Samvel Sevada Grigoryan (; born September 12, 1949), is an

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artist, photographer and poet.

Biography

Sevada was born in the city of

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. In 1974, he graduated from Yerevan's State Fine Arts and Theater Institute. Since 1980, he has been a member of the Armenian Union of Artists, and since 2009, a Member of the Armenian Union of Photographers. From 1996 to 1998, Sevada was the general painter of

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. From 1990 to 2006, he lived and worked in the USA, opening the first Armenian painting school in the US in 1990. Sevada set up Sevada Art Studio in Yerevan. Photos by Sevada have been published in many journals and magazines in the US, Canada, Russia,

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and elsewhere. He has had more than 32 exhibitions in the USA,

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, and Yerevan. His son, director Art Sevada (Artak Sevada Grigorian) plans the screening of the movie '' The Genex'' on 24 April 2015, the 100th anniversary of the start of the

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Awards

*1968 1st Prize. Exhibition "Erebuni-Erevan" Armenia. *1973 2nd Prize. Exhibition for the Prize of NP "Avangard." *1991 Innervision'91-Westin Bonaventure. Hotel, LA, CA. *1992 "Golden Angel", Southern California Motion Picture Council

Publications

*''Alluring as Death'' *''Virgin Zodiac''

Gallery

Paintings

ԿԱՊՈՒՅՏ ԱՂՋԻԿ.jpg, "Blue girl" ԴՈՆ ԿԻԽՈՏ.jpg, "Don Quixote" ԷՄԱԼԵ ՊՐՈՖԻԼԸ ՁԵՐ...jpg, "Your Enamel Profile" ԿՈՒՅՍԻ ՀԱՄԱՍՏԵՂՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ.jpg, "Virgin Zodiac" ՑՈՒԼԻ ՀԱՄԱՍՏԵՂՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ.jpg, "Bull Zodiac" ԿՈՒՅՍԵՐ.jpg, "Virgins" ԳՐԻԳՈՐ ՆԱՐԵԿԱՑԻ.jpg, "Gregory of Narek"

Photography

SONATINA.jpg, "Sonatina" Ա Ր Լ Ե Ք Ի Ն.jpg, "Arlekin" ԲԱՐԻ ԼՈՒ'ՅՍ, ԲԱՐԻ ԱՐԱՐԱՏ.jpg, "Good Morning, Ararat" ՀԱՅ ԲԵՄԻ ՆԱՀԱՊԵՏԸ.jpg, "The patriarch of the Armenian Stage" ՀԱՅՈՑ ԼԵՌՆԵՐՈՒՄ, ՉՔՆԱՂ ԼԵՌՆԵՐՈՒՄ.jpg, "In the Beautiful Armenian mountains" ՀԻՆԳ ՆՈՒՌ ԼՈՒԻԶԱՅԻ ՀԱՄԱՐ.jpg, "Five pomegranate for Louiza" ՀՐԱՇԱԳՈՐԾԻ ԱՇՈՒՆԸ.jpg, "Autumn of the Magician" ՁՄՌԱՆ ԵՐԵԿՈ.jpg, "Winter Night"

References

External links

Samvel Sevada (Trubadur)

Prominent Artist Samvel Sevada's Exhibition Launched Today at UN Armenia Office
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