Shmavon Shmavonyan

Shmavon Shmavonyan

Born	(1953-02-22) February 22, 1953 Verin Artashat, Ararat Province , Armenia
Nationality	Armenian
Known for	Painter

Shmavon Shmavonyan (Armenian: Շմավոն Շմավոնյան; born February 22, 1953, in the village of Verin Artashat, Ararat Province), is an Armenian artist.

Biography

Shmavon Shmavonyan was born in Verin Artashat, Armenia. He started painting at the age of 7. From 1971 to 1975 he studied painting at the Terlemezian School of Arts in Yerevan.

On May 20, 2003, Shmavonyan presented his painting "Eternity" to Glendale Memorial Hospital as a gift to the city of Glendale, California, in memory of loved ones lost on September 11, 2001.^[1] On March 18, 2008, in Mission Hills, California, Shmavonyan donated a painting to the Providence Holy Cross Medical Center followed by an art exhibition. In 2011 Shmavon Shmavonyan was presented by International Informatization Academy in general consultative status with economic and social council of the United Nations as an active member of Academy.

Exhibitions

Shmavon Shmavonyan had exhibitions in the following countries:

1982, Moscow
1984, St. Petersburg
1992, Istanbul
1995, France
1996, Beirut, England
1997, Kuwait
1998, Beirut
1999, US, Pasadena
2007, USA, California, participated the Art Expo 2007, New York City,^[2]^[3]
2013: Istanbul, "The Joy of Nature",^[4]^[5]

Awards

2007, Was granted with the gold medal of humanist, Nobel Peace Prize winner Fridtjof Nansen
2009, Awarded with gold medal of Ministry of culture of the Republic of Armenia
2011, "Honorary Title of Meritorious Artist of the Republic of Armenia"
2012, June 5, Shmavonyan donated a valuable canvas "The Song of Songs" to Matenadaran, Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, and was awarded with Mesrop Mashtots Medal

Books and albums

Ararat (Armenian-English, Armenian-Russian), the works of Shmavonyan from 1993 to 2013 were presented in the album
Paruyr Sevak, My good dreams are for you, dears, author: Yuri Petrosyan. Book cover and inside paintings by Shmavon Shmavonyan, Yerevan, 2013

Gallery

References

External links

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