2015 shows
The Grand Show
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This month, exclusive artworks at reduced prices in multiple media will be on display at Studio Z. Studio Z's high ceilings and open gallery space leads itself to magnificently display such large-scale works of art. The title of the exhibition, "The Grand Show", simply relays the message that artwork presented will be grand in both scale and impressiveness, but not in price. The purpose of this exhibit is to offer art at modified prices with the intention to build new audiences and collectors for all represented artists.
This is how this show works: If a piece of art is normally priced at $2,400, we will print the $2,400 label, but the price will be reduced and the piece will be hung on the $2,000 wall to show our collectors -that it is on sale for $2,000 for one month only. There will be four designated walls - One wall of original art work priced at less than $1,000, and the other three walls priced at $1,000, $2,000, and $3,000. Participating artists include artists from the stable of Gallery Z, as well as hand-selected original art works from Gallery Z Director Berge Zobian's personal collection. Collectable art works include work from the turn of the century. There will also be an art auction happening during this exhibit. |
ART AUCTION
Twenty works, all of which are appropriately framed, have been selected for Studio Z's first Art Auction which will take place in the exhibition room during the "Grand Show" from February 5 until February 28, 2015. This is a two part Art Auction, consisting of a Silent Auction (2/5 - 2/28, 3:00) that will be continued immediately into the Live Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM). February 28 is the last day of the "Grand Show" exhibit, and we will host an event from 2:00-4:00 on this day to allow for a "final hour" of the Silent Auction that will directly precede the Live Auction. The highest bid at the end of the Silent Auction will be the opening bid in the Live Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM, reception 2:00 - 4:00). For both the Silent Auction and the Live Auction, the Minimum Bid Increment is $50.00. For example, if the person prior to you has bid $1,500.00, you must bid a minimum of $1,550. The final sale of each piece in the Art Auction will not occur until the Live Auction has been completed. All Silent Auction participants, both in studio and absent, are encouraged to attend the Live Auction Event in order to defend the works of your interest.
SILENT AUCTION
Each piece up for auction has a corresponding bidding sheet attached to a clipboard located below the work. The Bidding Sheet identifies the artwork's information, the Original Price, Reserve Price, and Minimum Bid Increment. When placing your Silent Auction bid please notify the Gallery Attendant so we may collect your contact information before placing either your name or initials along with your bid price on the appropriate bidding sheet. The highest bid for each work at the end of the Silent Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM) will be continued into the Live Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM) as the opening bid price. If you have participated in the Silent Auction we strongly recommend attending the Live Auction in order to defend any works you have already bid on.
LIVE AUCTION
The highest Silent Auction bid will serve as the preliminary bid price for each work at the Live Auction. Again, there will be a $50 Minimum Bid Increment for each work of art in each portion of the Art Auction, and bidding will cease with the highest paying participant at the Live Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM). So, for example, should the highest Silent Auction be $2,500.00, the first Live Auction bid would be $2,550. If you have participated in the Silent Auction we strongly recommend attending the Live Auction in order to defend any works you have already bid on. All items purchased in the Art Auction will be finalized at the end of the Live Auction on February 28. At this time any work purchased in the Art Auction or the "Grand Show" will be able to be taken from the exhibit at 4:00 PM when the Live Auction portion of the Art Auction has come to an end.
ABSENT PARTICIPATION
Each work in the Art Auction has been posted to our website, www.galleryzprov.com, listed in The Art Auction Item Guide which identifies the artwork's information, the Original Price, and Reserve Price. This list is available via email upon request. Each work in the Art Auction has a $50.00 Minimum Bid Increment in all bidding formats (silent, out of state, and live). If you are unable to attend the "Grand Show" during the month of February or the opening reception on Thursday February 19, 2015 from 5:00 - 9:00, there is still an opportunity for you to place a Silent Auction Bid. To place an absent bid, please reference the Art Auction Item Guide on our website and when you have chosen the works you would like to bid on please contact Olivia at Studio Z with the Artist and Title of the works as well as your bidding price. When the Live Auction approaches, all Art Auction participants will be notified of the bidding status of the various works via email. Absent participants will have the opportunity to place a final, challenging bid on the works in order to defend them from other Live Auction participants should the out of state bidder be unable to attend the Live Auction event. The 2015 Art Auction Grand Show highest bid for each work at the end of the Silent Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM) will be continued into the Live Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM) as the opening bid price. If you have participated in the Silent Auction we strongly recommend attending the Live Auction in order to defend any works you have already bid on. Please contact us via telephone (1-401-751-1970) or via email (studiozprov@gmail.com).
Phone (1-401-751-1970): To place the most accurate bid during the Silent Auction it is recommended that out of state participants phone Studio Z during our business hours, Thursday - Saturday 12:00 - 6:00 EST. We can inform you of the current highest bid and quickly place your's.
Email ( StudioZProv@gmail.com): You may submit your bid at anytime via email to StudioZProv@gmail.com, however please be aware that while we frequently check our Studio Z email during our business hours (Thursday-Saturday, 12:00-6:00), absent bidding is a first come first serve basis. We will send a confirmation email if your emailed bid is successful or if your bid price must be raised to challenge the previous bid. We will also inform all absent participants of any bid increases on the particular works of your interest as they occur via email.
Please remember all bids are first-come first-serve: Every Thursday upon opening, all emails and phone messages from the prior week will be noted chronologically, and absent and on location Silent Auction bids will be updated as they are received. All bids placed from Sunday until the following Thursday will again be reviewed chronologically upon opening the following Thursday, and the cycle will continue until February 28 when the "Grand Show" Art Auction comes to a close.
Twenty works, all of which are appropriately framed, have been selected for Studio Z's first Art Auction which will take place in the exhibition room during the "Grand Show" from February 5 until February 28, 2015. This is a two part Art Auction, consisting of a Silent Auction (2/5 - 2/28, 3:00) that will be continued immediately into the Live Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM). February 28 is the last day of the "Grand Show" exhibit, and we will host an event from 2:00-4:00 on this day to allow for a "final hour" of the Silent Auction that will directly precede the Live Auction. The highest bid at the end of the Silent Auction will be the opening bid in the Live Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM, reception 2:00 - 4:00). For both the Silent Auction and the Live Auction, the Minimum Bid Increment is $50.00. For example, if the person prior to you has bid $1,500.00, you must bid a minimum of $1,550. The final sale of each piece in the Art Auction will not occur until the Live Auction has been completed. All Silent Auction participants, both in studio and absent, are encouraged to attend the Live Auction Event in order to defend the works of your interest.
SILENT AUCTION
Each piece up for auction has a corresponding bidding sheet attached to a clipboard located below the work. The Bidding Sheet identifies the artwork's information, the Original Price, Reserve Price, and Minimum Bid Increment. When placing your Silent Auction bid please notify the Gallery Attendant so we may collect your contact information before placing either your name or initials along with your bid price on the appropriate bidding sheet. The highest bid for each work at the end of the Silent Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM) will be continued into the Live Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM) as the opening bid price. If you have participated in the Silent Auction we strongly recommend attending the Live Auction in order to defend any works you have already bid on.
LIVE AUCTION
The highest Silent Auction bid will serve as the preliminary bid price for each work at the Live Auction. Again, there will be a $50 Minimum Bid Increment for each work of art in each portion of the Art Auction, and bidding will cease with the highest paying participant at the Live Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM). So, for example, should the highest Silent Auction be $2,500.00, the first Live Auction bid would be $2,550. If you have participated in the Silent Auction we strongly recommend attending the Live Auction in order to defend any works you have already bid on. All items purchased in the Art Auction will be finalized at the end of the Live Auction on February 28. At this time any work purchased in the Art Auction or the "Grand Show" will be able to be taken from the exhibit at 4:00 PM when the Live Auction portion of the Art Auction has come to an end.
ABSENT PARTICIPATION
Each work in the Art Auction has been posted to our website, www.galleryzprov.com, listed in The Art Auction Item Guide which identifies the artwork's information, the Original Price, and Reserve Price. This list is available via email upon request. Each work in the Art Auction has a $50.00 Minimum Bid Increment in all bidding formats (silent, out of state, and live). If you are unable to attend the "Grand Show" during the month of February or the opening reception on Thursday February 19, 2015 from 5:00 - 9:00, there is still an opportunity for you to place a Silent Auction Bid. To place an absent bid, please reference the Art Auction Item Guide on our website and when you have chosen the works you would like to bid on please contact Olivia at Studio Z with the Artist and Title of the works as well as your bidding price. When the Live Auction approaches, all Art Auction participants will be notified of the bidding status of the various works via email. Absent participants will have the opportunity to place a final, challenging bid on the works in order to defend them from other Live Auction participants should the out of state bidder be unable to attend the Live Auction event. The 2015 Art Auction Grand Show highest bid for each work at the end of the Silent Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM) will be continued into the Live Auction (2/28, 3:00 PM) as the opening bid price. If you have participated in the Silent Auction we strongly recommend attending the Live Auction in order to defend any works you have already bid on. Please contact us via telephone (1-401-751-1970) or via email (studiozprov@gmail.com).
Phone (1-401-751-1970): To place the most accurate bid during the Silent Auction it is recommended that out of state participants phone Studio Z during our business hours, Thursday - Saturday 12:00 - 6:00 EST. We can inform you of the current highest bid and quickly place your's.
Email ( StudioZProv@gmail.com): You may submit your bid at anytime via email to StudioZProv@gmail.com, however please be aware that while we frequently check our Studio Z email during our business hours (Thursday-Saturday, 12:00-6:00), absent bidding is a first come first serve basis. We will send a confirmation email if your emailed bid is successful or if your bid price must be raised to challenge the previous bid. We will also inform all absent participants of any bid increases on the particular works of your interest as they occur via email.
Please remember all bids are first-come first-serve: Every Thursday upon opening, all emails and phone messages from the prior week will be noted chronologically, and absent and on location Silent Auction bids will be updated as they are received. All bids placed from Sunday until the following Thursday will again be reviewed chronologically upon opening the following Thursday, and the cycle will continue until February 28 when the "Grand Show" Art Auction comes to a close.
Artistic Intersections
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Studio Z is proud to be one of the first of only a small limited number of exhibit spaces selected to host a display of fine ceramics in conjunction with the NCECA Annual Conference, which has chosen to convene in Providence this year at the RI Convention Center from March 25th - 28th. About 4,000 - 6,000 collectors, teachers and students are expected to attend the convention.
This exhibit has been curated by Paul Donnelly, assistant professor of ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute. Several ceramicists have been selected to display their works at Studio Z: Paul Donnelly, Rain Harris, Chandra DeBuse, Tommy Frank, Meredith Host and Alex Watson. Studio Z Visual Arts and Performance Space is located at the Butcher Block Mill, 25 Eagle Street, Providence, RI 02908, 401-751-1970. www.galleryzprov.com Studio Z regular hours are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 12-6, or by chance, or by appointment. For Thursday receptions we will be open until 9PM. Studio Z will also open Wed., March 25th, 2015, in conjunction with NCECA and the March ceramics exhibition. Studio/Gallery Z is a tax free Zone. |
Gabriel Capuano
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GABRIEL CAPUANO: "Original Paintings and Drawings"
Director Berge Zobian has been representing the works of Gabriel Capuano for over three years. Works in this exhibit will include circa 75 unframed small drawings in acid-free clear slips. Gabe began to realize his talent while incarcerated in maximum security. It was the mid sixties and the ACI offered classes in art and literature. As Gabe's unusual talent became obvious, the assistant warden lobbied for him to spend much of his time painting and reading in his cell even though other officials attempted to send him to a dormitory section. When Gabe was released in 1966, he became a regular exhibitor at the Tonoff Gallery among well known and respected Rhode Island artists. In 1968 he was sought out through recommendation by Wheeler School for Girls and was hired as a part time instructor on the basis of his work . He assisted in creating the Wheeler Gallery and had one of the first ( if not the first) exhibits. This highly successful show was reviewed by Bradford Swan. Gabe later taught at School One where he also had a solo exhibition.Gabriel Capuano's work has been exhibited in Rhode Island and New England area for over 25 years, as well as in collections in London, England; Los Angeles,CA; New York and Delaware. Capuano was known for his strong use of color. His mediums included oils, pastels, pens of all types, pencils, napkins, paper bags or anything handy to work with or on. In the words of the late Providence Journal critic, Bradford Swan, Gabriel Capuano's work had "this quality of something deeply felt, of absolute sincerity or real compassion...that mark's Capuano's painting." Gabriel Capuano died at the too-early age of forty-nine. |
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Ben Giguere (b. 1978) fortuitously took a temporary job in 1997 at a small-town Vermont crystal glass factory in called Simon Pearce: one of the finest crystal factories in the world. This serendipity evolved into a career of eleven years; Ben soon become full-time as he was presented with the opportunity to apprentice and learn the craft of glassblowing with master glass workers from around the world under one roof. Experimenting with color in free-form glassblowing as he developed his craft, his training with masters from Sweden, the Czech Republic, Ireland and England continues to influence his work.
In 2008, Ben moved to Providence, RI, in order to learn other glassmaking techniques. This led him to casting and molding glass into objects for Steven Weinberg, one of the American Studio Glass movement's most well known artists, an opportunity that came to influence Ben's own work. In 2011, Ben helped create GATHER GLASS in Providence, a new chapter in his fifteen-year career with this combination showcase for his own glass creations while simultaneously providing space for teaching and designing, all the while still as Studio Manager at Weinberg Glass, Pawtucket, RI, and Head Glass Designer in product development at a plant in Lebanon, NH. |
Artist Statement : "Glass allows me to explore the boundaries of structure through fluidity. As an artist, my creative process involves a synergistic dance of sorts. I constantly strive to find new ways to connect the alchemical to the material elements of glass in a design. My most inspired work, however, comes from learning to allow the glass to inform me how and what it wishes to become. This approach continues to fuel my passion and obsession with glass."
Alex Khomski, born in Moscow, studied classic drawing and painting with the most famous art professors there and was accepted into the most prestigious and highly regarded Stroganoff Institute of Fine and Applied Arts, founded by Count Stroganoff in 1825 as the first private academy of art in Russia. He worked as an Interior Designer and Mural Artist for the Russian Federation Art Fund while mastering his technique in painting. His developing contemporary art technique enabled him to also be accepted into the well known Union of Graphic Artists in Moscow (much more liberal then the official Union of Artists), which supported vanguard art and underground artists, whose work was difficult to promote in Communist Russia.
Khomski's first most prestigious exhibit, in Christian Democratic Party Headquarters in Bonn, Germany in 1988, in "Bonn -Moscow, Russian Vanguard Art", represented the vanguard of Russian artists such as Ilya Kabakov, Komar and Melamid, among others. The Exhibition took place during Russian president Michael Gorbachev's first visit to Germany and was highly regarded in the German press. Two of Alex's paintings were sold to the Swiss ambassador to Germany, who later became a Khomski collector, acquiring several pieces to add to his vast collection of vanguard Russian art.
Thus Khomski's career as an international artist ensued. The following year he had his first solo exhibition outside Russia, at the Gallery Doll in Kotzting, Germany, and became represented by the International Gallery Reich in Koln. Seeking artistic freedom, Khomski moved to the US in 1990, where his work has been shown in over fifty solo and group shows in the US, Canada and Europe, including several of Alex's paintings in San Francisco at One Bush Street Gallery's Identities Lost and Found: Russian Jewish Artists from the 1920's - 1990's, hanging amongst works by Marc Chagall, Komar and Melamid, as well as in Glasnost under Glass, a traveling exhibition sponsored by Ohio State University. In 2011, Khomski was awarded with the Ukrainian order of St. Stanislaus along with Jacky Stallone, Franc Stallone and other celebrities in Los Angeles for his involvement in art and culture. In 2013 his work was included in "The Diner is Served" in the Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia, a noteworthy exhibition that included many prominent Russian artists and sculptures from the nineteenth century to present times.
His paintings can be found in numerous museum, corporate and private collections around the world, including: The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg Russia; State Eastern Museum, Moscow Russia; Arhangelsk Museum, Arhangelsk Russia;Zimmerli Museum of Art, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Fidelity Investments Corporation Boston, MA; Mr. Holl, former Swiss Ambassador to Germany; Oleg Prokofiev, son of the famous Russian composer; John Malkovich, actor, Boston MA; Arturo Delmoni, prominent violinist and conductor for New York Ballet; Dr. Gautam Allahbadia, prominent Indian collector.
Alex Khomski resides in Arlington, MA and works at his studio at the Boston Center for the Arts.
Cindy Robinson (b. 1956) is a self taught artist who grew up in Barrington, RI, and lives in Providence where she works full time as an artist out of her studio on Harris Avenue. Cindy found herself attracted to discovering color and form in Abstract Expressionism. Often commencing with the landscape or the human form, Cindy's paintings stand out for their vibrant saturated colors and rich textures. Cindy's painting, "Lips", was featured in Crescendo, magazine of the Santa Fe Opera, representing Carmen. Juried exhibitions include Raveis Realty / East Greenwich Gallery and the Narragansett Art Festival.
Alex Khomski, born in Moscow, studied classic drawing and painting with the most famous art professors there and was accepted into the most prestigious and highly regarded Stroganoff Institute of Fine and Applied Arts, founded by Count Stroganoff in 1825 as the first private academy of art in Russia. He worked as an Interior Designer and Mural Artist for the Russian Federation Art Fund while mastering his technique in painting. His developing contemporary art technique enabled him to also be accepted into the well known Union of Graphic Artists in Moscow (much more liberal then the official Union of Artists), which supported vanguard art and underground artists, whose work was difficult to promote in Communist Russia.
Khomski's first most prestigious exhibit, in Christian Democratic Party Headquarters in Bonn, Germany in 1988, in "Bonn -Moscow, Russian Vanguard Art", represented the vanguard of Russian artists such as Ilya Kabakov, Komar and Melamid, among others. The Exhibition took place during Russian president Michael Gorbachev's first visit to Germany and was highly regarded in the German press. Two of Alex's paintings were sold to the Swiss ambassador to Germany, who later became a Khomski collector, acquiring several pieces to add to his vast collection of vanguard Russian art.
Thus Khomski's career as an international artist ensued. The following year he had his first solo exhibition outside Russia, at the Gallery Doll in Kotzting, Germany, and became represented by the International Gallery Reich in Koln. Seeking artistic freedom, Khomski moved to the US in 1990, where his work has been shown in over fifty solo and group shows in the US, Canada and Europe, including several of Alex's paintings in San Francisco at One Bush Street Gallery's Identities Lost and Found: Russian Jewish Artists from the 1920's - 1990's, hanging amongst works by Marc Chagall, Komar and Melamid, as well as in Glasnost under Glass, a traveling exhibition sponsored by Ohio State University. In 2011, Khomski was awarded with the Ukrainian order of St. Stanislaus along with Jacky Stallone, Franc Stallone and other celebrities in Los Angeles for his involvement in art and culture. In 2013 his work was included in "The Diner is Served" in the Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia, a noteworthy exhibition that included many prominent Russian artists and sculptures from the nineteenth century to present times.
His paintings can be found in numerous museum, corporate and private collections around the world, including: The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg Russia; State Eastern Museum, Moscow Russia; Arhangelsk Museum, Arhangelsk Russia;Zimmerli Museum of Art, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Fidelity Investments Corporation Boston, MA; Mr. Holl, former Swiss Ambassador to Germany; Oleg Prokofiev, son of the famous Russian composer; John Malkovich, actor, Boston MA; Arturo Delmoni, prominent violinist and conductor for New York Ballet; Dr. Gautam Allahbadia, prominent Indian collector.
Alex Khomski resides in Arlington, MA and works at his studio at the Boston Center for the Arts.
Cindy Robinson (b. 1956) is a self taught artist who grew up in Barrington, RI, and lives in Providence where she works full time as an artist out of her studio on Harris Avenue. Cindy found herself attracted to discovering color and form in Abstract Expressionism. Often commencing with the landscape or the human form, Cindy's paintings stand out for their vibrant saturated colors and rich textures. Cindy's painting, "Lips", was featured in Crescendo, magazine of the Santa Fe Opera, representing Carmen. Juried exhibitions include Raveis Realty / East Greenwich Gallery and the Narragansett Art Festival.
August 6th - 29th
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Julian Penrose (b. 1961) of Providence, RI, devises miniature worlds in the three-dimensional assemblages he creates from found and recycled objects - natural materials, small manufactured utilitarian items, printed images and other tiny treasures.
"I named the show CURB because the basis of my art is dependent on objects that I have found on the curbside. There is so much beautiful raw material that is disposed [of] or lost on the streets. With the integration of that material, I use objects given to me from friends and family that have history and are usually no longer wanted, in distress or obsolete. My objective... is that I wish to create beauty and awareness of the ordinary and everyday, by raising it to fine art. Since much of my work is a product of my architectural influence, I wanted a setting like a city; i.e., STREETSCAPE: creating city blocks with a multitude of sculptural pieces. On the surrounding walls is the URBAN RENEWAL series, which emphasis the recycling of materials to create new visions." Julian's background in art and landscape architecture, combined with his knowledge of drafting and design, enabled him to develop his engaging current 3-D style, reminiscent of Cornell's boxes and Rauschenberg's constructions. Julian studied Art at Pitzer College, Claremont, California, under the influence of collage artist Paul Darrow, and then attended Landscape Architecture school at the University of Washington, Seattle. His study of architectural form is reflected in his assemblages, as he creates 'landscapes' both in shadowboxes and freestanding art works. Through readings, Julian has been inspired by Marsden Hartley's philosophy of 'intuitive abstraction,' "where the artist allows the act of creating to drive the outcome of the piece... The subconscious mind relays meaning...The process of making art becomes a meditation of sorts" and by 'intentional randomness,' a term used to describe Joseph Cornell's assemblages, which emphasizes the process of placing items and materials intentionally, but making it seem random. |
Characterizing his work as "green" by his use of largely recycling salvaged objects and memorabilia, Julian adds cultural, social or psychological dimensions for the viewers to interpret, perhaps tinged with humor. Each stands on its own as a statue or edifice. In the fond words of the artist, "I find that the most common and usual object can be made into a thing of beauty". "I allow the art to develop its own character, embellishing it with different layers of meaning and familiarity. The works are meant to draw the viewer in and connect with a moment, feeling or place that has some meaning to them, as it does to me." Julian's work has been represented in numerous exhibitions, solo and group. His work is represented in Providence, RI, and Philadelphia, PA.
"Armenian Artists:
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"ARMENIAN ARTISTS - A RICH COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL ARMENIAN ART" ushers in Autumn at Studio Z, showcasing over 125 original works of original art in a breadth of contemporary styles and themes from our vast array of talented established Armenian artists. These nationally and internationally renowned, living and non-living artists from four corners of the world are exhibiting their original works in Providence, the capital city of Rhode Island, the smallest state in the union.
Some of the many artists on exhibit include Kevork Mourad (b.1970), three generations of Elibekian family painters, Simon Samsonian (b.1915 - d.2003), Zareh Mutafian (b.1907 - d.1980), Reuben Nakian (b.1897 - d.1986), Alexander Grigorian (b.1927 - d.2007), Hagop Hagopian (b.1923 - d.2013) and Rafael Atoyan (b.1931), Karnig Nalbandian (b.1916 - d.1989), Anoush Bargamian (b.1963), Martin Barooshian (b.1929), Seda Bekarian (b.1953), Nora Chavooshian (b.1953), Samuel Gareginyan (b.1961), Emma Gregorian (b.1943), PAKRAD (b.1939), and Levon Parian (b.1954) among numerous others. Featured artists include Simon Samsonian, b.1915-d.2003, Alexander Grigoryan, b.1927-d.2007, Zareh Mutafian, b.1907-d.1980. Simon Samsonian did not have a childhood. He lost his parents during the deportation and massacre of Armenia in 1915. He grew up in orphanages of Greece and Egypt. After many years of travel and tours of study, Samsonian acquired confidence and wielded his brush more freely. After a period of research he found his distinct style. Gradually he came to favor the school of cubism which he found more suited to his temperament and which he added an admixture of humanism and symbolism. He interprets nature in rich colors in the style of "symbolic cubism". The cultural periodical Park East, of New York, wrote "Simon Samsonian is a fine artist. His works have Cubist influence, but the paintings are his own superb creations. Using limpid color and contemporary subject matter he has painted landscapes, still life and portraits with strong purposeful technique." |
Alexander Grigoryan, (b.1927-d.2007) was a dedicated student and follower of the worldwide known artist-painter Martiros Saryan. Grigoryan received Armenian Art's highest honor. He is endowed with a real gift of portrait painter. Grigorian has a sharp eye, capability of searching for the model's outer and inner resemblance and at the same time he preserves the integrated painting quality of the canvas. Grigorian does not betray nature and meanwhile doesn't merely copy what he sees. Alexander is known for portraits of famous Armenian figures such as William Saroyan, Alex Manookian and film producer Ruben Manuelian. His work is represented in the National Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia. Grigoryan has been a Member of the Artists Union since 1959.
Zareh Mutafian (1907-1980) was an Armenian orphan of the Genocide who became a famous French painter. His whole family was massacred during the 1915 Genocide. After joining the Near East Relief, first in Samsun, then Greece, he settled in Italy in1923, where the Mekhitarist fathers enabled him to study painting at the Brera Academy. After his first exhibition in 1933, he moved to Geneva and began painting Switzerland. After marrying a French Armenian dentist in 1939 and discovering the Impressionist and Fauvist painters in the Paris museums, he altered his style upon, introducing much more the color.
As an active member of the Parisian Armenian intelligentsia, Mutafian produced numerous books and articles, focusing on art history. Marine subjects inspired by Brittany became one of his favorites. An exhibition of his paintings in 1965 commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the Genocide. After he was invited to Soviet Armenia in 1967 ,Mt. Ararat, Armenia's golden autumn and Armenia's beautiful monasteries entered his paintings. His last exhibition in France was called "The Sea" was in 1976, and in 1979, one year before his death, he organized his final exhibition, in New York, entitled "Armenia seen by Mutafian".
Zareh Mutafian's work is presented by his son Armen (Claude) Z. Mutafian, a mathematician and historian in Paris specializing in Armenian history, the author of several books on the history of Armenia and a Foreign Member of Armenian Academy of Sciences.
Zareh Mutafian (1907-1980) was an Armenian orphan of the Genocide who became a famous French painter. His whole family was massacred during the 1915 Genocide. After joining the Near East Relief, first in Samsun, then Greece, he settled in Italy in1923, where the Mekhitarist fathers enabled him to study painting at the Brera Academy. After his first exhibition in 1933, he moved to Geneva and began painting Switzerland. After marrying a French Armenian dentist in 1939 and discovering the Impressionist and Fauvist painters in the Paris museums, he altered his style upon, introducing much more the color.
As an active member of the Parisian Armenian intelligentsia, Mutafian produced numerous books and articles, focusing on art history. Marine subjects inspired by Brittany became one of his favorites. An exhibition of his paintings in 1965 commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the Genocide. After he was invited to Soviet Armenia in 1967 ,Mt. Ararat, Armenia's golden autumn and Armenia's beautiful monasteries entered his paintings. His last exhibition in France was called "The Sea" was in 1976, and in 1979, one year before his death, he organized his final exhibition, in New York, entitled "Armenia seen by Mutafian".
Zareh Mutafian's work is presented by his son Armen (Claude) Z. Mutafian, a mathematician and historian in Paris specializing in Armenian history, the author of several books on the history of Armenia and a Foreign Member of Armenian Academy of Sciences.
