Sevan Mardig Malikyan (; born 4 September 1972) is a British expressive artist of Armenian ancestry.

Career

Malikyan was born in 1972 in St Pancras,

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who had moved to the UK in 1963 to study at Rose Bruford Drama School. Malikyan's mother Maida (born in 1947), from

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, arrived in the UK in 1959 and worked as a hair stylist in London where they met. A studio based painter, Malikyan is considered one of the young outstanding artists of his generation with many exhibitions. Sevan got his Art education in London, he gained a

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from the Bath School of Art and Design. 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. Since 2010 Malikyan has been an adult education painting tutor at Cornaro Art Institute.Sevan Malikyan
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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,

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, 2008Painting within - Sevan Malikyan
/ref> * “Painting within”, Kypriaki Gonia Gallery, Larnaka, 2011 * Passage Through Abstraction, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, 2014 * Cornaro Art Institute, New paintings, Larnaka, 2016

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Sevan Malikyan

SEVAN MALIKYAN, Nude in Crimson Hat
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malikyan, Sevan Living people 1972 births 21st-century English painters Alumni of Bath School of Art and Design English people of Armenian descent Ethnic Armenian painters Painters from London People from St Pancras, London

Career

Exhibitions

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