushu, Japan **''Welcome To Hanksville'', Studio Yvon Lambert, Paris **''Sound Billboard'', Museum in Progress,

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

**''You are mY destinY'', The Atlanta College of Art,

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, USA **''Alightningtruckonablueracetrack'', Galerie BF15, Lyon, France *2002 **''Nightsnow'', Galerie Navona,

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, Italy **''Island of an Island'', Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland **''Nightsnow'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris **''Island of an Island'' and ''Peripherical Communities'',

, Paris, France **''Freezing Film'', FRAC,

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

, France

Group exhibitions

*2017 **''I travelled the world and the seven seas'', Royal Antwerp Atheneum,

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

**''Borderland'', Mondes Flottants, 14th Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France **''Paysages du monde'', Marcel Duchamp Award nominees, Espace Musées, Aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France **''De quoi l’image est-elle le nom ?'', Biennale du Mois de la Photo,

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

**''Transhumance'', Centre international d'art et du paysage de Vassivière, France *2016 **''Dreamlands: Immersive cinema and art, 1905-2016'', Whitney Museum, New York, USA **''Il y a de l’autre'', Les Rencontres d'Arles, Atelier des Forges, France **''20th Biennale of Sydney'',

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*2015 **''Prix Marcel Duchamp 2015'', FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris **''L’Effet Vertigo'', MAC/VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France **''Là où commence le jour'', LaM, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France **''Allures, Les Turbulences'', FRAC Centre,

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Lectoure Lectoure (; Gascon: ''Leitora'' ) is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is located north of Auch, the capital of the department, south of Agen and approximately northwest of Toulouse. Geograph ...

, France **''Prix Marcel Duchamp'', Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France *2014 **''Music Palace'', the power of music seen by visual artists, curated by Diana Wiegersma, Fondation Boghossian, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium **''Simples gestes'', curated by Jean de Loisy and Sandra Adam-Couralet, La Grande Place, Musée du cristal Saint-Louis, Saint-Louis-lès-bitche, France **''Der Blitz'', curated by Denis Isaia and Federico Mazzonelli, Galleria Civica G. Segantini, Arco Di Trento, Italy **''Entre-temps, l'artiste narrateur'', curated by Angeline Scherf and Odile Burluraux, MOCA Chengdu,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

**''Des choses en moins, des choses en plus'', curated by Sebastien Faucon and Agnès Violeau, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France **''Ilots d'Utopies: Un esprit Jaurès'', Musée / Centre du Verre,

Carmaux Carmaux (; oc, Carmauç) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Industries The Compagnie minière de Carmaux has its origins in a coal mining concession granted in 1852 to Gabriel de Solages, which became the Compagnie minièr ...

, France *2013 **''All About These...'', Viafarini Docva,

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, Italy **''Sound Design For Future Films'', Et al.,

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

, USA **''El Agua De Niebla'', Scotiabank Nuit Blanche,

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

, Canada **''Sans Matières Ajoutées by About Blank'', CNEAI, Paris, France **''Le Pont'', Musée d'Art Contemporain, Marseille, France **''Honey I rearranged the collection'', Passage de Retz, Paris, France **''Bande à part'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France **''Libération Annlee'', Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Montpellier, France **''Tireless Refrain'', Nam June Paik Art Center,

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

**''Im Dreaming About a Reality'', La Douane, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France *2012 **''In spite of it all'', Sharjah Art Foundation,

Sharjah Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. Sharjah is the capital o ...

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

**''Collection'12'', Institut d’art contemporain,

, France **''OilScapes'', Peacock Visual Arts, Centre for Contemporary Art, Scotland, UK **''The Eyes of the Soul'' - A selection of works from the collection of Isabelle and Jean-Conrad Lemaître, Fundació Godia,

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

**''A Blind Spot'', curated by Catherine David, Berlin Documentary Forum, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin,

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

**''Néon, Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue ?'', La Maison Rouge, Paris, France **''Living With Video'', curated by Chantal Crousel, Pavillon Downtown,

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

, UAE *2011 **''J’ai Deux Amours'', Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, Paris, France **''El Agua de Niebla'', FIAC 2011, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France **''Entre-Temps'', L’artiste Narrateur, Collection MAM Paris,

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

**''Atmosphères'', Collection FRAC Rhône-Alpes, Romans, France **''Entre-Temps, L’artiste Narrateur'', Collection MAM Paris, Minsheng, Shanghai, China **''Nuages'', Cité Radieuse, Marseille, France **''Magical Consciousness'', Arnolfini,

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

, UK **10. Sharjah Biennal, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates *2010 **''Collection'', MAC VAL, Paris **''Persistence of Vision II'', Nikolaj Contemporary Art,

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

**''L'Homme Debout'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, FIAC, Paris **''Still/Moving'', The Israel Museum,

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

, Israel **''Sound Design for Future Films'', Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus,

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

, US **''Persistence of Vision I'', FACT,

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

, UK **''Telling Stories'', WUK Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria *2009 **''America'', Beirut Art Center, Lebanon **''L’Attraction de l’Espace'', Musée d’Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France **''Entre-Temps'', L’artiste Narrateur, Collection du Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris MIS/Paco de Artes, São Paulo et Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil **''Behind The Image'', The Image Behind, ArteFact Festival, STUK Kunstencentrum, Leuven, Belgium **''Los Tiempos de un Lugar'', Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Fundacion Beulas, Huesca, Spain *2008 **''Interstitial Zone'', Argos, Bruxelles, Belgique **''La Scène Française 1980-2008'', Réfléchir Le Monde, Centrale Electrique, Bruxelles, Belgique **''Sound Design for Future Films'', Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden **''U-Turn'', Quadriennal de Copenhagen, Denmark **''Du Jardin au Cosmos'', L'Espace d'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France **''The Space of Man'', Fondation Merz, Torino, Italy **''Re-Make/Re-Model'', Courtisane Film Festival, Gent, Belgium **''Locked-In'', Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg **''Voice and Void'', Galerie Im Taxipalais,

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, Austria **''Collection08'', IAC Villeurbanne, France **''Collateral 2'', SESC Paulista,

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, Brazil **''Perform History'', U-Turn at Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark *2007 **''Fiction Vs Reality'', Centre d’Art Moderne, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbonne **''Passages, Hommage à Walter Benjamin'', Gandy Gallery Bratislava,

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**''Playback'', Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris **''Intrusions'', Collection FMAC, Petit Palais, Paris **''Voice and Void'', The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (CT) Ridgefield, USA **''On the limits of politics and possibilities of resistance'', 04. Goteborg Biennale, Sweden **Collection, MAC VAL Musée d’Art Contemporain de Vitry, France **''Poeziezomers'', Watou, Belgium **''Borderline-Moving Image'', Beijing Center for Creativity, China **''Think with the senses'', Venice Biennale, Feel with the mind, Venise, Italy **''Critical Foreground'', New Langhton Arts San Francisco, US **''The Hand'', National Museum of Fine Arts,

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**''On Peter Watkins'', Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, Austria **''Air de Paris'', Centre Georges Pompidou, Beaubourg, Paris **''Centre of the Creative Universe: Liverpool and the Avant-Garde'', TATE Liverpool, UK **''Parabol Magazine'' #2, Vienna, Austria **''Collateral'', When Art looks at Cinema, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy *2006 **02. Biennale of Sevilla, Spain **06. Biennale of Gwangju, Korea **''Datcha Project'', Armenia Tell Me, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg **''Human Games'', Fondazione Pitti in Firenze, Italy **''Undo Redo'', Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel, Germany **''Seven Minutes Before'', Outdoor projection in Vercors, France **''Negative Space'', Extended, by Susane Burner Kunstmuseums Bonn, Germany **''Satellites of Love'', Witte de Whit, Rotterdam, Netherland **''25 Peaces'', billboard project, Vienna, Austria *2005 **Collection, MAC VAL Musée d’Art Contemporain de Vitry, France **Rencontres Internationales des Arts Multimédia, Marseille, France **''Leçon Zéro'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris **''Istmo'', Galerie Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil **''Experiencing Duration'', 08. Biennale de Lyon, France **''Dialectic of Hope'', 01. Biennale de Moscou,

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**''Tell Me'', MNBA Québec, Canada **October Art Salon,

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**''Multipistes'', Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium **''Nach Rokytník'', EVN Collection, MUMOK Wien, Austria **''England Land Marks'', Greengrassi Gallery, London, UK **''Remagine'', Collection du FNAC, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, France **Collection, Macro-Mattatoio, Rome, Italy **''Documentary Creations'', Kunst museum, Luzern, Switzerland **''Universal Experience'', MCA Chicago, USA *2004 **''ReasonEmotion'', 14. Biennale de Sydney, Australia **03. Biennale de Berlin, Germany **04. Biennale de Pontevedra, Spain **''Communautés'', IAC Villeurbanne, France **''Mediterraneo'', Macro-Mattatoio, Rome, Italy **''Nuit Blanche'', Paris, France Eblouissement, Jeu de Paume, Paris *2003 **''Geographies # 3'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France **''Freezing Film'', Gare de Lyon, Festival d’Automne, Paris, France **''Through the Eye of a Needle'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France **Collective Exhibition, CRAC Sète, France **''Embassy'', Galleri F15, Moss,

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**2O ans des FRAC, Musée d’art Contemporain de Strasbourg, France **''Moltitudini–Solitudini'', Museion, Museo d’arte contemporanea Bolzano, Italy **''No Ghost Just a Shell'', Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Pays-Bas / SF Moma, San Francisco, U.S.A **ARCO, Madrid, Spain *2002 **''No Ghost Just a Shell'', Institute for Visual Culture, Cambridge, England **''Toasting Agency'' at Openspace, Curated by Alexis Vaillant Piazza Duomo, Milan, Italy **''No ghost Just a Shell'', Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland / SF MoMA, San Francisco, USA **''Migration de l’image'', Erevan, Armenia **''Haunted House'', curated by Gabriel Lester, Outline, Amsterdam, Netherlands **''Stories'', Haus der Kunst,

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, Germany **''Less Ordinary'', Artsonje Center,

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, Museum of Modern Art, Kyungju, Korea *2001 **''Traversées'', ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris **''A comme Accident'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris **''Rencontres Vidéo'', Galerie Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy *2000 **Institut d’art Contemporain de Villeurbanne, Residency in Die, Drôme, France **''Soirée Nomade'', Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris *1999 **''ThirtyFiveSecondsLater'' Interval Program, MAC Lyon, France **Icono Festival Printemps du Québec à Paris, Metro Stalingrad, France *1998 **Collective Exhibition, Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France **''Junge Szene 98'', Secession, Vienna, Austria **''In Vitro'', Glassbox, Paris, France *1997 **''Mobile TV'', with Pierre Huygue, Le Consortium, Dijon, France **''Histoires en Forme'', Le Magasin,

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, France **''Galerie de Portraits'', Collection FRAC Rhône-Alpes, France **01. Biennale du Montenegro,

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*1996 **''Bande Sonore pour un Film Potentiel'', with Pierre Huyghe, Le Hall, ENBA Lyon, France **

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di Bologna, Galerie Nuova Icona,

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, Italy *1995 **''Critique, Critique'', Post-diplôme, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France **Cité de l’image, Lyon-Vaise / Galeria Nuova Icona,

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, Italy **''08152758'', Embarcadère, Lyon, France

Public art

*2010-2018: ''Les Réverbères de la Mémoire'', Armenian Génocide Memorial, Parc Trembley, Geneva *2009-2010: ''Cadence Modulaire'', UPR – Hopital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France *2008: ''Second Time & Second Sound'', Piscine de Belleville, Paris - architectes Berger&Anziutti *2008: ''Philosophic DUB'', Atelier de Création Radiophonique, France Culture, Paris *2008: ''Cosmoball'', Abbaye de Maubuisson, Saint-Ouen l'Aumone, France *2008: ''Rosa Park Tribute'', Collège Rosa Parks, Gentilly, Val de Marne, France *2003-2007: ''Le Récit Perpétuel'', Talence,

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, France

Grants and residencies

*Prix Marcel Duchamp – Paris, France, 2015 *Golden Lion for the best National Pavilion (Republic of Armenia), 56.Venice Biennale – Venice, Italy, 2015 *Montalvo Arts Center, Sally and Don Lucas Artist Program – San Francisco, USA, 2007 *CCA Kitakyushu –

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, Japan, 2007 *Prize of October Art Salon – Belgrade, Serbia, 2005 *Artpace – San Antonio, USA, 2005 *Villa Medicis, Rome, Italy, 2003–2004 *CCA KitaKyushu – Fukuoka, Japan, 2003 *FIACRE, French Ministry of Culture – Paris, France 2002 *IAC Villeurbanne Residency – Die, France, 2000 *Image en Mouvement CNC/DAP, French Pavillon XXVIe São Paulo Biennal – São Paulo, Brazil 2000 *Prix Linossier, Ecole des Beaux Arts de Lyon – Lyon, France, 1995

Books

*2009: ''From The Voice to The Hand'', a co-existent exhibition, Paris 2008 Co-produced by Abbaye de Maubuisson, Le Plateau / FRAC Ile-De-France. Ed. Archibook, Paris *2005: ''SlowMotion'', from Slave to Valse, Ed.CCA Kitakyushu, Japan *2005: ''Cosmograms'', Melik Ohanian et Jean Christophe Royoux, Ed.Lukas & Sternberg, New York Cosmograms Newspaper Edition distributed by EXO, São Paulo, Brazilsternberg-press: ''Cosmograms'' by Melik Ohanian and Jean Christophe Royoux
/ref> *2003: ''Kristale Company'', Monography, Edition HYX, Paris

References

External links

Melik Ohanian Official websiteGalerie Chantal Crousel - Melik Ohanian page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ohanian, Melik French contemporary artists French people of Armenian descent 1969 births Living people Armenian artists