User:Կարինե Ավագյան/ShakArt (Shant Karapetyan)

Կատեգորիա:Անձինք այբբենական կարգով Կատեգորիա:Նկարիչներ այբբենական կարգով ShakArt (Shant Karapetyan, October 10, 1994, Yerevan, Armenia), painter, and doctor.

Life and Activity
Shant Karapetyan (ShakArt) was born on October 10, 1994 in Yerevan. He received his primary education at Yerevan Basic School № 52 named after Hovhannes Hovhannisyan. From 2012-2014, he served in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia. Received the rank of senior sergeant of the RA Armed Forces, served as the deputy commander of the reconnaissance platoon, and senior sergeant of combat post. He was awarded "The Army Superior" and "Brave Warrior" awards. He participated in the 44-day war of 2020 as the deputy commander of the reconnaissance platoon. Shant Karapetyan was admitted to the Faculty of General Medicine of Yerevan State Medical University named after Mkhitar Heratsi in 2012 and graduated from it in 2022.

The works of doctor-painter Shant Karapetyan, known as ShakArt, can be seen on various objects with a flat surface : pills, matchboxes, leaves, and body parts (Body Art), as well as in the form of large-scale samples of Street Art in modern fine art.

Individual exhibitions

 * «ShakArt». 2021, October 8-10, [./Https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Մոսկվայի_տուն_(Երևան) Moscow House], Yerevan, Armenia
 * “L’arte è ineurabile” («Art is incurable»). 2022, November 4-10, Palazzo Pisani Revedin Art Gallery, Venice, Italy

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Press

 * "I am a modest demigod of cosmic proportions. "The Hacker", Shant Karapetyan (ShakArt), ArmDaily, Anyuta Atanesyan, September 2020*
 * "ShakArt about himself and Street Art", art365.am, Shushan Karapetyan, May 2021*
 * "The first solo exhibition of doctor-painter ShakArt", Public TV News, Christine Voskanyan, October 2021*

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