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Karen Axikyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1963. He always likes art and lives in it. During different periods of his life Karen Axikyan was interested in different spheres of art. First he was drawing oil paintings, then he started to paint wonderful batik scarves and then he moved to amazing world of sculptures. In two words he is in interested in everything that is connected with art. During the last 15 years he is creating metal sculptures. It seems he has a huge zoo with its different and wild animals. As Karen Axikyans says, he doesn`t decide which animal what kind of emotion must have the sculpture itself decide its emotion. Without having cultural education he was always in art, the only education he got was the artist who was his neighbor and he was usually spent his time following the artists works. Karen Axikyan says that the metal is an instrument through which he is able to transmit his emotional states. During creating a sculpture his soul seems to be cleansed. His latest collection is called “Little world” because the sculptures are so small that they can fit in the palm. Less
Exhibitions:
His works are in exhibition-sale in several shops in Yerevan as well as in National Gallery of Armenia
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Narinart Armgallery
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From July 31, 2023 to August 9, 2023
Narinart Armgallery
Sculptures With Meaning
From March 17, 2023 to March 24, 2023
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Who is the artist?
Karen Axikyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1963. He always likes art and lives in it. During different periods of his life Karen Axikyan was interested in different spheres of art. First he was drawing oil paintings, then he started to paint wonderful batik scarves and then he moved to amazing world of sculptures. In two words he is in interested in everything that is connected with art. During the last 15 years he is creating metal sculptures. It seems he has a huge zoo with its different and wild animals. As Karen Axikyans says, he doesn`t decide which animal what kind of emotion must have the sculpture itself decide its emotion. Without having cultural education he was always in art, the only education he got was the artist who was his neighbor and he was usually spent his time following the artists works. Karen Axikyan says that the metal is an instrument through which he is able to transmit his emotional states. During creating a sculpture his soul seems to be cleansed. His latest collection is called “Little world” because the sculptures are so small that they can fit in the palm. Less
Exhibitions:
His works are in exhibition-sale in several shops in Yerevan as well as in National Gallery of Armenia
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When was Karen Axikyan born?
The year of birth of the artist is: 1963