VARBOART
Gor Avetisyan
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Since the beginning of his career Gor was fascinated by the traditional Armenian carpet making techniques and traditional craftsmen works.
So these, as well as the dramatic sense for form and colors presented by Martiros Saryan, the most known Armenian landscape painter, influenced and transformed his expression of art - filling it with of sun and energy.
The hand of a sculptor is apparent in the work of Gor Avetisyan, in the sense that it is possible to discern in each of his canvases the spirit of the game; a dialogue, a balance between emptiness and plenitude, matter and nothingness.
Personal experience and even the history regain imagery in his paintings - through the application of old family photos, extracts from letters, former paperwork and objects - at the same time showing the sign of an irreversible loss of real sense of living experienced by the modern man.
The constant quest for the meaning of dialogue, silence, history, love, memories, happiness, dynamism – these you can find in Gor Avetisyan’s impressive work.
EDUCATION
1978 > 82 Graduated from the Phanos Terlemezyan High Art School
1982 > 90 Graduated from the State Institute of Fine Arts,Yerevan
1990 Scholarship at Alanys High school of Fine Arts and Music in Alfter, Germany
1990 Practice at studio Aramais Avetisyan in Finland
1990 Invitation for studium at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Gent, Belgium
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
1990 Alanys High School of Arts and Music in Alfter, Germany
1995 AG Leasing Company in Prague, Czech Republic
1995 Cultural Centre of Sud-Luxembourg in Arlon, Belgium
1996 Bank Credit Lyonnais in Prague, Czech Republic
1997 Gallery D'Eclic in Luxembourg
1997 Communication Ger Company in Brussels, Belgium
1998 International Business Centre in Prague, Czech Republic
1999 Exhibition in Southampton, England
2000 Galerie d’Art Déclic in Luxembourg
2002 'Art from Ararat' Gallery Norek Keg in Melk, Austria
2002 KB Bank in Prague, Czech Republic
2004 Cultural Centre of Sud-Luxembourg in Arlon, Belgium
2004 Exhibition in Deventer, Nederland
2008 Galerie 't Pleintje in Amersfoort, Nederland
2009 Galerie Arnie in Brno, Czech Republic
2014 InterArt Gallery Prague, Czech Republic
2015 Le Siants Gallery Barcelona, Spain
2016 InterArt Gallery Prague, Czech Republic
2017 P3Park Company exhibition on Robbie Bobby Yacht, Cannes, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1987 Spring Republican in Yerevan, Armenian Artists Union
1989 All Union of Portraits in Yerevan, Armenian Artists Union
1990 First exhibition dedicated to the Armenian Genocide in Yerevan, Armenia
1992 First 'Avetisyan's Art' in Espoo, Finland
1992 Art Action in Hanco, Finland
1992 Gallery Kruunuhaan in Helsinki, Finland
1993 Armenian Embassy Moscow, House of Journalism in Moscow, Russia
1994 Gallery Pavel Kuksa, Cultural Center of Russian Art in Prague, Czech Republic
1995 Gallery Pavel Kuksa in Prague, Czech Republic
1995 Russian Art Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic
1995 Gallery Piramid in Prague, Czech Republic
1996 Gallery Rapid in Prague, Czech Republic
1996 Kilkenny Gallery of Modern Art, Ireland
1997 Kilkenny Gallery of Modern Art, Ireland
1998 Gallery B in Amsterdam, Nederland
1999 'Vahvat Varit', Keravan Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland
2000 'Kosmopolit' Gallery Storkower Bogen in Berlin, Germany
2001 'Radio Free Europe' in Prague, Czech Republic
2001 'Cultural encounters from west to east' BASF Company in Prague, Czech Republic
2001 Gallery Miro in Prague, Czech Republic
2001 Armenian Cultural Center in Los Angeles, USA
2002 Gallery Z, Gallery Miro in Bratislava & Gallery Miro in Snina, Slovakia
2002 Historisces Rathaus in Daidecheim, Germany
2002 The World Art Collection in Nederland
2007 Lamezia Term in Calabria, Italy
2010 Museum Castel dell’Ovo Armenian Art in Neapole, Italy
2011 ARMENI E IRPINI A CONFRONTO, Avelino, Italy
2011 International exhibition of contemporary art (armenian artists), Roma-Italian institute for africa and orient
2012 International exhibition of contemporary art (armenian artists) Scafati, Florence
2013 International exhibition of contemporary art (armenian artists) Santa Cesarea Terme
2014 “30 years later“ exhibition at Artist Union of Armenia, Yerevan
Gallery Meridian Center Yerevan, Armenia
2015 XXII. ARTOUR-O MUST international exhibition in Prague, Czech Republic
2016 Museum Michael Savitskiy Minsk, Belarus
Exhibition at the Russian-Armenian cultural center “Vernatun“ St. Petersburg, Russia
Exhibition at the municipal Cultural Center of Lloret de Mar (region of Gerona, Spain)
Par le Centre International des Artistes Armenia Lyon, France
2017 Mostra d arte contempronea Artistes Armeni Ad Arborea Sardinia, Italy
Gallery of Company Richard Lyon, France
Artisti Armeni a Quarto Sant’Elena Venice, Italy
2019 Group exhibtion in Libanon
ART FAIRS AND SALONS
1996 IXth International LIBR'ART Salon in Libramont, Belgium
1997 Xth International LIBR'ART Salon in Libramont, Belgium
1998 International Art Fair Grand Marche in Berlin, Germany
1998 XIth International LIBR'ART Salon in Libramont, Belgium with INTER Art
1998 Art Fair LINEART in Gent, Belgium with INTER Art Gallery
2000 Art Fair EUROP'ART in Geneva, Switzerland
2000 Art Fair LINEART in Gent, Belgium with INTER Art Gallery
2002 Art Fair in Innsbruck, Austria with INTER Art Gallery
2002 Art Fair LINEART in Gent, Belgium with INTER Art Gallery
2003 Art Fair in Innsbruck, Austria with Gallery Norek Keg
2004 Art Expo in Monte-Carles, Monaco
2004 Art Fair On the Wall London, UK
2006 Affordable Art Fair in London, England with Le Siants Gallery
2006 Art Fair in Melbourne, Australia with Le Siants Gallery
2007 Art Fair in Dublin, Ireland with INTER Art Gallery
2007 Art Fair LINEART in Gent, Belgium with INTER Art Gallery
2007 Art Fair in Dublin, Ireland with INTER Art Gallery
2008 The Affordable Art Fair Spring Collection in London, UK with Le Siants Gallery
2009 Art Fair in Newcastle Gateshead in Uk with Le Siants Gallery
2009 Art Fair in Edinburgh, Scotland with Le Siants Gallery
2010 Art Fair Bergamo, Italy with Le Siants Gallery
2010 Affordable Art Fair in Brussels, Belgium with Le Siants Gallery
2012 Affordable Art Fair in Stockholm, Sweden
2013 Affordable Art Fair in Brussles, Belgium,
Affordable Art Fair in Stockholm, Sweden
2014 Affordable Art Fair in Brussles, Belgium
Affordable Art Fair in Stockholm, Sweden
2015 Affordable Art Fair in Milano, Italy
The Contemporary Art Fair Zurich, Switzerland
2017 The Contemporary Art Fair Prague, Czech Republic
2018 Art Fair Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore
2019 Affordable Art Fair London, UK
INTERNATIONAL ART PRICES
1996 3rd price at the IXth International LIBR'ART Salon in Libramont, Belgium
1997 1st price at the Xth International LIBR'ART Salo in Libramont, Belgium
1998 1st price at the XIth International LIBR'ART Salon in Libramont, Belgium
2001 European Price for Fine Arts by the European Union of Art in Prague, Czech Republic
