Eduard Arakelyan (; February 28, 1950) is an

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n painter.

Early life

Arakelyan was born February 28, 1950, in

Gyumri Gyumri (, ) is an urban municipal community and the List of cities and towns in Armenia, second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th centur ...

(previously Leninakan),

Education

Arakelyan graduated from Children's Artistic Academy in 1965 and was accepted to Art School of

Panos Terlemezian Panos Terlemezian (; 11 March 1865, Aygestan near Van – 30 April 1941, Yerevan) was an Armenian landscape and portrait painter; known for his support of Armenian nationalist causes. Biography His love for painting expressed itself while ...

in 1966. After that he continued his education in Artist-Actor Institute majoring in design. During these years he had many personal exhibitions, received many awards and has been awarded many medals for being an outstanding student.

Career

From 1978 to September 1998, he taught at the Art School of Panos Terlemezian. In 1981 he became a member of the Armenian Youth Artist's section. During the 80s he also had many exhibitions. An exhibition of Armenian Water Paint Masters was opened in Poland in 1988, where his painting “White Roses” brought excitement to everybody. In the exhibition the Japanese computer system was pointed to the painting, which exploded in music and colors. For that painting, and for others also, he was awarded prizes. He was accepted to the USSR's Union of Artists in 1988. In 1994 he visited Sweden and was painting there for two months. Eduard Arakelyan's paintings are now being a part of personal belongings of people living in Australia, Hungary, Russia, Sweden, Canada and United States. His paintings are in different galleries of Republics of USSR and countries of Europe. From 1994 to 1998 he participated in a series of exhibitions of Russia, Georgia and Armenia. Since 1991 he is a member of the World's Union of Professional Artists of

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. Since September 1998 he resides in

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. In December 1998 he participated in Monica Goldstrom's gallery favorable exhibition dedicated to Long Island's Breast Cancer foundation. Now Eduard Arakelyan's paintings are in Royal Design Connection gallery in California.

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Eduard Arakelyan
1950 births Living people People from Gyumri 21st-century Armenian painters Armenian expatriates in the United States Soviet Armenians {{Armenia-painter-stub