Arshak Sarkissian

Arshak Sarkissian (Արշակ Սարգսյան; born December 26, 1981), is an Armenian painter and artist.

Biography
Arshak Sarkissian was born in Gyumri, Armenia, into the family of painter Ararat Sarkissian. After the 1988 Armenian earthquake, he moved to Yerevan.

In 1998, he graduated from National Aesthetic Center of art, Yerevan, Armenia, 2001–2002 Postgraduary Cyprus College of Art, Paphos, Cyprus.

Sarkissian designed the interior of passenger terminals in Zvartnots International Airport. Sarkissian paints with oil and pastel on canvases, but also does sketches with ink. He has also combined models and photography in his works "Bird Man" and "Chicken Man" His style can be described as surreal.

Sarkissian's name is among the Verfhon's 2014 List of Painters.

Exhibitions
Since 1999 Arshak Sarkissian's works have been exhibited throughout the world.

Solo exhibitions

 * 2018 Tufenkian Fine Arts, California
 * 1999 National Aesthetic Center of Art, Armenia
 * 2000 Opus 39, Nicosia, Cyprus
 * 2004 Opus 39, Nicosia, Cyprus
 * 2005 Academy Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
 * 2009 Albemarle Gallery, UK, London
 * 2010 Mildberry Gallery, Russia, Moscow
 * 2010 Gavriel Gallery, Germany.Bremen
 * 2011 Opus 39, Nicosia, Cyprus
 * 2012 Antikyan Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
 * 2016 AS Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Group exhibitions

 * 1997 Zircular 5, Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia
 * 1998 Take It, Center of Modern and Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia
 * 1998 1st Gyumri International Biennial, Armenia
 * 1999 "Mind Fanatics", ACCEA, Yerevan, Armenia
 * 2000 ACCEA Virtual Art, Yerevan, Armenia
 * 2000 2nd International Biennial Gyumri, Armenia
 * 2002 Morphi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
 * 2005 Edwar's Fine Arts Gallery San Francisco, United States
 * 2005 5th Gyumri International Biennial, Armenia
 * 2006 Marie Pavgas, Art Gallery, Arsheville, North Carolina, USA
 * 2007 Harvest Gallery. California, USA
 * 2008 Center for contemporary Experimental Art, Armenia
 * 2013 Charlie Smith Gallery, London Anthology, UK

Awards

 * 2005 Presidential Gold Medal for Fine Arts

Quotes from Arshak Sarkissian
"In historical paintings you may see very different levels of importance were given to the face of a king, for example, and to his dog. I am more of a documental artist. Beautiful and ugly are the same to me. Every image—man, woman, child, pair of shoes, gets the same attention." "My work is about the idea of someone, their personality, the atmosphere they create. It is not about what they are doing but what they make you feel. When you look at them, you don't think about what their names are. You conceive the concept of two people holding hands."