Arthur Sarkissian

Arthur Sarkissian (born 11 May 1960) is an Armenian artist and painter. He is one of the top twelve artists working now in Armenia.

 Biography 
Sarkissian was born in 1960 in Gyumri, Armenia and went to the School of Fine Arts there in 1977, then the Armenian Pedagogical University (Drawing) in 1989. He now lives and works in the city of Yerevan in Armenia.

 Art 
Sarkissian creates abstract art to show and enjoy the post-soviet freedom in Armenia. In 2005 he said that his way of painting was because he wanted to free himself from "Socialist Realism"." His paintings put together oil paint, silkscreen printing, words, photographs and parts of other paintings, and other materials.

His work can be seen in the Public Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Yerevan. Many private collections of art across the world also include his paintings. (lot 32016)

Paintings and sculpture

These are some of Sarkissian's works:
 "Mind Games" (2003), oil painting on canvas, 400 x 400 cm
 "Evening in the museum" (2005), mixed media on canvas, 95 x 175 cm
 "20 Pages" (2006), oil painting on canvas, 138 x 118 cm
 "Three colour stains" (2006), mixed media on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
 "Closed Session" (2007), mixed media installation
 "Against Crizis" (2009), oil painting on canvas, 120 x 195 cm

 Exhibitions 
These exhibitions had only Sarkissian's art work in them:
2009 - "Between The Images",One Gallery, Yerevan,Armenia
2008 – Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia
2006 – First Floor Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
2003 – "MIND GAMES", First Floor Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
1998 – JNR Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
1994 – Bossen Cultural Center, Saarbrücken, Germany
Lots of other exhibitions in Europe and America have included Sarkissian's work together with other artists' work, including: 
2009 – "Transitional Hypotheses", group exhibition of Armenian-Japanese artists, ACCEA
2008 – "Undercurrent Shifts", Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art
2007 – "Armenian Contemporary Art", Paris, France
2007 – "5 Armenian Artists", Marcel, France
2007 – "Armenian Landscapes in Contemporary Art", EWZ, Zurich, Switzerland
2006 – "Art Without Borders", Havana Gallery, Oldenburg, Germany
2005 – Marie Pargas Art Gallery, Asheville, NC, USA
2005 – The Collection Of Viken Makhyan, AGBU Pasadena Center, USA
2005 – "Photo Plus", ACCEA, Yerevan, Armenia
2005 – "Armenian Contemporary Art", Harvest Gallery, Glendale, CA, USA
1999 – "Windows to Armenia" and "With Many Voices", Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Illinois, US
1997 – "Dreams & Visions", Art Benefit, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1992 – "Armenian Post-Modernism", Moscow, Russia
1992 – "Contemporary Armenian Artists", Gallery Vision, Kassel, Germany
1991 – "Contemporary Art From Armenia", The New Academy Gallery, London, UK
1991 – "New Tendencies in Art", Goyak Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
1989 – "Art of the USSR: The Past 50 Years", Madrid, Spain Catalogues

 Other websites 
 Artist's official website 
 Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (ACCEA) official website

 References 

Category:1960 births
Category:Armenian painters
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century Armenian people
Category:20th-century Armenian people