Khachik Abrahamyan

Khachik Abrahamyan (born January 15, 1960, in Yerevan), is an Armenian artist. Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia, member of the International Artists’ Association of UNESCO, president of the "Center of Armenian Artists", honorary president of the "Foundation for the Armenian Fine Arts", full member (academician) of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (Hanover, Germany).
Biography
Khachik Abrahamyan was e Academy of Fine Arts]]. During his student years and since the eighties, the artist took part and contributed to numerous national and international exhibitions, symposiums, biennales and art fairs. Khachik Abrahamyan founded the "Center of Young Armenian Artists" with the aim to initiate and to bring to life innovative art projects on international level.
As center’s president and mentor Khachik Abrahamyan leads its activities over many years launching many original avant-garde events and artistic projects in Armenia and abroad. Khachik Abrahamyan is member of the Artists’ Union of Armenia (since 1992), of the Artists’ Union of the Russian Federation (since 1994) and of Moscow Artists Union (since 2011). In 1995, the artist having gained a high professional reputation became a member of the International Artists’ Association of UNESCO (Paris, France). In 2016, Khachik Abrahamyan is elected full member of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (Hanover, Germany). Equally interested in creating abstract and figurative compositions, the painter aims to convey, through inventive formal and coloristic explorations, his unique artistic vision rich in emotional, sensitive and retrospective tonalities. The works of Khachik Abrahamyan are included in prestigious art collections of state museums and private galleries worldwide.
Awards
Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture, 2010
Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia, 2015
Solo exhibitions
1989 - Embassy of Armenia in Russia (Moscow)
1990 - Gallery "Glasnost" (Oslo, Norway)
1991 - Center of Art (Vienna, Austria)
1993 - Gallery «Rafayelevskaya» (Moscow, Russia)
1993 - Russian cultural center (Berlin, Germany)
1995 - Exhibition Hall "Serpukhov" at Troitsky Monastery (Serpukhov, Russia).
1996 - State Museum of Fine Arts (Kazan, Russia)
2006 - Art gallery (Sochi, Russia)
2008 - Gallery «Pilade Persone» (Tallinn, Estonia)
2009 - Gallery "Coliseum" (Moscow, Russia)
2010 - Artists’ Union of Armenia (Yerevan, Armenia)
2010 - Exhibition hall "Sant’Andrea-di-Conca" (Avellino, Italy)
2011 - Museum of Fine Arts (Castelfrancho, Avellino, Italy)
2015 - AGBU Centre of Pasadena (California, USA)
2015 - Armenian Museum of Fresno (California, USA)
International exhibitions
2010 - Art Forum "ARMENI", Museum Castel-de-Ovo (Naples, Italy).
2011 - Exhibition "ARMENI E IRPINI" (Avellino, Italy)
2012 - Exhibition of Armenian Artists (Scafati, Italy)
2012 - Exhibition of Armenian artist (Florence, Italy)
2013 - Exhibition at Villa Raffaella (Santa Caesarea Terme, Italy)
Group exhibitions
1984 - Artists’ Union of Russia (Moscow, Russia)
1985 - Architects’ Union of Armenia (Yerevan, Armenia)
1985 - Central House of Artists (Moscow, Russia)
1986 - Academy of Arts after Ilya Repin, (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)
1987 - Municipal gallery (Beirut, Lebanon)
1987 - Municipal gallery (Damask, Syria)
1987 - Cultural center (Stockholm, Sweden)
1988 - Artists’ Union of Armenia (Yerevan, Armenia)
1989 - Artists’ Union (Tallinn, Estonia)
1990 - Exhibitions in Frankfurt am Main and in Cologne (Germany)
1991 - Central House of Artists (Moscow, Russia)
1991 - Gallery “Arshil Gorky” (Toronto, Canada)
1992 - Cultural Center (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
1992 - Municipal gallery (Ezii, Italy)
1992 - Municipal gallery (Ancona, Italy)
1992 - Municipal gallery (Spoleto, Italy)
1993 - Central House of Artists (Moscow, Russia)
1993 - Cultural Center (Tokyo, Japan)
1993 - Gallery “Ta-Is”, (Moscow, Russia)
1993 - Municipal gallery (Stade, Germany)
1993 - Exhibition at UNESCO office (Paris, France)
1993 - Gallery “Bilderwelt” (Berlin, Germany)
1994 - Gallery - 34 (Washington, USA)
1994 - Gallery “Mr. Marshel “(Richmond, USA)
1994 - Gallery Soronolyan (Hollywood, USA)
1994 - Municipal gallery (Castelbellino, Italy)
1994 - Museum of Modern Art (Yerevan, Armenia)
1995 - Central House of Artists (Moscow, Russia)
1995 - City gallery (Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia)
1996 - State Museum of Fine Arts (Ijevsk, Russia)
1997 - Cultural Centre (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
1997 - City gallery (Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia)
1998 - Central House of Artists (Moscow, Russia)
1998 - National Gallery of Armenia (Yerevan, Armenia)
1999 - Central House of Artists (Moscow, Russia)
2000 - Gallery “Claudine Hall” (Zürich, Switzerland)
2000 - Artists’ Union of Russia (Moscow, Russia)
2001 - Gallery of the “Chappelle Saint-Sulpiсe” (Istres, France)
2001 - Cultural Center “MAJC” (Marseille, France)
2001 - Artists’ Union of Russia (Moscow, Russia)
2002 - Municipal Museum (Basel, Switzerland)
2002 - Gallery of the “Chappelle Saint-Sulpiсe” (Istres, France)
2002 - Armenian Embassy (Moscow, Russia)
2002 - Gallery “INDIGO” (Martigues, France)
2002 - Gallery Dar (Zürich, Switzerland)
2003 - Gallery “Arshil Gorky” (Toronto, Canada)
2004 - Architects’ Union (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
2004 - “Gevorgyan” Gallery (Yerevan, Armenia)
2005 - Museum of Modern Art (Kazan, Russia)
2005 - International Exhibition in Tokyo (Japan)
2006 - Central House of Artists (Moscow, Russia)
2006 - National Cultural Centre of Kuwait (Hall Abdul-Al-Salam, Al-Kuwait)
2006 - Exhibition Hall “ИВЭСЕП » (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
2007 - AGBU Center of Pasadena (California, USA)
2007 - Cultural Center of Armenian Embassy (Damask, Syria)
2007 - Cultural Center of Armenian Embassy (Aleppo, Syria)
2007 - Museum of Modern Art (Rostov-on-Don, Russia)
2008 - Cultural Centre of Russian Embassy (Cairo, Egypt)
2008 - Cultural Centre of Russian Embassy (Alexandria, Egypt)
2008 - City gallery (Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia)
2008 - Gallery “Inter Art” (New-York, USA)
2009 - Cultural Center « Ex-Carcere Borbonico » (Avellino, Italy)
2009 - Exhibition «Che Follia», church of San Gregorio Armeno (Naples, Italy)
2009 - Exhibition at the castle of Montemiletto (Italy)
2010 - Museum Gente senza Storia (Altavilla Irpina, Italy)
2010 - Exhibition at the castle of Montemiletto (Italy)
2010 - Cultural Center “Ex-Carcere Borbonico” (Avellino, Italy)
2010 - Exhibition “Fire Nights”, Episcopal Seminary (Nusko, Italy)
2010 - “X’Show” (Moscow, Russia)
2011 - Eparchial Museum of Caserta (Caserta, Italy)
2011 - X’Show (Moscow, Russia)
2011 - Armenian Pontifical College (Rome, Italy)
2014 - National Museum of Turkmenistan (Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan)
2014 - “30 years later”, exhibition at Artists’ Union of Armenia (Yerevan, Armenia)
2014 - Gallery “Meridian Center” (Yerevan, Armenia)
2016 - Museum Michael Savitskiy (Minsk, Belarus)
2016 - Exhibition at the Russian-Armenian cultural center « Vernatun » (St. Petersburg, Russia)
2016 - Exhibition at the municipal Cultural Center of Lloret del Mar (region of Gerona, Spain)
2016 - Par le Centre International des Artistes Armneies (Lion, France)
2017 - Museum Stepanakert (Stepanakert, Artsakh)
2017 - Eduard Isabekyan Gallery (Erevan, Armenia)
Gallery
See also
List of Armenian artists
List of Armenians
Culture of Armenia
References
1960 births
Armenian painters
Living people
Artists from Yerevan