Karen
Gurgenovich Aghamyan

Born in Yerevan.

Since 1950 He attended a drawing circle at the Palace of Pioneers of Yerevan. Children's works were exhibited in many countries of the world and won prizes and diplomas (for example, the Jawaharlar Nehru Prize in 1957 at the World Exhibition in Delhi).

1964 Graduated from the Art College. F.P. Terlemezyan

1969 Graduated from Yerevan State Art and Theater Institute

Since 1970 Lecturer at the Yerevan Art and Theater Institute

1974 Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR

1980 Laureate of the Komsomol Prize of Armenia for the best work of the year

1981 - 1984 Chief artist of the Art Fund of Armenia

1982 - 1987 Member of the Board of the Union of Artists of Armenia

1982 - 1988 Member of the Commission of Decorative Arts and Design of the Union of Artists of the USSR

1982 Diploma of the Union of Artists of the USSR for the best work of the year

1983 - 1987 Member of the Board of the Union of Artists of the USSR

1983 - 1988 Member of the Board of the Committee for the Support of Young Artists of the USSR

1983 diploma of the USSR Academy of Arts for the best work of the year

1987 - 1990 Member of the Board of the Armenian Branch of the Culture Fund of the USSR

Since 1988 Professor, member of the Union of Designers of the USSR, Secretary of the Union of Designers of Armenia

1988 - 1995 Head of the Department of Design, Yerevan State Art and Theater Institute

Since 1993 Member of the International Association of Designers

Since 1998 Chairman of the Union of Artists of Armenia

Since 2004 Member of the Council of Culture under the President of the Republic of Armenia

Participation in exhibitions

Since 1970, a participant in more than 150 republican, union, international and foreign exhibitions organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Union of Artists of the USSR: Yerevan, Moscow, Leningrad, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Baku, Minsk, Lyon, Budapest, Havana, Bucharest, Berlin, Athens, Paris, Los Angeles, Colombo, Bordeaux, Tarpe, Marseille, Beijing, Highway

Personal exhibitions:

1990 Villa Ikhon Gallery, Bremen, Germany

1991 “Artist's House”, Yerevan, Armenia

1992 "Gallery-100", Paris, "ABF", Marseille, France

1993 "Ex-point Gallery", Prague, Czech Republic

1994 Arthena Gallery, Toulouse, France; Osteuropa-Fonderung Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Club of Writers, Berlin, Germany

1995 Hotels: Holiday Inn, Toulouse, Regina Palace, Bearitz; Novotel Gallery, Toulouse, France

1997 Gallery "Ani", Dusseldorf, Germany

2000 Gallery "EXPO-2000", Hanover, "Gala Gallery", Magdeburg, Germany

2001 “Artist's House”, Yerevan, Armenia, “People Gallery”, Seoul, Korea

2002 "Margency", Paris, France; Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia

2004 "Gala Gallery", Magdeburg, Germany

2005 Cultural Center, Nantes, France

Museum collections, collections

Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia

State Picture Gallery, Magnitogorsk, Russia

Art Museum, Elista, Russia

State Picture Gallery, Kirovokan, Armenia

Art Museum, Novy Urengoy, Russia

Museum of Modern Art, Toulouse, France

State Picture Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia

Museum of Art, Haifa, China

Works are in the State Museum and Exhibition Center "ROSIZO", Moscow, Russia; in private collections in many countries