Vahagn Hamalbashyan

Vahagn Hamalbashyan pursued his education in the arts, graduating from the National Center of Aesthetics, Fine Arts, and Decorative Art Studio-College in Yerevan, Armenia, from 1991 to 1999. Following this, he continued his studies at the Armenian State Academy of Fine Arts in Yerevan, Armenia, from 1999 to 2005. Vahagn Hamalbashyan is an established artist of the new generation who diligently pursues research on social transformations, faithfully leaving the results of his inquiries through his own iconography. His large- scale canvases are shaped by the sometimes unrestrained combination of color and image, narrating the story of our civilization amid political, sexual, and endless information flows. 2014 Personal Exhibition “Article” – Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia 2012 Personal Exhibition – Corridor Gallery, School of Design, Leeds, United Kingdom 2010 Personal Exhibition – Bureaucrat Art Center, Yerevan, Armenia 2009 Personal Exhibition “No Comment” – Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia 2015 “Will to Life” – Style gallery, Gyumri, Armenia 2015 “Never Again” – 19th annual festival of alternative art, ACCEA, Yerevan, Armenia 2014 Living for Art – Gallery 25, Gyumri, Armenia 2014 In order to live – Dalan Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia 2014 Step between transforming and forming – Artists Union, Yerevan, Armenia 2012 “9 Artist +20 Years” Group Exhibition – Center for Contemporary and Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia 2012 “Taking Time” Exhibition – Gallery “Akademija” of Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania 2012 5th Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition “Artisterium” – Tbilisi, Georgia 2012 8th International Biennale – Gyumri, Armenia 2011 4th Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition “Artisterium” – Tbilisi, Georgia 2010 “The Body” Exhibition – “Artists’ Union of Armenia” gallery, Yerevan, Armenia 2010 “Optimizm” Exhibition – “Artists’ Union of Armenia” gallery, Yerevan, Armenia 2009 “Art Territory” Project – Creative Workshops for Artists in residency, Vilnius, Lithuania 2008 Exhibition – “Artists’ Union of Armenia” Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia 2008 Exhibition – Armenian Center for Contemporary and Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia 2004 4th International Biennale – Gyumri, Armenia 2002 3th International Biennale – Gyumri, Armenia 2000 2nd International Biennale – Gyumri, Armenia 2000 “Stand up, speak out” book illustrating – Peace Child International Company, England, United Kingdom 1998 Group Exhibition of State Academy of Fine Arts students – Museum of Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenia