ARTOUR OSHAKANTSI
b. 5 October 1953 in Oshakan *, Armenia
* Oshakan is a pre-historical site of human habitation in the mountains of Caucasus. It is where St. Mesrop Mashtots is buried. Mashtots, in the Fourth century AD created the Armenian Alphabet which being perfect to the Armenian langauge is still used today intact, as Mashtots had created. As on Mashtots, so upon Artour Oshakantsi, the landscape of Armenia and Nature's Forms of fructification are main influences on their creative imagination. First Exhibited at the age of Thirteen, long before pursuing a formal academic training; |
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| 1966 - | Yerevan, capital of Armenia (Solo Exhibition) | ||||||||||||
| 1968 - | Bologna, Italy (Group Exhibition) | ||||||||||||
| 1969 - | Yerevan (Solo) | ||||||||||||
| 1972
- 1976 - |
Graduated from the Art Department of the Yerevan Pedagogical University | ||||||||||||
| 1974 - | Yerevan (Solo) | ||||||||||||
| 1976 - | Various exhibitions in the Soviet Union and Abroad | ||||||||||||
| 1978 - | Yerevan (Group Exhibition) | ||||||||||||
| 1980 - | Member of the Youth section of the USSR Artists' Union | ||||||||||||
| 1985 - | Group Exhibition in Moscow, USSR | ||||||||||||
| 1987 - | (a) Shtokert Collection, Munich, Germany | ||||||||||||
| (b) Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan Armenia. <<April 16>> | |||||||||||||
| 1988 - | Full Member of the USSR Artists' Union | ||||||||||||
| 1989 - |
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| 1990 - |
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| 1991 - |
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| 1992 - | Invited to London by
Cottenham Gallery
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| 1993 - | The Alberti Gallery, East European Art, Cork Street | ||||||||||||
| 1994 - |
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| 1995 - | Exoticus Gallery, Knightsbridge, London | ||||||||||||
| 1996 - | The Hill Gallery, Highgate, London (Solo) | ||||||||||||
| 1997 - | Contemporary Art Fair, Chelsea, London | ||||||||||||
| 1998 - | Contemporary Art Fair, London | ||||||||||||
| 1999 - | St. Raphael Gallery, Piccadilly, London (Solo) | ||||||||||||
| 2000 - | (a) Workhouse Gallery,
Chelsea, London (b) Gallery Art @ Windsor Royal Station, Windsor UK (c) The Grove-Gallery, Ealing, London (Solo) |
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| 2001 - | (a) St. Raphael Gallery, Piccadilly, London (b) The Grove-Gallery, Ealing, London (Solo) (c) ArtLondon.com Gallery (d) Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan Armenia. (Solo) (e) First floor art gallery, Yerevan, Armenia (f) Piere Schwarzenbach gallery, Canne, France (g) Pitshanger Gallery, Ealing, London |
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| 2002 | Represented the Armenian Art Magazine in UK. | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Acknowledged as
the Founder of Abstract Naturalism in the History of Art
by the Metropolitan Museum of
Art. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/11/waa/ht11waa.htm |
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| 2003 - 04 | Gallery Akanat, Yerevan, Armenia. | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | Earth Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus | ||||||||||||
| 2004 - 05 | The Grove-Gallery, Ealing, London (Solo). | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | AOCC Yerevan, Armenia (Solo). | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Outer Temple Chambers, Strand, London (Solo). | ||||||||||||
| 2004 - 2005 | Winner of the first prize for the best exhibition of the Grove Gallery, London. | ||||||||||||
| From 2005 - present | Artist in residence of the Art Therapy department of NHS, London | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | ARK Space London (Solo) | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | Akademia Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia (Solo) | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Municipality of Yerevan, Personal Exhibition, September-October | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Armenian Biographical Encyclopedia, Who is Who | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Member of the International Art Association of UNESCO | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 75th Anniversary of the Union of Armenian Artists, Yerevan | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | One Nation, One Culture. Armenian Art, Yerevan | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | In memory of Arshile Gorky, Minas Museum, Jajur, Armenia | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | State Museum of Art and Literature, Yerevan, Armenia | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Gallery One, Yerevan, Armenia | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Elite Life Fair, Yerevan, Armenia | ||||||||||||
| Artour Oshakantsi 's website : | |||||||||||||
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oshakantsi.com ArtLondon.com metmuseum.org ArmenianAbstractArtists.com |
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| Artour Oshakantsis Works are in: | |||||||||||||
| The Armenian Cultural
Center, Yerevan, Armenia The Armenian Fine Arts Center, Yerevan Modern Art Museum of Yerevan Museum of History, City of Yerevan Gallery of Stepanakert, Gharabagh, Armenia Oshakan Cultural Hall, Armenia Mesrop Mashtots School of Oshakan Childrens Centre of Art Education, Abovian, SOS munkakan gyugh, Armenia Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians, Ejmiatsin, Armenia Charles Aznavour Private Collection, Paris, France SOS Armenia Art Centre, Geneva, Switzerland Museum Niepodlegloshi, Gallery Kontakt, Warsaw, Poland, Hotel Marriot, Warsaw Alec Manookian Art Museum, Detroit Belgian Art Centre, Detroit Arlington Church, Washington DC School of Art, Ann Arbour, Michigan Gallery Minnotower Karamanukian, Ann Arbour, Michigan Los Angeles Art Association The Alberti Gallery, London Anahit Association, London Russian Art Gallery, London St.Raphael Gallery, London ArtLondon.com Gallery, London First floor art gallery, Yerevan, Armenia Piere Schwarzenbach gallery, Canne, France Galery Akanat, Yerevan, Armenia. Armenian Art, Yerevan, Armenia. Akademia Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia. National Health Trust, London, UK State Museum of Art and Literature, Yerevan, Armenia Shtokert Collection, Munich, Germany |
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| Gallery Express Avantgarde, Moscow/ Vienna/ New York | |||||||||||||
| Private Collections in: | |||||||||||||
| Africa, Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA, Former USSR and Armenia. | |||||||||||||
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