The Art of Armenian Calligraphy

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2018 Dessaran Festival - “Armenian Calligraphy: Past, present and future” presentation, Padova and Venice, Italy

2018 Smithsonian Folk Life Festival / series of calligraphy performances and workshops in Washington DC

2018 TEDx at AUA - TED talk on the Art of Armenian script

2017 Granshan International Conference on Non-Latin Type / Lecture and Calligraphy performance with Timothy Donaldson

2017 American University of Armenia – Lecture on Armenian Calligraphy and Script Development

2017 Participated in Fabricaffiti Street Art Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia

2017 Lecture and masterclass at “I'am here” Exhibition of Young Armenian Artists, Museum of Fashion, Moscow, Russia

Armenian section of "The World Encyclopedia of Calligraphy" by Christopher Calderhead (Letter Arts Review) and Holly Cohen, Sterling Publishing, NYC 2011

2016 Lecture and masterclass on the Art of Armenian Calligraphy- Yerevan State Art College after P. Terlemezian

2015-2016 ReAnimania 7th International Animation Film and Comics Art Festival of Yerevan - member of jury for short film competition

2015 Graphic poster "The Dark Chain of Human History" on display as part of "Evil: The Matter of Intent" exhibition at Hebrew Union College Museum, NYC

2015 Calligraphy for "Cities of Peace" - Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation.

2015 Granshan 2015 Type Design Competition Member of a Jury - Armenian text typefaces category.

2015 Graphic poster "The Dark Chain of Human History" on display as part of "Evil: The Matter of Intent" exhibition at Hebrew Union College Museum, NYC.

2015 Fundacja Sztuka Kaligrafii Krakow, Poland & Yerevan, Armenia – Masterclass of Armenian Calligraphy.

2015 Festivalul Strada Armeneasca Bucharest, Romania– Lecture and Masterclass of Armenian Calligraphy.

2015 Calligraphy for the cover of Scout Tufankjian “There is Only The Earth”.

2015 Rise of Culture International Art'n'Music Festival Lublin, Poland – Lecture and Masterclass of Armenian Calligraphy & graphic posters exhibition.

2011 Interview published in “Slide” magazine, No.5, Yerevan, Armenia.

2010 “The Art of Calligraphy: Script in Its Purest Forms” article published in Armenian Weekly & Asbarez.

2009 Solo exhibition of Armenian Calligraphy at “5” Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2005 Publication of graphic posters in “Israel & Armenian Genocide: Banality of Indifference” by Yair Auron; Open University Press, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2004 Graphics & photography displayed at Flow Galeria (Canada).

2004 Photographs published at Deliberately Buried magazine (Israel).

2004 Drawings & paintings published at TartArt magazine (Slovakia).

2003 USA Armenian Life Magazine / Asbarez - Article on "300 Seconds" Short film.

2003 Horizon Magazine - interview & article on Armenian Genocide Art Poster competition, Lebanon.

2001 Participation in Maartje Nevejan "Virtual Fatherlands" Documentary / ViewPoint Productions / MamaCash, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2001 Interview and article published in Tergede Magazine / Reformatorisch Dagblad, Netherlands.

2001-2003 Publication & worldwide distribution of graphic posters- winners of "Armenian Genocide in Contemporary Art & Graphic Posters" International competition. Netherlands / USA.

1999- UI designs featured in Jerusalem Post / Wired Magazine / CNN website.

1989-1993 Participated in annual exhibitions of Young Armenian Artists at Union of Armenian Artists and The Academy of Fine Arts, Yerevan, Armenia.

Nouvelles d'Arménie  No179  July-Aug 2011

The Art of Armenian Calligraphy

2000 RuSure.com Comparative shopping UI interface (Wired Magazine).

1999 UNDP Armenia Internet Project and Sard 99 Armenian Website Prize Jury. Title of winner in the category “Armenian FREENET Choice”- for good design by

means of computer technologies and wonderful art.