Samvel Vanoyan

Samvel Vanoyan

Yerevan, Armenia

Calligrapher, artist-designer, artist-miniaturist

Born in 1975 in Yerevan.



Education 


1982 to 1992 – studied in school No. 57 

1982 to 1989 – National Centre of Aesthetics 

1996 to 2001 – Academy of Arts 



Work experience 


1997 to 2003 – artist-miniaturist, partnership with the Mhitaryan Community 

2004 to 2006 – artist-designer at the “Zangak-97” publishing-house



Group exhibitions

2007 – “Non-standard N2” campaign exhibition at the Egishe Charents house museum, Yerevan 

2007 – “Work behind the wall”, Contemporary Museum of Arts, Yerevan 

2008 – “Empty signs”, Armenian Centre of Contemporary Underground Art, Erevan 

2008 – Alternative Art Festival in the Armenian Centre of Contemporary Underground Art, Yerevan 


Solo exhibition 


2008 – “Subconscious Associations” in the Armenian Centre of Contemporary Underground Art, Yerevan

“Calligraphy reveals such different aspects of the human being as moral virtues, personal opinion of the beauty, and also immediate feelings of the minute. It helps leave a large footprint on the sands of time”.