Karen Mkrtchyan

Karen Mkrtchyan is an Armenia-based abstract artist who considers himself as the follower of Archile Gorky. Thus, he belongs to abstract expressionism movement.
His paintings mainly express feelings and philosophy of different concepts and ideas. As the artist himself describes his works are concept-oriented through which he wants to express "the final result, which is the reflection of what is subconscious and emotional, passed through the internal prism. It is the reinterpretation and editing of visible reality and emotional world, freed from the requirement to describe the visible surface. By transferring the identifiable and tangible forms into new arrays and images to be able to lead to the discovery and development of deeper layers".

Karen studied at the Yerevan Pedagogical Institute, the faculty of Painting from 1974 to 1979.

2016.
– Land of Vitality
(Galentz Museum – Yerevan)
(Steel Gallery – Gyumri)
(Fine Arts Museum – Vanadzor)
2015.
– Abstract art
(Mariam and Yeranuhi Aslamazyan Sisters Gallery – Gyumri)
(Regional Geological Muzeum – Yeghegnadzor)
(Akanat Gallery – Yerevan)
2012.
– Charity Exhibition (Yerevan)
2011.
– Red-biue-colour apricot(Salle Rene’ Capitant, Paris)
2010.
– Incrustatio. Joint exhibition of Armenian and French artists (Art Gallery, Yerevan)
2008.
– Archile Gorky and We (Home-Muzeum of Minas Avetisyan, Jajur)
2007.
– Armenian Painting (Art international Gallery Artitude, Paris)
– Exhibition of Association of Artists’ KERPAR (National Art Museum, Yerevan)
2006.
– ,,La fleur de l’amitie’,, (Municipality of Clamare, France)
2004.
– Abstractionism development dynamics in Armenia 1980-90y. (Yerevan)
– Armenian Art 2004, (Sal-Drou, Paris)
– ,,No Terrore,, (Yerevan)
2003.
– Personal Exhibition (Akanat Gallery, Yerevan)
2002.
– Armenian Art (The Art Centre in Kostelnoj, Kiev)
2000.
– Armenian Art (The Art Gallery Ajman Kempinski, Dubay)
1999.
– Ararat Valley as a Hometown of Humanity (Yerevan)
1998.
– Personal Exhibition (Yerevan)
1995.
– Scheme of the Armenian Banknotes (TAAK Modern Art Gallery,Yerev...