Narine Isajanyan was born in Armenia and began drawing and painting at the age of five. During her childhood she received training in music and dance as well as developed her love for visual arts by visiting many museums and galleries throughout Armenia and Russia. After receiving her BA in Architecture from Alexander Tamanyan College of Architecture in Armenia, Narine moved to Russia to study at the Moscow Institute of Architecture.
During her college years Narine had a privilege to study drawing, paining, composition and philosophy with two of the most respected art teachers, Samvel Bagdasaryan and Manvel Bagdasaryan. Narine received her MFA from Yerevan University of Art and Theater in Armenia in 1995. She first started exhibiting her art in 1990 in Armenia and later participated in numerous shows in Moscow, Beirut, Abu Dhabi, Croatia and Belgium.
Narine came to the United States to participate in an art exhibition in 1998 and has been living, working and exhibiting her artwork at many respected galleries and museums in United States.
Inspired by the impressionist painter Monet, Narine’s work is expressionist, minimalist and conceptual by turns. Whether on canvas, paper, board, wood or actually made of metal, her pieces become abstract landscapes that are as fluid within as they are consistent and organic as a whole.
Narine gets her inspiration from music, nature and the earth. She enjoys working with organic and earthy materials to enforce the importance of letting it just be without adding any colors or effects onto it.
Let’s not change the world, let it just be (c) Narine Isajanian
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EDUCATION:
1990-1995 MFA- Yerevan University of Art and Theater, Yerevan, Armenia
1984-1987 BA in Architecture, Alexander Tamanyan College of Architecture, Yerevan, Armenia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2014 Performance: “Caution”, Trafalgar Square, in front of The National Gallery, London, Great Britain
2014 Performance: “Your Soul, my Art”, Place Georges Pompidou, in front of Center Pompidou, Paris, France
2012 Narine Isajanyan: Solo Show, Modern Art Museum of Armenia , Yerevan, Armenia
2010 Narine Isajanyan: Solo Show, Modern Art Museum of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2008 Narine Isajanyan: Solo Show, Modern Art Museum of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2006 Solo Show: Narine Isajanyan, Akanat Art Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
2002 One Person Show, Enisen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2015 LA Art Show, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2013 “Seen and Unseen”, 125 East 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA
2012 “Abstractionists”, Modern Art Museum of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2010 Armenian Abstract Artists, Modern Art Museum of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2010 Holiday Art Exhibition, ASTO Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2009 “Open Call LA”, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 “Man’s Inhumanity to Man: Journey Out of Darkness”, Brand Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
2009 Holiday Showcase Exhibition, H. Kazan Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2007 16th Lantern of the East Art Festival, Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia
2007 “Open Call LA”, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 15th Lantern of the East Art Festival, Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 “Arvest 2006”, Los Angeles Union Station, Los Angeles, CA
2006 “ ‘Bunker’ +”, Don O’Melveny Gallery, W. Hollywood, CA
2005 “Broken Eggs”, The USC IGM Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 “Brush Strokes of Armenian Artists”, UCLA Kirkchoff Hall Gallery, Westwood, CA
2005 “Art for Oshagan”, Harvest Gallery, Glendale, CA
2004 “Earth Tones”, Don O’Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2004 “Unity and Diversity”, Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
2004 “The Way to Neoabstract Art”, “A” Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2003 Annual Festival of Russian Culture & Arts, West Hollywood City Hall, CA
2003 “Art is Homeless :The ‘Bunker’ Art”, Enisen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 “From Ararat to America”, Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, CA
2002 “The ‘Bunker’ Art Group”, UCLA Kerckhoff Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 “Art ‘Bunker’ in Moscow”, Central Artists House, Moscow, Russia
2000 “Narine and ‘Bunker’ “, 3rd Millennium Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1998 Armenian Women Exhibition, Armenian Center, Glendale, CA
1997 Graphics Exhibition, Mkrtchyan Gallery, Belgium
1997 “Individuality and Unity”, Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia
1997 “Small Plastics”, Ceramics Triennial, Zagreb, Croatia
1996 Ceramics Exhibition of Young Artists, University of Architecture, Moscow, Russia
1995 Armenian Modern Ceramics, Central Artists House, Moscow, Russia
1994 Graphics Exhibition, Theater Studio, Moscow, Russia
1994 Krunk Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
1992 Exhibition of Young Artists, House of Artists, Yerevan, Armenia
1991 Ceramics Exhibition, INTL ART Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
1990 Exhibition of Young Artists, House of Artists, Yerevan, Armenia
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:
City Of Los Angeles Award from President of L.A. City Council, Eric Garcetti February 2008
California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition from Mike Gatto, Assemblyman 43 district. 5/11/12
City of Los Angeles Bunker Group Award 07/14/05
The Expression of the Power of the Universe Special Award from Lark Gallery Online 06/29/2013
Extra Effort Award from USC IGM Art Gallery, The ARTery and the Salute America Campaign for Art Exhibition 07/14/05
Narine Isajanyan’s art works are in numerous public and private collections in Armenia, Germany, Lebanon, Switzerland, Canada, Russia, USA & France.