Sevan Malikyan
| Sevan Malikyan | |
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| Born |
Sevan Malikyan September 4, 1972 London |
| Nationality | British-Armenian |
| Known for | paintings |
Sevan Malikyan (Armenian: Սևան Մալիկյան, born on September 4, 1972 in London) is British expressive artist of Armenian ancestry.
Career
Sevan Malikyan was born in 1972 in London.[1] Sevan's father, Kevork Malikyan (born in June, 1943) is an Anglo-Armenian Actor from Diyarbakır, Turkey. He went on to the U.K. in 1963 with a drama scholarship and studied at Rose Bruford Drama School. Sevan's mother Maida Malikyan (born in August, 1947) from Nicosia, Cyprus, went to the U.k in 1959 and went to become a hair stylist in London where they met.
A studio based painter, Sevan is considered one of the young outstanding artists of his generation with many exhibitions.[1] Sevan got his Art education in London, he gained a BA (Hons) in fine Art from the Bath School of Art and Design.[1] Later he studied at the Cyprus College of Art, completing his postgraduate Diploma in fine Art in 2009 and a post 16 Adult teaching diploma.[2] Since 2010 Sevan is an Adult Education Painting Tutor
at Cornaro Art Institute.[3]
Sevan Malikyan's works can be found in private collections of Cyprus, Sweden, Italy, Turkey and the U.K.
Exhibitions
- Riverside Studios, Brick Lane Gallery and Mall Galleries, London (shortlisted for the Diana Brooks Prize)
- Fine Art Company Inc London, Group Show Selected Works, 2005
- Brick Lane Gallery London, Group Show Figurative paintings, 2006
- Fine Art Company Inc London, Group Show Selected Works, 2007
- Aspelia Gallery, Larnaka, 2008[2]
- “Painting within”, Kypriaki Gonia Gallery, Larnaka, 2011
- Passage Through Abstraction, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, 2014
- Cornaro Art Institute, New paintings, Larnaca, 2016