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| First Name | Gagik |
| Last Name | Manoukian |
| Born | 1952-04-20 |
| Country | Armenia |
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Gagik Manoukian was born on April 20, 1952 in Yerevan, Armenia. In 1976 he finished his studies at the Terlemezyan Art Institute. Since 1982, a member of the Association of Artists of Armenia.
The art of the painter Gagik Manoukian originates from the roots of Armenian art and culture, but his independent creative activities also reflects best traditions of Armenian avant-garde, especially Martiros Sarjans dramatic sense form and colors. Manoukian adopted with virtuosity the experience of modern art, including cubism, expressionism, and consepts of world abstract art.
Manoukians work shows a range various styles. Since the beginning of his career, he has been inspired by female beauty, depicting intimate compositions of female psychology in rich colors.
In his figurative and still-life themes, landscapes and lyrical abstract compositions, their colors being full of sun and most of all he likes to analyze light in a colored material. His style is unique for its fluent transitions color tones with inner contrasts, thus forming dynamic composition of painting. Manoukian likes unrestrained painting in bright colors, often making experiments.
His work is deep-felt, and magically expresses the complicated universe of human psychology and meditation in the modern age.
Manoukain has been cooperating with the MIRO Gallery in Berlin and Prague. Manoukians works can be found in numerous public and private collections in various countries.
Collective exhibitions:
1977 to 2007 in many sites: Boston, New York, Las Vegas, Glendale, Buenos Aires, Moscow, Paris, Lyon, Marseilles, Vienna, Berlin, and Prague
2000 Valencia Art gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Cultural Encounters from West to East an exhibition travelling through the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Germany from October 2001 to March 2002:
2001, October BASF House, and MIRO Gallery, Prague
2002, January MIRO Galleries in Bratislava and in Snina, Slovakia
2002 March Historiches Rathaus, Deidesheim, Germany
Personal exhibitions:
1980 The Palace of Youth, Yerevan, Armenia
1986 The House of Journalists, Yerevan, Armenia
1990 Galeria Mundial, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1991 The third Eye Gallery, Boston, USA
1994 MIRO Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1995 MIRO Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1998 MIRO Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
1998 MIRO Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
1999 Moscow Art |Gallery, Russia
2000 MIRO Gallery, Snina, Slovakia
2002 The Gallery of Yerevan, Armenia
2002 Museum of Croatian archaelogical memories Split, Croatia
2003 Personal exhibition in Berlin, Germany
2004 Personal exhibition in Prague, Czech Republic
2006 Personal exhibition in Oslo, Norway
Prizes:
1996 The Masaryk Academy of Arts in Prague
1999 The Franz Kafka European Artists Circle Diploma
2000 The Salvador Dalí Art Award |
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