Hovik Muradian, Judaica Oil Painting Altneuschul Maharal Synagogue Prague

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HOVIK MURADIAN

Born in 1964 in Yerevan, Armenia ,he now lives and works in Prague, … Read more 14.5 X 16.5 with frame

HOVIK MURADIAN

Born in 1964 in Yerevan, Armenia ,he now lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic.
His pictures are in private collections in Germany, France, America and other countries.

Hovik Muradian was born in 1964 in Yerevan, Armenia, within the view of the biblical Mt. Ararat, in the land of the sun, mountains, rocks, and savanna grass, in the country with a fate similar to that of every small country controlled by a more powerful country, in the country with the history of struggle for independence. Back in 1964, Armenia was a part of the Soviet Union and was called the Armenian Socialist Republic.

After the tragic earthquake in 1988, Hovik went on a quest for a new life outside his homeland. He found it in the Czech Republic where he has been living since 1992.

He has a nice family and a studio close to his flat in one of the Prague suburbs where he paints, and he exhibits his paintings around the world. Yet, his dark eyes keep looking through the web of nostalgia, his blood is diluted with meditation, and his romantic heart searches for angular colors of brightness. But I may be totally wrong. I am just trying to find an alibi for my headline.

Hovik Muradian was raised in a family where his father, academic painter Shavarsh Muradian (1936), whose favorite style of painting was landscape, initiated Hovik’s artistic education (the School of Arts of Jakob Kojoian, and the College of Arts of Panos Terlemezian in Yerevan from 1976 to 1984). Cultural inspiration, music, theatre, literature etc. are probably the legacy of the school; we can find symbols of the mentioned arts both in his early and later paintings. However, what the painter soon left behind was the technique of paint applying. His impasto paintings quickly changed into delicately color and delimited areas. The delimitation of shapes is a typical element in Muradian’s paintings. Sometimes, the area is geometrically divided into right-angle shapes, other times the painter seems to use different arches to make them in an abstract grouping of matter. However, he never stops there. In his compositions, we can find a part of a figure, nude, musical instrument, or common item. His genre is figurative abstraction. Rationality that forces us to meditate can be found only in his later paintings. His canvases are full of technical artifacts symbolizing time, order, as well as mystery, a pursuit to learn, search, and ask questions. His paintings clearly show what kind of questions the author asks.


Qualification:
1976 - 1980: Graduation from the School of Arts of Jacob Kojoian, Department of Paintings, Yerevan
1980 - 1984: Graduation from the Collage of Arts of P.Terlemezian, Department of Paintings, Yerevan
Single Exhibitions to Date:
1985 The House of Armenian Journalists, Yerevan (Armenia)
1994 Russian House Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)
1996 "Dilo" Gallery, Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic)
2000 La Galerie Art Present, Paris (France)
2002 Gallery Beukenhof (Belgium)
2003 Gallery Europa Palo Alto (USA)
2003 Gallery Vysehrad Prague (Czech Republic)
2004 Gallery Beukenhof (Belgium)
2006 Gallery Beukenhof (Belgium)
2007 Altes Rathaus Viechtach (Germany)
2009 Galerie Beukenhof (Belgium)
2010 Galerie 't Pleintje – Amersfoort (Holand)
2010 Galeria Handlowa City Park , Poznań (Poland)
2011 Libramont (Belgium)

Joint Exhibitions to Date:
1987 The House of Artists (Armenia)
1989 Festival of Arts, Yerevan (Armenia)
1990 Festival of Young Artists, Moscow (Russia)
1993 "Panska" Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)
1994 "Kunsthaus am Schloss" Gallery, Aschaffenburg (Germany)
1994 "Arts & Design" Gallery, Broek op Langedijk (Netherlands)
1995 Fine Art Gallery, Sindelfingen (Germany)
1995 "Pyramida" Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)
1995 ,,U Mozarta" Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)
1996 Beverly Hills Festival, Los Angeles (USA)
1997 "Maisons" Gallery, Munich (Germany)
1998 International Festival of Sculpture & Graphic Art, Mouscron (Belgium)
1998 Salon de La Rochelle. Here he won the bronze medal.
Peintre Laureat du Salone (France)
1998 Biennials of sculptures art CORNIMONT (France)
1998 Vysehrad Prague,(Czech Republic)
1999 Salon de La Rochelle. Here he won the gold medal.
Peintre Laureat du Salone (France)
2000 Salon of Czech and Moravian Painters and Sculptors. Litomerice, (Czech Republic)
2001 Libr'art LIBRAMONT 14e Salon International d'Art Contemporain. (Belgium)
2001 Vysehrad Prague (Czech Republic)
2002 ELBART, Hamburg (Germany)
2002 Art'dennes 2002 Salon International Artistique (France)
2002 Salon of Czech and Moravian Painters and Sculptors. Litomerice (Czech Republic)
2002 Museum of the City of Frantiskovy Lazne (Czech Republic)
2003 Museum of the City of Frantiskovy Lazne / Seeberg (Czech Republic)
2004 Museum of Ceskeho Krasu Beroun (Czech Republik)
2005 KunstSchouw(Holland)
2005 Art Ireland Dublin (Ireland)
2006 Museum Českého krasu, Beroun (Czech Republik)
2008 Museum Českého krasu, Beroun (Czech Republik)
2008 Vltavotynské vytvarné dvorky (Czech Republik)
2009 Chodovská tvrz Praha (Czech Republik)
2010 Museum Českého krasu, Beroun (Czech Republik)
2012 Zamecka galerie města Kladna (Czech Republik)

Awards:
1998 - France, the bronze medal. Winner of a salon.
1999 - France, the gold medal. Winner of a salon.
2004 -1 Prix D'Arts Plastique de La Rochelle (France)
2004 - 1 Prixe Libr'art Libramont (Belgium) See less