Arthur Sarkissian

BIOGRAPHY
1960 Born in Gyumri, Armenia. Lives in Yerevan, Armenia.
1977 School of Fine Arts,Gyumri,Armenia.
1989 Armenian Pedagogical University. Drawing.

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Between The Images 3" Artology 101 Gallery . Los Angeles.
2010 "Between The Images 2" 1927 Gallery. Los Angeles. CA
2009 "Between The Images" One Gallery. Yerevan,Armenia
2008 Modern Art Museum of Armenia
2006 First Floor Gallery. Yerevan, Armenia
2003 "MIND GAMES", First Floor Gallery. Yerevan, Armenia
1994 Bossen Cultural Center. Saarbrucken, Germany
1998 JNR Gallery. Yerevan, Armenia

This is the message that underlies Arthur Sarkissian's oeuvre. In Sarkissian's paintings what-is-known meets what-is-felt within the bounds of the picture plane. What is "felt" - embodied in Sarkissian's painterly gestures and rich coloration - maintains its integrity, and what is "known" - concretized in the images Sarkissian finds in mass media and transfers to the heart of his artworks - continues to evince its source in widely disseminated formats such as newspapers and books. But despite this obvious polarity, Sarkissian effects a remarkably easy and unstrained flow between the felt and the known, between raw brushstroke and transferred ima...