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.
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