Ashot Baghdasaryan
Born in 1957 Yerevan, Armenia
Education
He graduated from the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad, USSR (now St.Petersburg, Russia), in 1981.
The walking Bird
18x8x16 bronze
The Sitting Balerine
23x18x18 bronze
Sokrates
33x13x15 bronze
The entrance into the
year of rat
21x15x11 bronze/marble
Professional Experience
A member of the Artists Union of the USSR from 1983, he was Professor of Sculpture at the Armenian Academy of Fine Arts, from 1985 to 1994. He has been a member of the International Association of Artists since 1995.
One-Man Shows
1991 – Centre Kulturinnov – Budapest, Hungary
1993 – Galerie Les Cents – Paris, France
1993 – UGAB Hal - Marseille, France
1993 – Galerie du Temple – Paris, France
1994 – Russian Cultural Center – Budapest, Hungary
1996 – Armenian Embassy – Paris, France
2000 – Gallery “ Studio-13” – Pasadena, California, USA
2000 – Cite Internationale des Arts – Paris, France
2005
- Hungary
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2006
- Hungary-Budapest
Group Exhibitions
1978 – Young Artists of Leningrad – Leningrad, USSR
1981 – Young Artists of the USSR, Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow
1984 – The Art of Armenia – Stockholm
1984 – Sculpture ’84 – Moscow
1985 – Crossroads of History – Yerevan
1985 – Days of Armenian Culture in Hungary – Budapest
1986 – International Portrait Exhibition – Moscow/Prague
1989 – Seven Armenian Artists in Georgia – Tbilisi
1992 - 1996/1998 – X, XII, XIII International Biennale, dedicated to Dante’s “ Divine Comedy” – Ravenna, Italy
1993 – II International Congress of “ Ararat” Academy- Paris
1994 – Dante Biennale Winners Exhibition – Yerevan
1996 – Armenian Sculpture and Graphics – Urania, Berlin
1997 - 1999/2001 – “ Kultusymposion – M” (bronze sculpture)- Iserlohn, Germany
1998 – Exhibition of Works by Armenian Artists Galeria Caribe, Sao-Paolo
2001 – Armenia – 1700 Years of Christianity – Yerevan
2001 – Dante in Armenia – Yeravan – Ravenna
2001 – Armenian Artists in Samara – Samara, Russia
2002 – International Artistic Salon in Moscow, Russia
2002 – Mountain Ararat in Armenian Art – Yerevan
2004
- Exhibiting in “Gevorgyan Gallery”,
2006
- 24th International Simposion of bronze sculpture - Iserlohn
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Prizes
1992 – Gold Medal
X International Biennale dedicated to Dante’s “ Divine Comedy” – Ravenna, Italy
1996 – Medal of Pope John Paul II
XII International Biennale dedicated to Dante’s “ Divine Comedy” – Ravenna, Italy
1998 – Collective prize to sculptors from Armenia “ For the Best Participation”
XIII International Biennale dedicated to Dante’s “ Divine Comedy” – Ravenna, Italy
2001 – Medal “ For the Best Sculpture” award of the Union of Artists of Armenia