VAHAGN HAROUTYUNIAN
Born in Yerevan, Armenia on April 24, 1973
1980-1989 Shahumian Art Centre (Yerevan, Armenia)
1989-1993 Yerevan College of Fine Arts after Panos Terlemezian
1993-1999 Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts
Exhibitions
1988-89 Children’s exhibitions organized by Shahumian Art Centre (Yerevan)
1995 Exhibition dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of UN (Yerevan, Armenia)
1997 Exhibition in Tehran (Iran)
2003 "JAF" Culturel Center (Marseille, France)
2004 “Hidden Gallery” organized by ArtBridge in the Artist’s Union (Yerevan)
2004 Exhibition in Mariam’s Gallery (Barcelona, Spain)
2004 Exhibition in Carmel (California, USA)
2005 Exhibition in Carmel (California, USA)
2006 Exhibition in Carmel (California, USA)
2006 Exhibition in ArtBridge (Yerevan)
2007 Exhibition in ArtBridge (Yerevan)
2007 Exhibition in Carmel (California, USA)
2008 Art Fair 2008, Dublin, Ireland
2009 New York Art Expo
2010 Monte Carlo Art Monaco’10
2011 The Affordable Art Fair Milan, Italy
2011 Monte Carlo Art Monaco’11
2011 Exhibition in Chicago (USA)
2011 Exhibition in Fullerton Hotel (Singapore)
2011 Art Fair 2011 – RDS Dublin
2012 Affordable Art Fair Milan
2012 Affordable Art Fair Brussels
2013 Exhibition in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
2020 IAAF Art Antique Fair (Istanbul, Turkey)
2021 IAAF Art Antique Fair (Istanbul, Turkey)
2022 ARTANKARA (Ankara, Turkey)
Pirate's Catch, 2020
Learning to Fly, 2022
Her Love is Like an Airplane, 2022
Dream Full of Butterflies, 2021
Royal choice, 2021
Anticipation of the Meeting, 2023
A Firenze, 2023
Going Home, 2024
Love Balance, 2024
Inventor of Magic, 2024
Around the World, 2024
Vahagn Harutyunyan's works are reminiscent of surreal aesthetic moments, as if at some point your gaze found a beautiful combination of images in the everyday environment, stuck at that moment, trying not to miss any detail from the general scene. However, you are not the only observer, just the opposite, the characters in Vahagn's paintings look at you carefully with their penetrating gaze, as if you are a character representing your reality to them. Every detail in Vahagn's works is thought out and emphasizes the aesthetics of the overall picture. The costumes of the characters, the posture, the look, the layout of the general composition present a dynamic scene to the observer. It seems that at some point the characters in Vahagn's works will start telling about themselves, and the background, the composition and the appearance of the characters in the pictures will help you to move completely to the reality of the story, to wait carefully for the continuation of the story.
Narine Vardanian
Art critic
