Teni Vardanian

Teni Vardanian was born in 1958, Yerevan, Armenia. Has studied at Terlemezian Art College from 1972 to 1976. Has graduated from Yerevan State institute of Fine Arts in 1982. Member of the Union of Painters of Armenia since 1986.

Was awarded the gold medal of the 10-th Cairo biennale December 12, 2006 - February 1, 2007.

EXHIBITIONS:

1978 Republic Exhibition Devoted to 150th Anniversary of Unification of Armenia to Russia, Painters’ Union Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia, Moscow, Russia

1980 Republic Exhibition Devoted to 60th Anniversary of Soviet Armenia, Moscow, Russia

1982 Transcaucasian Exhibition of Armenian Artists of Theatre, Cinema and Television, Tbilisi, Georgia

1982 Pan Soviet Exhibition: “USSR – our Motherland”, Moscow, Russia

1983 Republic Exhibition: “Land and People”, Painters’ Union Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia

1984 “Imitative Art of Armenia”, St. Petersburg, Russia

1987 Exhibition of Armenian Women Artists, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

1995 Exhibition of Modern Armenian Artists, Paul Kirakossian Studio, Beirut, Lebanon, Paris, France

1996 Group Exhibition, Alec Manoukian Art Museum, Detroit, USA

1997 Works of Post-Soviet Armenian Artists, Borches Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Paris, France, La Plata, Uruguay

1998 “10.X-5.XI” Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia

1998 “On the Eve of 21st Century” State Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia

1999 “Modern Armenian Painting”, San Paulo, Brazil

1999 “Dignified Future”, State Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia

2000 “Symbols and Mysteries Art in Transition: Armenia”, Duncan Cambel Art Gallery, London, England

2000 Women’s International Art Exhibition, Aleppo, Syria

2001 Solo Exhibition, Consulate of Armenia, Aleppo, Syria

2001 Contemporary Art of Armenia, Museum of Modern Art, Tehran, Iran

STAGING OF THEATRE PERFORMANCES:

1982 B. Brecht’s “Three-pence opera”, Fine Arts Institute, Yerevan

1983 G. Soundukian’s “Another victim”, Young Spectator’s Theatre, Yerevan

1987 W. Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Young Spectator’s Theatre, Yerevan

1988 W. Goethe’s “Faust”, a TV Performance, Yerevan

1990 L. Shant’s “Old Gods”, Hamazgayin Theatre, Yerevan

1992 D. Demirchian’s “Brave Nazar”, Hamazgayin Theatre, Yerevan

REVIEWS, BOOKS AND MAGAZINES:

Magazine “Theatre”, 1983, Moscow

Magazine “Sovetski Khudozhnik”, 1984, Moscow

Catalogue “Noah’s Ark”, Modern Art Museum of Armenia, 1995, Beirut

Magazine “First Look, Art and Decoration”, # 15, 1995, Beirut

Magazine “Impressions”, 2000, London

“The Times”, January 26, 2000, London

Catalogue “Contemporary Art of Armenia”, 2001, Tehran

COLLECTIONS:

State Museum of Art and Literature, Yerevan, Armenia

Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia

Collection of World Bank, Washington D.C., USA

Number of Private Collections