Edman Ayvazyan

Edman Ayvazyan Էդման Այվազյան
Born	1939 (age 78–79) Tehran, Iran
Occupation	Painter

Edman Ayvazyan (Armenian: Էդման Այվազյան, born 1939) is a London-based Iranian-Armenian painter.

Biography

Edman Ayvazyan was born in Tehran. 1939-1948 studied at Tehran Tamadon School, 1964-1966 - Academy of Arts, Rome. At the age of 16 Ayvazyan won "Young People" medal in International Art Competition, at the age of 25 he won the first prize given by Modern Iranian Painters and Iranian Cultural Ministry.

Ayvazyan has depicted Daredevils of Sassoun, the works of Hovhannes Tumanyan, has created many portraits, landscapes, seascapes. His works can be find in many churches museums including Lazar galley, House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian.^[1]

Exhibitions

1950-1990 Ayvazyan has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Iran, Armenia, UK and United States:^[2]

• Artist's Union of Armenia, Yerevan, 1987
• Ararat club, Tefran^[3]
• "Colors of homeland", Yerevan, National Gallery of Armenia, 2015^[4]

Awards

• Arshil Gorki medal of Republic of Armenia Ministry of Diaspora, 2015.

Gallery

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  Edman Ayvazyan
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  Edman Ayvazyan receiving Arshil Gorki medal
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  Edman Ayvazyan "Colors of homeland" exhibition at National Gallery of Armenia
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  Edman Ayvazyan "Colors of homeland" exhibition at National Gallery of Armenia

References

External links

• Tehran to display Armenian artworks at the Wayback Machine (archived November 28, 2010). Article at presstv.ir. October 12, 2010.

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