Varouján Hovakimyan

Varoujan Hovakimyan is a contemporary artist living in Los Angeles. He looks to explore the themes of time, the universe and self-exploration. Never sketching a painting beforehand, Hovakimyan starts a piece by establishing a mood, applying some initial marks, shapes and colors and then seeing where they take him. Drawing upon a wide variety of media and techniques, Hovakimyan attempts to unpick the way we perceive things and to understand how we are so different from each other, and yet ultimately the same.

« All of my work is an exploration of human perceptions, where the simplest ideas can turn into layered, complex puzzles and the intricate ones into brightly illuminated paths or symbols.»

State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia (SAFAA) - MFA

2022 - Lancaster Museum of Art and History - 37th Annual All Media Juried Art Exhibition - Lancaster, CA United States

2022 - Centered On The Center / Huntington Beach Art Center - Huntington Beach, CA, United States

2021 - Los Angeles Art Association’s Open Show / Gallery 825 - Los Angeles, United States

2021 - The Really, Really Good Abstract Show / ShockBoxx Gallery - Hermosa Beach, CA, United States

2021 - Ellipsis Art Exhibit / Armenian Cultural Foundation - Glendale, United States

2019 - Los Angeles Art Association’s Open Show / Gallery 825 - Los Angeles, United States

2019 - The Power of Three / Castelli Art Space Gallery - Los Angeles, CA, United States