Ashot Avagyan
Armenian artist, lives and works in Sisian, Armenia.
Born in 1958 in Sisian, Armenia. In 1981 graduated from the College of Fine Arts after P. Terlemezyan, Yerevan, Armenia. From 1981-2016 taught at Children’s Art School of Sisian.
The cultural heritage of Avagyan’s homeland is a ground for his artistic reflections. Through interpretation and imitation of art from the Neolithic petroglyphs to Middle Age stone grave iconography, the artist seeks for new perspectives of perception of the world. Besides transposing the artistic and formal elements of the local ancient art to the surface of canvas, he integrates conceptual aspects into performances, in an attempt to create a bridge between the past and the present.
2017
April 2016, ‘Whore’s Stocking’ military position, Sargis Muradyan Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
2015
Mashtots, Hamazkayin Lucy Tutunjian Art Gallery, Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon
Untitled, German Embassy in Armenia, Yerevan, Armenian
2013
The inheritor of the heritage, Zvartnotc historical-cultural reserve-museum, Armenia
48 th ‘Salon de peinture de la ville de Montelimar’, Hotel de Ville, Montelimar, France
2012
Untitled, Consulate of the Republic of Armenia, Los Angeles, USA
Mashtots 1650, Abrahamyan Art Center, Yerevan, Armenia
2011
Untitled, Matenadaran (Institute of Ancient Manuscripts), Yerevan, Armenia
2010
Untitled, Embassy of the United States, Yerevan, Armenia
2009
Untitled, Zhorats Karer, Sisian, Armenia
2008
Memories from previous life, Gevorgyan Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
2004
Magic double circle, Gevorgyan Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
2000
The seven papers of Demiurge, Chamber Theater, Yerevan, Armenia
Performances
2017
Reconstruction, Epicenter Art Laboratory, Sisian Armenia
Fertility – 2, Epicenter Art Laboratory, Sisian Armenia
Solstice, Epicenter Art Laboratory, Sisian Armenia
2016
Solstice, Epicenter Art Laboratory, Sisian Armenia
2015
Solstice, Epicenter Art Laboratory, Sisian Armenia
2014
Solstice, Epicenter Art Laboratory, Sisian Armenia
2012
Sacrifice – 2, in the frames of Shushi Art Project ”Land and Technology”, Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh
2011
Return – 4, Sisian, Armenia
2010
Return – 3, Sisian, Armenia
2008
Sacrifice, Sisian, Armenia
2007
Return – 2, Sisian, Armenia
2006
Return, in the frame of the 5 th Gyumri International Biennale, with Azat Sargsyan, Sisian, Armenia
2004
Fertility, Sisian, Armenia
2003
Reincarnation, Sisian, Armenia
2002
Magic double circle, Sisian, Armenia
2001
Forgive me, Mama!, Sisian, Armenia
2000
The way, Sisian, Armenia
1999
Dialogue, Sisian, Armenia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Artisti Armeni a Firenze, Circolo Ufficiale di Presidio, Florence, Italy
Artisti Armeni a Scafati, Centro per la Cultura e le Arti, Scafati, Italy
Untitled, Art World, Yerevan, Armenia
2011
Armeni, Embassy of the Republic of Armenia, Rome, Italy
S. Petrosyan and students, Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia
20 years of Interdependency of the Republic of Armenia, National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2010
Armeni, Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy
Tigran the Great, National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2008 Generation freedom: Armenia’s new vanguard, InterArt Gallery, New York, USA
The 6 th Gyumri International Biennale, Gyumri, Armenia
2007
Armenian landscapes in contemporary art, ewz-Unterwerk Selnau Kultur- und Eventhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Contemporary artists form Armenia, Armenian General Benevolent Union, Pasadena, USA
From Ararat to Fuji, National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Colors of Armenia, Armenian General Benevolent Union, Damascus, Syria
Colors of Armenia, G. Gyulbenkyan Center, Aleppo, Syria
2006
Meeting with Saryan, National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Colors of Armenia, IFEFEL, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Colors of Armenia, Abdala Al-Salem Hall, Kuwait, Kuwait
The 5 th Gyumri International Biennale, Gyumri, Armenia
2005
Art Caucasus Art Expo, Tbilisi, Georgia
2004 Art Caucasus Art Expo, Tbilisi, Georgia
The 4 th Gyumri International Biennale, Gyumri, Armenia
2003
Transcendent, Albert & Tove Boyajyan Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
Armenian Genocide, Cooper Union, New York, USA
Four Armenian artists, Contemporary & modern art, Dublin, Ireland
Four Armenian artists, Montreal, Canada
2002
Show of avant-garde art, ACCEA, Yerevan, Armenia
Four Armenian artists, Arshile Gorky gallery, Toronto, Canada
Four Armenian artists, Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark
Selected Catalogs
2017
Armenian Artists․ Yerevan [Eng.]
2015
Mashtots․ Hamazkayin Lucy Tutunjian Art Gallery. Beirut [Arm., Eng.]
2013
Armeni․ Turin [Eng.]
2008
Generation Freedom: Armenia’s New Vanguard. New York: RAH [Eng.]
Recovering Wounds. Yerevan: GCCA [Arm., Eng.]
2007
Armenian Landscapes in Contemporary Art. Yerevan [Germ., Eng.]
4 Contemporary Artists from Armenia. Pasadena: AGBU [Eng.]
2006
The colors of Armenia, contemporary Armenian artists. Yerevan: Tigran Mets [Rus.]
The 5 th Gyumri International Biennale. Yerevan: GCCA [Arm., Eng.]
2005
Art Caucasus. Art Expo-2005. Tbilisi: Art Caucasus [Arm., Eng.]
2004
The 4 th Gyumri International Biennale. Yerevan: GCCA, 2004 [Arm., Eng.]
Gevorgyan Gallery. Yerevan: Gevorgyan Gallery [Arm., Eng.]
Art Caucasus. Art Expo-2004. Tbilisi: Art Caucasus [Arm., Eng.]
Land Art
2012
Epicenter Art Laboratory, Sisian, Armenia. The space is constantly under development
Awards
2013
The State Prize of Republic of Armenia for fresco ”Mashtots” located at Matenadaran (The Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts) conference hall
Public Collections
National Gallery of Armenia
Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran)