Karen Gurgenovich Agamyan

Karen Agamyan was born in 1946 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, and showed an early interest in drawing. After graduating from secondary school in 1961, the promising young Agamyan entered the Terlemezian Art College, where he studied for three years and graduated with success. Determined to continue his education, after graduating from college in 1964, he immediately enrolled in the Yerevan Art and Theatre Institute. He graduated with honors in 1969 and did not leave the institution; instead, he continued there and began teaching at the university in 1970. In 1974, he became a full member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. From 1977 to 1982, he served on the Audit Committee of the Union of Artists of Armenia, and in 1980, during this tenure, he was awarded the Komsomol Prize of Armenia for the best creative work of the year.
The 1980s marked a turning point in Agamyan's career:
In 1981, he became the chief artist of the Art Fund of Armenia, a position he held until 1984.
From 1982 to 1987, he was elected to the Board of the Union of Artists of the USSR.
From 1982 to 1988, he was a member of the USSR Decorative Arts and Design Commission.
In 1982, Agamyan received his second major prize, the Diploma of the Union of Artists of the USSR for the best work of the year. The following year, he joined the board of the Union of Artists of the USSR and simultaneously the board of the Committee for Supporting Young Artists of the USSR, holding both positions until 1988. In mid-1983, Agamyan was awarded a diploma by the USSR Academy of Arts for the best work of the year.
From 1987 to 1990, he was a full board member of the Armenian branch of the USSR Culture Fund. In 1988, having become a professor, Agamyan joined the USSR Designers' Union and became a member of the Board of the Armenian Designers' Union. That same year, he was appointed head of the Department at the Yerevan Art and Theatre Institute (now the State Academy of Fine Arts), a position he held until 1995. In 1993, he became a full member of the International Association of Artists.
Since 1998, he has been serving as Chairman of the Union of Artists of Armenia, combining this with service on the Culture Council under the President of Armenia, to which he was appointed in 2004 on the initiative of Armenia's second president, Robert Kocharyan.
On March 16, 2010, by decision of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts, Karen Agamyan became an honorary member of the Academy of Arts.

Since 1970, Karen Agamyan has participated in over 150 republican, all-Union, international, and foreign personal and group exhibitions organized by the Ministry of Culture and Union of Artists in Yerevan, Moscow, Leningrad, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Baku, Minsk, Lyon, Budapest, Havana, Bucharest, Berlin, Athens, Paris, Los Angeles, Colombo, Bordeaux, Marseille, China, etc.

=== Solo Exhibitions ===
1990 – "Villa Ikhon" Gallery, Bremen, Germany.
1991 – Artists' House, Yerevan, Armenia.
1992 – "Gallery-100", Paris, France.
1992 – "ABF", Marseille, France.
1993 – "Ex-point Gallery", Prague, Czech Republic.
1994 – "Athena" Gallery, Toulouse, France.
1994 – "Osteuropa-forderung" Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
1994 – Literary Club, Berlin, Germany.
1995 – "Holliday Inn" Hotel, Toulouse, France.
1995 – "Regina Palace" Hotel, Biarritz, France.
1995 – "Novotel" Gallery, Toulouse, France.
1997 – "Ani" Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany.
2000 – "EXPO-2000", Hanover, Germany.
2000 – "Gala Gallery", Magdeburg, Germany.
2001 – "Artists' House", Yerevan, Armenia.
2001 – "People Gallery", Seoul, Korea.
2002 – "Margency", Paris, France.
2002 – Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia.
2004 – "Gala Gallery", Magdeburg, Germany.
2005 – "Cultural Center", Nantes, France.
2006 – "Adonis" Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
2007 – National Library Gallery, Beijing, China.
2007 – Berlin Gallery, Germany.
2009 – "Artists' House" Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia.

=== Permanent Exhibitions ===
Museum of Contemporary Art, Yerevan.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Toulouse, France.
Museum of Fine Arts, Hefei, China.
State Art Gallery in Kirovakan, Armenia.
State Art Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia.
State Art Gallery in Magnitogorsk, Russia.
Art Museum in Elista, Russia.
Art Museum in Novy Urengoy, Russia.
Many of the artist's works are held in the collections and archives of the Ministries of Culture of Russia and Armenia, as well as in private collections in many countries worldwide.

Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Armenia (May 26, 2008) – on the occasion of Republic Day.
Medal "For Services to the Fatherland" 1st degree (September 11, 2017) – on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic of Armenia, for contribution to the development of fine arts.
Medal "For Labor Distinction" (August 22, 1986).
Armenian Komsomol Prize for best creative work of the year (1980).
Diploma of the Union of Artists of the USSR for best work of the year (1982).
Diploma of the Academy of Arts of the USSR for best work of the year (1983).

Works are held in museums in Russia and France (Toulouse).

Solo exhibitions:
1990–1995 – Bremen, Berlin (Germany), Marseille, Toulouse, Biarritz (France), Yerevan (Armenia).

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