Suren Safaryan

Suren Safaryan (Սուրեն Սաֆարյան (Սաֆար); born 26 March 1983), also known as Safar, is an Armenian artist.

Biography
Suren Safaryan graduated from Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Department in 2006. He is a member of UNIMA-Armenia (2002), Artists’ Union of Armenia (2008), Artists’ Trade Union of Russia (2009) “Association Internationale des Arts Plastiques UNESCO” (2009). Since 2012, he is the Co-Chairman of AUA’s Youth Coalition. In 2013, he was elected member of AUA governing board. Since 2010 he has participated in organizing a number of exhibitions. In 2001, Suren Safar was the stage designer of the Armenian stand of the “Yes to children” UNICEF world movement (Perugia, Italy).

Exhibitions

 * Gallery of Kempinski Boulevard (Berlin, 2001)
 * «FIDEM» world exhibition (Paris, 2002)
 * Beijing 3rd International Art Biennale, (Beijing, 2008)
 * 3rd International Art Exhibition of Moscow, (Moscow, 2009)
 * 3rd International Art Biennale of Florence (Florence, 2009)
 * Exhibition dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of Armenia’s Independence (Beijing, 2011)
 * “Public Diplomacy Future of CIS Youth’’, member of the Armenian delegation (Moscow, 2011)
 * “Autumn Salon” International group exhibition in France, Grande Palais, (Paris, 2012)
 * “Salon 2013’’ International group exhibition in Russia (Moscow, 2013), “Days of Armenia” exhibition (Ashgabat, 2014)
 * “Testimony” exhibit dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide (Yerevan, 2015)
 * “ЦДХ-2016: The Image of Time” Exhibition (Moscow, 2016)
 * “Armenia: Reflections through Generations” AGBU exhibition (Yerevan, 2016)

One-man exhibitions

 * “Albert and Tove Boyajian” Gallery (Yerevan, 2006)
 * the Castle of Lyubliana museum (Lyubliana, 2010)
 * “Bercsenyi Zsuzsanna” gallery (Budapest, 2012)
 * Artists’ Union of Armenia (Yerevan 2016)