Melik Ohanian (in

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

Մելիք Օհանյան, in classical orthography Օհանեան; born 1969 in

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

) is a

French French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), ...

contemporary artist of

origin. He lives and works in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

and

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

. His work has been shown in many solo exhibitions including Galerie Chantal Crousel,

Centre Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the (), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the architectural team of ...

and

Palais de Tokyo The Palais de Tokyo (''Tokyo Palace'') is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, facing the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The eastern wing of the building belongs to ...

South London Gallery The South London Gallery, founded 1891, is a public-funded gallery of contemporary art in Camberwell, London. Until 1992, it was known as the South London Art Gallery, and nowadays the acronym SLG is often used. Margot Heller became its direct ...

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

, De Appel in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

, IAC in

Villeurbanne Villeurbanne (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France ...

Yvon Lambert Yvon Pierre Lambert (born May 20, 1950) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward. Lambert was born in Drummondville, Quebec. Although drafted in 1970 by the Detroit Red Wings, Lambert started his Nat ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

Museum in Progress museum in progress is a private art association based in Vienna. The non-profit art initiative was created in 1990 by Kathrin Messner and Josef Ortner († 2009) with the aim to develop new presentation forms for contemporary art. The projects ...

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

, and Matucana 100 in

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. His art work includes ''Island of an Island'' (1998–2002) following the volcanic eruption on the island of

Surtsey Surtsey ("Surtr's island" in Icelandic, ) is an uninhabited volcanic island located in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the southern coast of Iceland. At Surtsey is the southernmost point of Iceland. It was formed in a volcanic eruption whi ...

in 1963, ''Seven Minutes Before'' (2004), ''Invisible Film'' (2005) (a tribute to filmmaker

Peter Watkins Peter Watkins (born 29 October 1935) is an English filmmaker, documentarian, writer, and Film theory, film theorist. He is known as a pioneer of the docudrama and the mockumentary genres, typically with heavy political content. His films presen ...

particularly Watkin' film ''

Punishment Park ''Punishment Park'' is a 1971 American pseudo-documentary drama film written and directed by Peter Watkins. The setting is of a British and West German film crew following National Guard soldiers and police as they pursue members of a counterc ...

'') and ''From the Voice to the Hand'' (2008). He has also taken part in a large number of group exhibitions around the world, in particular the 52nd and 56th

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale ( ; ) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy. There are two main components of the festival, known as the Art Biennale () and the Venice Biennale of Architecture, Architecture Biennale (), ...

(representing France and

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

), the

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(representing France), the

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

and Sydney biennials in 2004,

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

and

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

biennials in 2005 and

Gwangju Gwangju (; ), formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Korea's list of cities in South Korea, sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated Special cities of South Korea, metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home ...

and

Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

biennials in 2006.

Solo exhibitions

*2018 **''Les Réverbères de la Mémoire'', Trembley Park,

Geneva Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the ca ...

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

*2016 **''Under Shadows'', Marcel Duchamp Award 2015,

, Paris, France *2015 **''Days, I See what I Saw and what I will See'', Art Unlimited,

Basel Basel ( ; ), also known as Basle ( ), ; ; ; . is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine (at the transition from the High Rhine, High to the Upper Rhine). Basel is Switzerland's List of cities in Switzerland, third-most-populo ...

, Switzerland **''Memory'', Republic of Armenia Pavilion, 56. Venice Biennale **''Datcha Project — A Zone of No Production'', Special Session,

**''Stuttering'', Galerie du Château, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France *2014 **''Stutttering'', Galerie Chantal Crousel & La Douane, Paris, France **''Stuttering'', Centre d’Art Régional Contemporain L-R, Sète, France **''Welcome To Hanksville'', Utah Museum of Contemporary Art,

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...

, United States **''Datcha Project — A Zone of No Production'', Session #005, Armenia *2013 **''Points d’Intentions'', Centre d’Art – Les Eglises, Chelles, France *2012 **''Days, I See what I Saw and what I will See'', Lo Schermo dell’Arte Film Festival,

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

**''In The Desert of Images'', Mumbai Art Room,

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

**''Points d’Intentions'', Centre d’Art – Les Eglises, Chelles, France **''Concrete Tears, 3451, Musée National Pablo Picasso, Chapelle Vallauris, France *2011 **', Galerie Ecole des Beaux Arts de Montpellier, France **''Days, I See what I Saw and what I will See'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France **''Datcha Project'', Session #004, Armenia **''Peripherical Communities'', London, Rich Mix, London, UK *2010 **''Cadence Modulaire'' – Public Art – UPR –

Hôpital Saint-Antoine Hôpital Saint-Antoine () is a university hospital of the Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris at ''184, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine''. It is part of the AP-HP Sorbonne University Hospi ...

, Paris, France **''Lightbox'',

, Paris, France **''Datcha Project'', Session #002, Armenia **''Datcha Project'', Session #003, Armenia *2009 **''Blank'', Melik Ohanian & Romain Kronenberg, Paris, France **''From The Voice to The Hand**'', In Between, Centre Musical Goutte d’Or – Barbara, Paris, France **''Datcha Project'', Session #001, Armenia *2008 **''El Agua de Niebla'', Matucana 100, Santiago,

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

**''Datcha Project'', Session #000, Armenia **''From The Voice to The Hand'', a co-existent exhibitions project of 15 venues at the same time, Paris, France ***Le Plateau / FRAC Ile-De-France, Paris, France ***Abbaye de Maubuisson, Paris, France ***MAC/VAL, Ivry sur Seine, France ***Collection,

, Paris ***Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, Paris, France ***Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France ***Association FACE, La Courneuve, Paris, France ***Cinéma l’Entrepot, Paris, France ***Le CentQuatre, Paris, France ***Yvon Lambert – Librairie, Paris, France *2007 **''37 seconds''- Melik Ohanian, CCA Kitakyushu,

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

**Harun Farucki & Melik Ohanian, Lunds Konsthall,

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

*2006 **''Seven Minutes Before'',

, London, UK **''(M)UT(E)OPIA'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France **''Somewhere In Time'', De Appel, Amsterdam,

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

**''Let's Turn or Turn Around'', IAC Villeurbanne, France *2005 **''ArtPace'', San Antonio, USA **''With Sean Snyder and Pia Ronicke'', Fruit Market Gallery,

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

**''A Moment as an Event'', PERFORMA 05, New York, USA *2004 **''Seven Minutes Before'', French Pavillon XXVIe

São Paulo Biennale SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Serb Autonomous Regions (''Srpska autonomna oblast'', SAO), during the breakup of Y ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

**''Revolving Analogia'', Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, USA **''HERE'', Centre pour l’image Contemporaine, Saint Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland **''Welcome to Hanksville'', Galerie Dvir,

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a popula ...

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*2003 **''SlowMotion, from Slave to Valse'', CCA Kitakyushu, Japan **''Welcome To Hanksville'', Studio Yvon Lambert, Paris **''Sound Billboard'', Museum in Progress,

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

**''You are mY destinY'', The Atlanta College of Art,

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, USA **''Alightningtruckonablueracetrack'', Galerie BF15, Lyon, France *2002 **''Nightsnow'', Galerie Navona,

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

, Italy **''Island of an Island'', Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland **''Nightsnow'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris **''Island of an Island'' and ''Peripherical Communities'',

, Paris, France **''Freezing Film'', FRAC,

Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

, France

Group exhibitions

*2017 **''I travelled the world and the seven seas'', Royal Antwerp Atheneum,

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

**''Borderland'', Mondes Flottants, 14th Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France **''Paysages du monde'', Marcel Duchamp Award nominees, Espace Musées, Aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France **''De quoi l’image est-elle le nom ?'', Biennale du Mois de la Photo,

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

**''Transhumance'', Centre international d'art et du paysage de Vassivière, France *2016 **''Dreamlands: Immersive cinema and art, 1905-2016'', Whitney Museum, New York, USA **''Il y a de l’autre'', Les Rencontres d'Arles, Atelier des Forges, France **''20th Biennale of Sydney'',

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

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*2015 **''Prix Marcel Duchamp 2015'', FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris **''L’Effet Vertigo'', MAC/VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France **''Là où commence le jour'', LaM, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France **''Allures, Les Turbulences'', FRAC Centre,

Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
(US) and Lectoure Lectoure (; Gascon: ''Leitora'' ) is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is located north of Auch, the capital of the department, south of Agen and approximately northwest of Toulouse. In 1 ...

, France **''Prix Marcel Duchamp'', Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France *2014 **''Music Palace'', the power of music seen by visual artists, curated by Diana Wiegersma, Fondation Boghossian, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium **''Simples gestes'', curated by Jean de Loisy and Sandra Adam-Couralet, La Grande Place, Musée du cristal Saint-Louis, Saint-Louis-lès-bitche, France **''Der Blitz'', curated by Denis Isaia and Federico Mazzonelli, Galleria Civica G. Segantini, Arco Di Trento, Italy **''Entre-temps, l'artiste narrateur'', curated by Angeline Scherf and Odile Burluraux, MOCA Chengdu,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

**''Des choses en moins, des choses en plus'', curated by Sebastien Faucon and Agnès Violeau, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France **''Ilots d'Utopies: Un esprit Jaurès'', Musée / Centre du Verre,

Carmaux Carmaux (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in southern France. Industries The Compagnie minière de Carmaux has its origins in a coal mining concession granted in 1852 to Gabrie ...

, France *2013 **''All About These...'', Viafarini Docva,

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

, Italy **''Sound Design For Future Films'', Et al.,

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

, USA **''El Agua De Niebla'', Scotiabank Nuit Blanche,

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

, Canada **''Sans Matières Ajoutées by About Blank'', CNEAI, Paris, France **''Le Pont'', Musée d'Art Contemporain, Marseille, France **''Honey I rearranged the collection'', Passage de Retz, Paris, France **''Bande à part'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France **''Libération Annlee'', Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Montpellier, France **''Tireless Refrain'', Nam June Paik Art Center,

Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

**''Im Dreaming About a Reality'', La Douane, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France *2012 **''In spite of it all'', Sharjah Art Foundation,

Sharjah Sharjah (; ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah and forms part of the D ...

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal elective monarchy made up of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi serving as i ...

**''Collection'12'', Institut d’art contemporain,

, France **''OilScapes'', Peacock Visual Arts, Centre for Contemporary Art, Scotland, UK **''The Eyes of the Soul'' - A selection of works from the collection of Isabelle and Jean-Conrad Lemaître, Fundació Godia,

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

**''A Blind Spot'', curated by Catherine David, Berlin Documentary Forum, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin,

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

**''Néon, Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue ?'', La Maison Rouge, Paris, France **''Living With Video'', curated by Chantal Crousel, Pavillon Downtown,

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

, UAE *2011 **''J’ai Deux Amours'', Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, Paris, France **''El Agua de Niebla'', FIAC 2011, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France **''Entre-Temps'', L’artiste Narrateur, Collection MAM Paris,

Taipei , nickname = The City of Azaleas , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Taiwan#Asia#Pacific Ocean#Earth , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

**''Atmosphères'', Collection FRAC Rhône-Alpes, Romans, France **''Entre-Temps, L’artiste Narrateur'', Collection MAM Paris, Minsheng, Shanghai, China **''Nuages'', Cité Radieuse, Marseille, France **''Magical Consciousness'', Arnolfini,

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

, UK **10. Sharjah Biennal, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates *2010 **''Collection'', MAC VAL, Paris **''Persistence of Vision II'', Nikolaj Contemporary Art,

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

**''L'Homme Debout'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, FIAC, Paris **''Still/Moving'', The Israel Museum,

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

, Israel **''Sound Design for Future Films'', Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus,

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

, US **''Persistence of Vision I'', FACT,

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

, UK **''Telling Stories'', WUK Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria *2009 **''America'', Beirut Art Center, Lebanon **''L’Attraction de l’Espace'', Musée d’Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France **''Entre-Temps'', L’artiste Narrateur, Collection du Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris MIS/Paco de Artes, São Paulo et Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil **''Behind The Image'', The Image Behind, ArteFact Festival, STUK Kunstencentrum, Leuven, Belgium **''Los Tiempos de un Lugar'', Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Fundacion Beulas, Huesca, Spain *2008 **''Interstitial Zone'', Argos, Bruxelles, Belgique **''La Scène Française 1980-2008'', Réfléchir Le Monde, Centrale Electrique, Bruxelles, Belgique **''Sound Design for Future Films'', Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden **''U-Turn'', Quadriennal de Copenhagen, Denmark **''Du Jardin au Cosmos'', L'Espace d'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France **''The Space of Man'', Fondation Merz, Torino, Italy **''Re-Make/Re-Model'', Courtisane Film Festival, Gent, Belgium **''Locked-In'', Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg **''Voice and Void'', Galerie Im Taxipalais,

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

, Austria **''Collection08'', IAC Villeurbanne, France **''Collateral 2'', SESC Paulista,

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

, Brazil **''Perform History'', U-Turn at Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark *2007 **''Fiction Vs Reality'', Centre d’Art Moderne, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian,

Lisbonne Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

**''Passages, Hommage à Walter Benjamin'', Gandy Gallery Bratislava,

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

**''Playback'', Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris **''Intrusions'', Collection FMAC, Petit Palais, Paris **''Voice and Void'', The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (CT) Ridgefield, USA **''On the limits of politics and possibilities of resistance'', 04. Goteborg Biennale, Sweden **Collection, MAC VAL Musée d’Art Contemporain de Vitry, France **''Poeziezomers'', Watou, Belgium **''Borderline-Moving Image'', Beijing Center for Creativity, China **''Think with the senses'', Venice Biennale, Feel with the mind, Venise, Italy **''Critical Foreground'', New Langhton Arts San Francisco, US **''The Hand'', National Museum of Fine Arts,

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**''On Peter Watkins'', Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, Austria **''Air de Paris'', Centre Georges Pompidou, Beaubourg, Paris **''Centre of the Creative Universe: Liverpool and the Avant-Garde'', TATE Liverpool, UK **''Parabol Magazine'' #2, Vienna, Austria **''Collateral'', When Art looks at Cinema, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy *2006 **02. Biennale of Sevilla, Spain **06. Biennale of Gwangju, Korea **''Datcha Project'', Armenia Tell Me, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg **''Human Games'', Fondazione Pitti in Firenze, Italy **''Undo Redo'', Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel, Germany **''Seven Minutes Before'', Outdoor projection in Vercors, France **''Negative Space'', Extended, by Susane Burner Kunstmuseums Bonn, Germany **''Satellites of Love'', Witte de Whit, Rotterdam, Netherland **''25 Peaces'', billboard project, Vienna, Austria *2005 **Collection, MAC VAL Musée d’Art Contemporain de Vitry, France **Rencontres Internationales des Arts Multimédia, Marseille, France **''Leçon Zéro'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris **''Istmo'', Galerie Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil **''Experiencing Duration'', 08. Biennale de Lyon, France **''Dialectic of Hope'', 01. Biennale de Moscou,

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**''Tell Me'', MNBA Québec, Canada **October Art Salon,

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**''Multipistes'', Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium **''Nach Rokytník'', EVN Collection, MUMOK Wien, Austria **''England Land Marks'', Greengrassi Gallery, London, UK **''Remagine'', Collection du FNAC, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, France **Collection, Macro-Mattatoio, Rome, Italy **''Documentary Creations'', Kunst museum, Luzern, Switzerland **''Universal Experience'', MCA Chicago, USA *2004 **''ReasonEmotion'', 14. Biennale de Sydney, Australia **03. Biennale de Berlin, Germany **04. Biennale de Pontevedra, Spain **''Communautés'', IAC Villeurbanne, France **''Mediterraneo'', Macro-Mattatoio, Rome, Italy **''Nuit Blanche'', Paris, France Eblouissement, Jeu de Paume, Paris *2003 **''Geographies # 3'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France **''Freezing Film'', Gare de Lyon, Festival d’Automne, Paris, France **''Through the Eye of a Needle'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France **Collective Exhibition, CRAC Sète, France **''Embassy'', Galleri F15, Moss,

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**2O ans des FRAC, Musée d’art Contemporain de Strasbourg, France **''Moltitudini–Solitudini'', Museion, Museo d’arte contemporanea Bolzano, Italy **''No Ghost Just a Shell'', Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Pays-Bas / SF Moma, San Francisco, U.S.A **ARCO, Madrid, Spain *2002 **''No Ghost Just a Shell'', Institute for Visual Culture, Cambridge, England **''Toasting Agency'' at Openspace, Curated by Alexis Vaillant Piazza Duomo, Milan, Italy **''No ghost Just a Shell'', Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland / SF MoMA, San Francisco, USA **''Migration de l’image'', Erevan, Armenia **''Haunted House'', curated by Gabriel Lester, Outline, Amsterdam, Netherlands **''Stories'', Haus der Kunst,

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, Germany **''Less Ordinary'', Artsonje Center,

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, Museum of Modern Art, Kyungju, Korea *2001 **''Traversées'', ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris **''A comme Accident'', Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris **''Rencontres Vidéo'', Galerie Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy *2000 **Institut d’art Contemporain de Villeurbanne, Residency in Die, Drôme, France **''Soirée Nomade'', Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris *1999 **''ThirtyFiveSecondsLater'' Interval Program, MAC Lyon, France **Icono Festival Printemps du Québec à Paris, Metro Stalingrad, France *1998 **Collective Exhibition, Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France **''Junge Szene 98'', Secession, Vienna, Austria **''In Vitro'', Glassbox, Paris, France *1997 **''Mobile TV'', with Pierre Huygue, Le Consortium, Dijon, France **''Histoires en Forme'', Le Magasin,

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, France **''Galerie de Portraits'', Collection FRAC Rhône-Alpes, France **01. Biennale du Montenegro,

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*1996 **''Bande Sonore pour un Film Potentiel'', with Pierre Huyghe, Le Hall, ENBA Lyon, France ** Arte Fiera di Bologna, Galerie Nuova Icona,

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, Italy *1995 **''Critique, Critique'', Post-diplôme, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France **Cité de l’image, Lyon-Vaise / Galeria Nuova Icona,

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, Italy **''08152758'', Embarcadère, Lyon, France

Public art

*2010-2018: ''Les Réverbères de la Mémoire'', Armenian Génocide Memorial, Parc Trembley, Geneva *2009-2010: ''Cadence Modulaire'', UPR – Hopital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France *2008: ''Second Time & Second Sound'', Piscine de Belleville, Paris - architectes Berger&Anziutti *2008: ''Philosophic DUB'', Atelier de Création Radiophonique, France Culture, Paris *2008: ''Cosmoball'', Abbaye de Maubuisson, Saint-Ouen l'Aumone, France *2008: ''Rosa Park Tribute'', Collège Rosa Parks, Gentilly, Val de Marne, France *2003-2007: ''Le Récit Perpétuel'', Talence,

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, France

Grants and residencies

*Prix Marcel Duchamp – Paris, France, 2015 *Golden Lion for the best National Pavilion (Republic of Armenia), 56.Venice Biennale – Venice, Italy, 2015 *Montalvo Arts Center, Sally and Don Lucas Artist Program – San Francisco, USA, 2007 *CCA Kitakyushu –

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, Japan, 2007 *Prize of October Art Salon – Belgrade, Serbia, 2005 *Artpace – San Antonio, USA, 2005 *Villa Medicis, Rome, Italy, 2003–2004 *CCA KitaKyushu – Fukuoka, Japan, 2003 *FIACRE, French Ministry of Culture – Paris, France 2002 *IAC Villeurbanne Residency – Die, France, 2000 *Image en Mouvement CNC/DAP, French Pavillon XXVIe São Paulo Biennal – São Paulo, Brazil 2000 *Prix Linossier, Ecole des Beaux Arts de Lyon – Lyon, France, 1995

Books

*2009: ''From The Voice to The Hand'', a co-existent exhibition, Paris 2008 Co-produced by Abbaye de Maubuisson, Le Plateau / FRAC Ile-De-France. Ed. Archibook, Paris *2005: ''SlowMotion'', from Slave to Valse, Ed.CCA Kitakyushu, Japan *2005: ''Cosmograms'', Melik Ohanian et Jean Christophe Royoux, Ed.Lukas & Sternberg, New York Cosmograms Newspaper Edition distributed by EXO, São Paulo, Brazilsternberg-press: ''Cosmograms'' by Melik Ohanian and Jean Christophe Royoux
/ref> *2003: ''Kristale Company'', Monography, Edition HYX, Paris

References

External links

Melik Ohanian Official websiteGalerie Chantal Crousel - Melik Ohanian page
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