Suso
"Life is what inspires me, the everyday
life"
Biography
Susanna Arakelyan
lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia. She was born on the 4th December
1972 in Yerevan. While she was a young girl, Susanna attended the Modern Art
Studio for Children in 1983-87, Faculty of Graphics. She studied at the Yerevan
State University in 1992-1997 and got a diploma in Fine Art and Graphic Design.
The artist mostly
finds her inspirations in real life and gives them a new life by transforming
them, by catching fragments of life. “I try to express myself in a warm and
simple way, to make my paintings accessible to the public and touch human
feelings – such as love, memory and humour”- she says.
Personal
exhibitions
2003 – “Russian Travel Gallery”, Edinburg, UK
2011 – “Art World
Gallery”, Yerevan, Armenia
Group
exhibitions
1986 - Modern Art Studio for Children,
Yerevan
1995 - Swiss-Armenian
Youth Club “Aragast”, Yerevan
1997 – Cultural Centre
in Sozopol, Bulgaria
1997 – Cultural Centre in
Bucharest, Romania
2006 – “Old Gyumri”, Biennale International of Gyumri,
Armenia
2012- “Woman
in Art” Union of Artists of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Collections
Armenian Centre for
Contemporary Experimental Art (ACCEA), Yerevan
Private
collection: Yerevan, Armenia; Geneva,
Swiss; Los Angeles, USA; Moscow, Russia; Edinburg, UK; Munich, Germany; Paris,
France
Membership
& Prizes
2000 – Special prize
in the Group Exhibition in the Armenian Centre for Contemporary Experimental
Art (ACCEA) for “The Foot”, included also on the official catalogue “Civic
Commotion”
Since 2007 –
Honourable and official member of the Union of Designers of Armenia
