Ruben Vardanyan
Lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia
Ruben Vardanyan was born on June
4, 1951 in Yerevan, Armenia. Like
many Armenian painters, Ruben began his
artistic path in a Soviet reality. The first creative
period, the years 1982 -87,
is best characterized by graphic works
and scenography although he also makes
the oil painting. After 1987 Ruben
focuses more on realism (oil painting) - his
favorite themes are figurative
scenes, scenes of daily life and
portraits. Ruben also
excels in his watercolors. His
color palette draws heavily from the sun and warm colors of Armenia. When he paints Paris, for example, his light and colors give a different light, very warm
and intoxicating, to the streets and buildings of Paris.
Personal Shows
2013 – Personal exhibition at “La Galerie
Mouvances”, Paris.
2003 – « Ruffin Hall », University of
Virginia, USA.
2003 – « Narekatsi Cultural Center»,
City of Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
2001 – « Hall of the Union
of Armenian Painters», Yerevan, Armenia.
1999 – « Narekatsi Cultural Center»,
City of Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Shows
2011 – « Armenian National Gallery », Yerevan, Armenia.
2010 – « Museum of Modern Art », Yerevan,
Armenia.
2009 – « Yerevan Art Gallery »,
From Color to Idea – From Idea to
Color, Yerevan, Armenia.
2008 – « Hall of the Union
of Armenian Painters», A Show dedicated to the 75e Anniversary of
the Union of Armenian Painters, Union of Armenian Painters, Yerevan, Armenia.
2008 – « HAY-ART Cultural Center», A Show dedicated
to the 100e Anniversary of
William Saroyan, Yerevan, Armenia.
2007 – « Museum of Popular Art», Yerevan, Armenia.
2004 – «Tekeyan Cultural Center», Autumn Show, Yerevan, Armenia.
2003 – « Hall of the Union
of Armenian Painters», Yerevan, Armenia.
2003 – « Museum of Popular Art», Yerevan, Armenia.
2000 – « Hall of the Union
of Armenian Painters», Annual Republican Show, Yerevan,
Armenia.
1999 – « Hall of the Union
of Armenian Painters», Autumn Republican Show in the context of the events "One Nation – One Culture", Yerevan,
Armenia.
1998 – « Principal House of Painters
of Moscow », Exposition Annuelle, Moscow, Russia.
1998 – «S.P.A.S Gallery ”, A Show dedicated to the painters having worked
in theater and cinema, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
1995 – « Pirosmani Center », Show of Armenian Painters, Tbilissi,
Georgia.
1994 – « Museum of Contemporary
Art Contemporain », Yerevan, Armenia.
1993 – « House of Painters »,
Spring Show, Yerevan,
Armenia.
1987 – « Show Hall of the Armenian Television»,
A Show dedicated to the 70e
Anniversary of the Armenian Television, Yerevan, Armenia.
1985 – « House of Painters
of Moscow », Painters of Cinema and Theater, Moscow, Russia.
1984 - « Hall of the Union
of Armenian Painters», A Jubilee Show dedicated to the Painters of Cinema, Theater, and Television, Yerevan, Armenia.
1982 – «House of Painters», Painters of Cinema and Theater, Tbilissi, Géorgie.
1982 – «House of Painters », Republican Show The Youth of the Country, Yerevan,
Armenia.
1981 – «Tekeyan Cultural Center», Show
of Young Painters, Yerevan, Armenia.
1980 – « Palais de la Jeunesse », Show
of Young Painters, Yerevan,
Armenia.
1980 – «Malaya Grushinskaya Galery», Exposition de Jeunes Peintres de l’URSS,
Moscow, Russia.
