Lara Kantardjian

Fine art photographer and artist from Nicosia, Cyprus, based in London. Studied fine art at the London University of the Arts (Masters Degree in Painting at Chelsea College of Art and Design and BA Honours in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design) and has exhibited both paintings and photographs since 1993, with work housed in public collections in the UK and in numerous private collections throughout Europe, as well as featured in photography magazines, exhibition catalogues and articles related to the arts. Member of ACAVA (Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art) and resident artist at Palace Wharf Studios (1998-’14). Invited to join the curator team at online photography gallery in 2014 and currently working on forthcoming book publications Noir Light: From Dusk til Dawn and Light State: City & the Sublime.

1995-96 MA Fine Art Painting, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London

1992-95 BA First Class Hons Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art, London

1991-92 Foundation Diploma - Distinction - West Thames College, London

1989-91 Photography, Fine Art, History of Art - Hammersmith & West London College

1987-90 Studied photography and life drawing (privately)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1996 | ‘Lara Kantardjian, Paintings’
Habitat Restaurant, King’s Road, Chelsea, London

1999 | Transcriptions, Paintings 1998-99′
the Studio Gallery, London

2003 | ‘glassworks’
Canary Wharf Studio Gallery, London

2009 | Four Quartets
Ravenscourt Photography Gallery, London

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1993 | ‘Fine Art One’
Lethaby Gallery, London

1993 | ‘The Thames – Liquid History’
Circle Gallery, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London

1993 | Photographs Aug-Sep 1993
Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris

1993 | ‘Drawings’ Aug-Sep 1993
Maison des étudiants arméniens, Paris

1994 | ‘Selected Paintings’
Lethaby Gallery, London

1994 | Watermans Fine Art Summer Exhibition
Watermans Art Centre, London

1995 | Central Saint Martins College Library
Charing Cross Road, London

1995 | ‘Top Marks Art”
The London Institute Gallery, London

1995 | Recent LIU Graduates, Touring Exhibition, Budapest

1996 | ‘abstractions’, 6 Invited Artists
Concourse Gallery, London

1996 | Recent paintings, The loft studio
King's Road Chelsea, London

1997 | drawings,
Cellar Bar, London

1998 | Whitechapel Open, 6 Artists (Chelsea MA graduates)
Studio 9, Fashion Street, London

1998 | ‘Pa...