Lidya

An International, Armenian artist born in Lebanon. Obtained her degree, Masters Of Fine Arts from ALBA (Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Art), where she has been lecturing since 1989. Since then never lending herself to derisive exercises, but creating different dimentions, refusing to create sarcastic objects destined for bourgeois. For her the inequalities and the particularities of a condition cannot define its fundamental truth.

To translate the profound equality of beings, she captures them in their uniqueness and universality. Blending drama and beauty through the ever deepening of a language in which only her subconscious varies. Creating a work in which life and painting blend in a perfect existenntial poem.

Her work has been showcased in various prestigious exhibitions,
Forum of Beirut; organized by Cultural Center of France for Middle Eastern Artists,
Hotel Riviera for the 50th Anniversary of LOGH,
The 50th Anniversary of Armenian Artists' Existentialism in Lebanon,(Les Artistes Armeniens 50 Ans Au Liban),
Salon D'automn Grand Palais International Exhibition in Paris,
2004 Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, TX,
2004 Biennial International Juried Exhibition. Bradcooper Gallery, FL,
Art Basel, Masters' Mystery Art Show in Ritz Carlton Miami,
The New Expressionists International Exhibition, a la carte Gallery, Santa Fe, NM,
World Council for Arts & Culture, 2nd Biennial International Juried Exhibition, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, 2005


http://lidyaart.com

The conscious and subconscious feelings of humanity and large scales of canvas moves and inspires me. I work spontaneously and constantly covering and layering the canvas with oil paint, blending art, culture and the history of humanity into new forms of existing identities.

Sometimes I use the color directly from the tube exploring its pure power and energy, other times using brush, hand and other objects that scratch and mark the painting in an instant moment of time, recording its existence in the history of art and time. In the process I constantly discover new territory of expression, dimension, texture and identity. Every one of my paintings has the beauty, mystery, misery and history of its own - which is the background and instant history of its existence. The history of art and humanity that is cruel to its heritages; the history of culture, wars and civil wars which leave behind contradictions and wounds; sculpt the conflict of existence, which in its case forms a new concept of culture developing divers forms of art.

Why make statments when the heartbeat, the conscious, the subconscious and the existence of the artist creat artwork, which is the existing reality of its creator, and where they blend into one identity. Art itself is a manifesto of its existence.
My parent was survivor of Armenian GENOCIDE (1915)
I AM A PROUD ARMENIAN ARTIST
Check out my museum quality Abstract Expressionist gallery (Action Painting).
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2007

Listen To your Heart, Gallery Z, Providence, RI

2006

Art Basel, MMAS, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Miami, FL
Invitation, Voyages, LE SALON DU TIMBRE & DE L'ECRIT, Parc Floral De Paris, France
I am the World Champion of Art, KunstZwergFestival, Mainz, Germany
Invitation, AIR-LUFT-AIR, 5TH INTERNATIONAL MAIL-ART-BIENNIAL, Bad Sulzdethfurth Art Association, Bodenburg, Germany
Invitation, Solo Exhibition, Canyon Theatre Guild, Old Town Newhall, CA
OMMA Center of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA

2005

"Clair-obscur", Mail Art, L'ATRIUM Cultural Center, Chaville, France
8th Annual Poscards From The Edge-2005,Robert Miller Gallery, NY
Art Basel, MMAS, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Miami, FL
Femail Expansion-From Desire to Passion, First International Mail Art Exhibition, Room With a View Gallery, Sanghai, China
2nd BIENNIAL International Juried Exhibition, Herbst International Hall, San Francisco, CA
The New Expressionists, International Juried Exhibition, A La Carte Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
SCAA Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA

2004

Art Basel, The Masters Mystery Art Show, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Miami, FL
Art Classic XV, Barnes & Nobel, Santa Clarita, CA
2004 BIENNIAL International Juried Exhibition, Brad Cooper Gallery, Tempa FL
Barnes & Nobel, Santa Clarita, CA
2004 Salon Internationa Juried Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery, TX
B&R Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA

2003

Adamson Duvannes Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Roslin Gallery, Glendale, CA

2002

Exhibition organized by French Cultural Center for Middle Eastern Artists, Beirut, Lebanon

2001

"Hamazkayin" Armenian Cultural Center, Beirut, Lebanon

2000

50th Aniversary of LOGH, Hotel Riviera, Beirut, Lebanon

1999

50th Aniversary of Armenian Artists' Existence in Lebanon, Rochan Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut The Cultural Capital of Middle East, El-Mina, Lebanon

1997

BIENNIAL, Exhibition of Young Artists that benefited France, ALBA, Beirut, Lebanon
Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Beirut (Solo)

1995

Armenian Tekeian Cultural Center, Beirut, Lebanon

1992

Salon D'automne International Exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris

1989

The Cultural Movement Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Maya Moyent Orient Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

1988

Exhibition of ALBA graduates, Guest of Honer Former First Lady Bachir Jumael, Beirut, Lebanon
Exhibition of young Talents, ALBA, Beirut, Lebanon
Mar Elias Libanaise Cultural Center, Antelias, Lebanon

1987

"Hamazkayin", Jemaran, Beirut, Lebanon
Daraj El Fen, Guest of Honor President of Lebanon Amin Jumael, Beirut, Lebanon
Keteyeb Cultural Center, Lebanon

1986

Mar Elias Libanaise Cultural Center, Antelias, Lebanon

Prizes

1999

Attestation of gratitude from Superior Minister of Libanaise Culture
Appreciation Certificate from Mayor of El-Mina

1996-97

Scholarship and Grant, French Cultural Center, France

1988

First prize of Samir Tabet and Amal Traboulsi
First prize of Academy Lebanese de Baux Art

http://lidyaart.com