Ara Alekyan
The Artworks
Rhino
Spider
The Biography
1959 Born in Vedi, Armenia
1979 Graduated from Fine Arts College after Terlemezian, Yerevan
1985 Graduated from Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts
1986-89 Moscow Fine Arts Academy, Yerevan branch
1988 Member of Artists’ Union of Armenia
2002 “Rhinoceros” won the title of being the best sculpture of the last ten years and won “Vahagn” prize
2011 Honored Artist of Armenia
Exhibitions
2014 Contemporary Art Istanbul, Turkey
2012 “In Search for Paradise”, New Figurative Art of Armenia Pesaro, Italy
2012 Antikyan Gallery Yerevan, Armenia
2011 “Dance of Ancestors” at the National Gallery of Armenia Yerevan, Armenia
2011 “Cité des Arts” exhibition Paris, France
2011 “Spider” exhibition, Euro expo 2011 Dusseldorf, Germany
2008 Open air exhibition, Charles Aznavour Square Yerevan, Armenia
2007 Annual exhibition, Artists’ Union of Armenia Yerevan, Armenia
2007 Open air exhibition, Charles Aznavour Square Yerevan, Armenia
2007 Open air exhibition, in front of the Moscow Cinema Yerevan, Armenia
2006 “Horse”, “Bull”, “Bear” sculptures are exhibited in Brussels Belgium
2006 Open air exhibition, Charles Aznavour Square Yerevan, Armenia
2005 “Art Caucasus Association” Biennale Georgia
2004 Open air exhibition, Charles Aznavour Square Yerevan, Armenia
2003 Annual exhibition, Artists’ Union of Armenia Yerevan, Armenia
1999 International Cultural Festival Beirut, Lebanon
1998 “Omen”, NPAK Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art Yerevan, Armenia
1998 Exhibition of Avant-garde Art Yerevan, Armenia
1998 International Biennale of Avant-garde Art Gyumri, Armenia
1982-1991 A number of Republican exhibitions Armenia
1990 “World’s Young People” international exhibition Moscow, Russia
1989 International exhibition Moscow, Russia
1983 “Sculpture 83” international exhibition Moscow, Russia
Awards
2002 “Vahagn Awards” for “The Rhinoceros”, Yerevan, Armenia
2005 A film about Ara Alekian’s art- “Born from Fire” by Suren Ter-Grigorian (Shoghakat TV, Armenia), won the Grand Prize in Epona International Festival, France
Collections
“William Saroyan”, Russian Cultural Fund
“Minas Avetisian, Kochar, Sarian” composition, RCF
“Queen and King”, Gazprom, Moscow, Russia
“William Saroyan”, Armenian Cultural Fund
“Scorpion”, Paul Guiragossyan Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
“Sculpture of horse”, Beirut Cultural Fund
“Bull”, Vedi-Alco, Armenia
“Snail”, Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia
“Vazgen Sargssian” sculpture-portrait, Vedi-Alco, Armenia
“Bull”, Jan Poghosian fund in Antwerpen, Belgium
“Horse”, Jan Poghosian fund in Antwerpen, Belgium
“Horse”, Brussels, Belgium
Memorials
1987 “Perch Proshian” bust, Yerevan, Armenia
1989 Earthquake Memorial, Vedi, Armenia
1998 Earthquake Memorial, Gyumri, Armenia
2000 “Military leader Vazgen Sargssian” bust, Vedi, Armenia
Since 2013 Ara Alekian’s artworks are permanently exposed at Arame Art Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia.