Exhibitions
2009 - Group Show in the Queens Museum (Framing Aids)
2005 - Owensboro Museum Of Fine Art (Riverbend Sculpture Biennial)
2000 - Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Exhibition 2000, New York Academy of Art
1999 - Dahesh Museum, New York, NY
Featured work of New York Academy of Art’s most outstanding students
1995 - Alliance of the two winners of the Eleventh Annual Individual Artist Showcase,
this month-long exhibition featured abstract bronze sculptures.
Cosponsored Queens Borough Public Library and Alliance of Queens Artists
1991 - Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), Saddle Brook, NJ
Featured abstract oil paintings and bronze sculptures.
1988 - Arial Gallery, Soho, NY
This solo exhibition featured abstract acrylic paintings and plaster sculptures
Professional Experience
- Commissioned Portraiture (2000-Present)
- Freelance industrial sculptor (1993-98)
- Architectural Model Maker (1980- 93)
- Freelance Illustrator Esquire magazine(1985)
- Art teacher (1977-79)
Awards
1994 – Winner of 1994 – 1995, Queens Artists Alliance Showcase, Forest Hills, NY
1993 – First Prize, New York Armenian Students’ Associations 44th Annual Artists’ Ball
1986 – First Prize, New York Armenian Students’ Associations 37th Annual Artists’ Ball
1978 – Third Prize, competition for best illustration of Radio Monte Carlo speakers
Education
- Sotheby's Institute of Art
- New York Graduate School of Figurative Art, MFA in Sculpture, Graduated Cum Laude
- National Academy of Design, New York, NY (Concentration: Anatomy and Drawing)
- Sculpture center, New York, NY (Concentration: Bronze Casting, Mold Making, Welding)
- University of Aleppo, School of Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS)
- Plastic Arts Center (Aleppo, Syria), Certificate in Anatomy, Sculpture, Art History
Collections
- Aram Fereshetian
- Arch Box Inc.
- James Harder
- Sergio and Gladys Kajirian
- Sandra Khekemian
- Sosi Kirian
- Dr. Michael Loshigian
- Julio Marenghi
- Jack Margosian
- Shake Mekhjian
- Neery Melkonian
- Ardemis Nazarian
- GT Univers Inc.