Agop Gemdjian

I was born in 1952 in Varna, Bulgaria, of Armenian descent and has been living in the U.S. since 1991.

I am creating art, using all my experiences as an artist and a person, an Armenian by origin, born and raised in Bulgaria, and now working in The United States.
In my work I combine the bright colors of the East, the Slavic mentality, and my views of the modern world, the inner force of the icons and dynamics of the contemporary world.
With my work I'd like to discover beauty in everything, its meaning, its independent existence. I'd like to reveal everything which surrounds us - words, objects, sounds, feelings, and signs.
My goal is to be directed by my instincts and my emotions while creating, to be influenced by the subconscious view of the image and the idea of merging with my art beyond the level of my five senses.
I strive to awaken associations and emotions in the viewer that would bring him to the same spiritual state as I am in while working, not by shocking him but by inviting a closer scrutiny of the world.
My credo, my emotions and feelings, my thoughts, memories and insights, my troubles, joys and dreams are all in my works.

Education:
1990 -Entitled to practice visual arts – equal to a bachelor’s degree as a certified member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists.
1972-1976 – College of National Economics, Varna, Bulgaria
1993 – Freelance artist for Marvel and DC Comics, NYC.

SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Methodological fund of art schools of Bashkortostan Republic of Russian Federation, 10/15/2019.
Collection of OSTEN BIENNAL of drawing. Skopje, Macedonia.
Minot State University’s permanent collection
Permanent collection of UT at Tyler, TX
Stryker Orthopedics, Mahwah, NJ
Permanent Collection of The College of New Jersey Department of Art
Print Club of Albany, Permanent Collection
Amoco Corporate Art Collection
Westinghouse Corporate Art Collection
Vorpal Gallery, New York
Ingber Gallery, New York
Suzanne Dey Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
J. Rosental Fine Arts Ltd., Chicago, Ill.
The Chicago Center of Print, Ltd., Chicago, Ill.
Barnes Associates
The Bulgarian National Art Museum
The Sofia City Art Museum, Bulgaria
The Museum of Prints, Varna, Bulgaria
Private collections in Germany, France, Canada, Argentina, Kuwait, Russia, U.S.A.,
The United Kingdom, Austria, Bulgaria, Holland, Finland, Australia, Poland etc.