GAGIK GHAZANCHIAN
Born in 1960, Yerevan, Armenia
1975 – 1979 Terlemezian Fine Arts College, Yerevan, Armenia
1984 – 1990 Fine Arts and Drama Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
1992 Member of Artists’ Union, Yerevan , Armenia
Group exhibitions
1989 Armenian Cultural Center Moscow, Russia
1991 “Arts et Lettres De France” Gallery Paris, France
1991 Grande Exposition D’Art Nice, France
1991 Kreishaus Gallery Hofheim, Germany
1992 Cultural Foundation Abu-Dhabi, UAE
1993 Armenian Artists in Italy Spoleto,Ancona, Italy
1993 Stadel Museum Stade, Germany
1993 Bilderweit Berlin, Germany
1993 UNESCO Paris, France
1994 Ex -Voto Gallery Yerevan, Armenia
1995 Kreishaus Gallery Bergheim, Germany
1996 Christian Zais Hall Wiesbaden,Germany
1997 Cultural Foundation Abu-Dhabi ,UAE
1997 HS Art Gallery Tenniken,Switzerland
1998 Seepark Thun Gallery Sissach, Switzerland
1998 Kulturhaus Synagogue Schluchtern,Germany
1999 Martin Gallery Sissach, Switzerland
2000 Claudine Hohl Gallery Zurich,Switzerland
2001 Beyond Icons, National Gallery Yerevan ,Armenia
2001 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Iran
2001 Chapelle Saint Sulpice d’Istres France
2002 Creative Partners Gallery Washington, USA
2002 Pasino Casino d’Aix Gallery France
2004 Gevorgian Gallery Yerevan, Armenia
2004 “ Art Caucasus” International Art Expo Tbilisi, Georgia
2005 “ Art Caucasus” International Art Expo Tbilisi, Georgia
2006 National Culture Center of Kuwait, Abdullah Al-Salem Hall Kuwait
2006 ‘Meeting’, the group exhibition of German, Georgian and Armenian artists, National Gallery Yerevan, Armenia
2007 “Colors of Armenia”, C.Gulbenkian Center Aleppo, Syria
2007 “Colors of Armenia”, AGBU Damascus ,Syria
2007 ”9 contemporary Artists from Armenia”, AGBU Pasadena, CA,USA
2007 “L’art contemporain d’Armenie”, Orangerie du Luxembourg France
2007 “Armenian Landscapes in Contemporary Art” Zurich, Switzerland
2007 “Colors of Armenia”, Castel Saint’Angelo Rome, Italy
2008 “Generation Freedom’’, Inter Art Gallery New York , USA
2010 Castel dell’Ovo Naples, Italy
2010 New Masterpieces of Arame Art Gallery Yerevan, Armenia
2011 UNESCO Palace, Arame Art Gallery Beirut, Lebanon
2011 Abrahamian Art Center Yerevan, Armenia
2011 Contemporary Art “Armenia”, San Nicola da Tolentino Rome, Italy
2011 “Palette of Independence”, National Gallery Yerevan, Armenia
2012 Grand Opening of a New Art Center of Arame Art Gallery Yerevan, Armenia
2012 Art Monaco 2012 Fine Art Gallery Monaco
2012 “Artisti Armeni a Scafati” Scafati, Italy
2012 Exhibition dedicated to 40th anniversary of the founding of Modern Art Museum of Armenia Yerevan, Armenia
2012 Pop-up Art Gallery Zurich, Switzerland
2013 10th Anniversary of Arame Art Gallery Yerevan, Armenia
2013 AGBU Contemporary Armenian Art Pasadena, USA
2013 Representing Arame Art Gallery in Las Vegas USA
2014 “Beauty in the Palm” Beirut, Lebanon
2015 ‘’Inner Lighthouse’’ Beirut, Lebanon
2016 Representing the book ”Art Beyond Time” Yerevan Armenia
2017 Beirut Art Fair Beirut, Lebanon
2016 ''Art in Blossom'', Beirut, Lebanon
2018 A unique art show dedicated to 15th anniversary of the foundation of Arame′ Art Gallery Yerevan, Armenia
2019 "Beirut Art Fair" Beirut, Lebanon
2020 – “Spring Salon 2020”. Artist’s Union of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Personal Exhibitions
2000 Artists’ Museum Washington DC,USA
2005 Fairmont Hotel San Francisco, USA
2005 Martin Gallery Sissach,Switzerland
2009 Martin Gallery Sissach,Switzerland
2010 Modern Art Museum Yerevan, Armenia
2011 Pop-up Art Gallery Zurich, Switzerland
2012 Exhibition hall of Hamazkayin Society Beirut, Lebanon
2014 ”Other Images from the City”, National Center of Aesthetics Yerevan, Armenia
2016 “Colors from Distant Lands", Gainsbourg, AvestArt, Zurich, Switzerland
Collections
Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia
Private collections throughout the World
Khrimyan Museum Echmiadzin, Armenia
National Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
The Bird, 2007
Constellation 2, 2008
Dawn
Uninterrupted Motion 3, 2008
A vision, 2019
Formula 1, 2019
Familiar Landscape, 2018
The Birth of Orchid, 2018
Wonderful garden, 2019
Totem, 2019
Place in the Sun,2018
Beginning, 2015
Armenian Girl, 2020
Instant Images, The Sound of Red, 2019
Instant Images, A Familiar Image, 2019
Instant Images, Ode to Dawn, 2019
Statement of intention: The starting point: the moment of arising of the present between the past and the future. The perception of the unreal on the brink of the apparent reality…
To realize relativity of permanency of the movement and the arise of the tension limit during the clash of consciousness with subconsciousness…
While accepting the materiality of the non-existent, to feel, at the same time, the unreality of its existence…
The aim: to designate the integrality of the acutely felt, the certitude in its validity, the acknowledgement of the contradiction and the record of the consequence as a fact…
Gagik Ghazanchian
In Gagik Ghazanchian’s paintings the viewer is continuously confronted with a stereotypical structure of the canvas, and its constituent elements, the background and the figure are in contrast with each other. The background represents a collage that has its origins in photography. It embraces downtown districts of highrise buildings often to be seen in contemporary American megalopolises that came to replace medieval cities. In contrast with the background, the third element evolving in the foreground is nothing else than a color composition expressing motion which is sometimes semi-figurative and sometimes a completely abstract play of artistic creativity.
Is this stereotypical construction of the surface of the painting a reflection of artistic rigidity or does it refer to the stereotypical character of contemporary urbanism? On the one hand, we have the standardization of our environment resulting from the assembly-line principle, which brings forth the material-objective aspects of things: material, color, form and size. One the other hand, the artistic flexibility of the contemporary individual helps to counter-react against the transformation that has created the imperative to transform one’s whole life into a permanent performance.
Nazareth Karoian
Art critic
The temperament and human willpower manifest themselves in the color qualities of the painter. His perception of the contemporary world has developed far away from boundaries of mere national self-knowledge, in contrast to many timeserver painters longing to sell and set their names in the hardly established Armenian art market.
He is able to distinctly define problems of nowadays existence, as a man of 21st century. However, he can’t remain indifferent to the emotional experiences in his home city. He belongs to this city and he can create poetry concerning the whole spectrum of its drama.
Painter Gagik Ghazanchian is a focused vector towards the culture of the future. I expect much from his searches. His potential as an artist allows a presumption that his destiny is a genuine way of suffering and deep deliberation, enlightenment and disillusionment.
Ruben Angaladian
Writer, Culturologist
