Biography
EDUCATION
| 1972-1977 | Bachelor of Arts and Architecture, Imperial Academy of Arts, St-Petersburg |
| 1969-1971 | BFA, Yerevan State College of Fine Arts, Yerevan, Armenia |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
| 2022-23 | beginning, end, beginning, Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Yerevan, Armenia |
| 2022 | Macrocosm and Microcosm, The Gallery of Mariam and Yeranuhi Aslamazyan Sisters, Gyumri, Armenia |
| 2019 | Inside the beehive: Art of Garen Bedrossian, Tufenkian Fine Arts, Glendale, California |
| 2018-19 | Inside the beehive: Art of Garen Bedrossian, The Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis |
| 2017 | Reflections, National Center of Aesthetics, Yerevan, Armenia |
| 2016 | De Pierre et De Miel, Galerie Éric Devlin, Montreal |
| 2015 | War And Peace, Centre des arts et de la culture de Dieppe, Dieppe, New Brunswick |
| War And Peace, Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, Armenia | |
| 2010 | Vital Movements, Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, Armenia |
| 2008 | Between Heaven and Earth, Galerie d’art d’Outremont, Montreal |
| 2006 | Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum, Southfield, Michigan |
| 2005 | Passage, Harvest Gallery, Glendale, California |
| 2004 | Microcosm-Macrocosm, HAN Art Gallery, Montreal |
| 2001 | Passage, HAN Art Gallery, Montreal |
| 1997 | Tour de la Bourse, Montreal |
| The TPM Art Gallery, Toronto | |
| 1995 | Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum, Southfield, Michigan |
| Bank of Montreal, Montreal | |
| 1992 | Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2022 | 50th University of the Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan |
| 2020 | Papier 20: Contemporary Art Fair, Works on Paper, Galerie Eric Devlin, Montreal |
| LIFE N STYLE 2020, International Print Festival, ‘IRREAL REALITY’, | |
| Art Caucasus, Tbilisi, Georgia | |
| 2019 | Armenia Art Fair Modern Contemporary, Yerevan, Armenia |
| 2018 | LIFE N STYLE 2018, International Print Festival, ‘Do or Do Not’, |
| Art Caucasus, Batumi Georgia | |
| XIème Salon International des Artistes Arméniens - Quadriennale de Lyon, | |
| Salons d’Exposition du Palais Bondy, Lyon | |
| 2017 | Everything is broken at Contemporary Expressions, Gallery Gevik, Toronto |
| Espace Paul Ricard, Lyon, France | |
| Papier 17: Contemporary Art Fair, Works on Paper, Galerie Eric Devlin, Montreal | |
| 2016 | Public display, Place Ville Marie, Montreal |
| Regards sur nos mémoires, Centre National de la Mémoire Arménienne, Lyon | |
| 2016 | Heresy, Galerie Robert Poulin, Montréal |
| 2016 | In Abstracto, Galerie Robert Poulin, Montreal |
| 2014 | Artotheque, organized by Galerie Eric Devlin, Montreal |
| 2013 | On Trail Christ, Modern Art Museum of Yerevan |
| Papier 13:, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie Éric Devlin | |
| 2010 | ARMENI, Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea. Castel dell’Ovo, Napels, Italie |
| Frontières Fluides, Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain | |
| 2009 | 15th anniversary exhibition of Galerie d’art d’Outremont / Galerie Robert Poulin |
| 2000-04 | HAN Art Gallery, Montreal |
| 1999 | Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale, Toyamura |
| 1997-98 | Edward Day Gallery, Toronto |
| 1995 | Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial 95, Tokyo |
| International Print Competition, Köchi | |
| Consument ART '95, Nuremberg | |
| Contemporary Quebec Artists, Dawson College, Montreal | |
| 1994 | International Triennial Competition, Osaka |
| International Print Triennial’ 94, Cracow | |
| 1994-93 | Maison de la Culture Côte-des-Neiges, Institute Thomas Moore, Montreal |
| 1993 | Montreal Museum of Fine Arts |
| Contemporary Art Exhibition, Centre Constantin Brancusi, Montreal | |
| 1992 | Sapporo International Print Biennial, Sapporo |
| 1992 | Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal |
| 1992-91 | International Contemporary Art Fair ELAAC, Montreal |
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
| 2018-19 | Sculpture of Sara Corning, commissioned by Sara Corning Society, Yarmouth, |
| Nova Scotia (Installation September 14, 2019) | |
| 2017-18 | Commissioned sculpture, Gift for the City of Montreal’s 375th anniversary from the |
| Armenian Community of Montreal, Ville St-Laurent (In progress) | |
| 2018-19 | Sculptures Commissioned and installed in the City of Yerevan |
| Donations to the collection of The Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, Armenia |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Catalogue Cafesjian Center for the Arts, 2023 |
| ‘Actual Arvest’ #14(20) Yerevan, 2022 |
| Catalogue LIFE N STYLE 2020, International Print Festival, Art Caucasus, Georgia, 2020 |
| Montreal Gazette, March 16, 2019 |
| Russian Life Minneapolis, Inside the Beehive: Art of Garen Bedrossian, 2018 August |
| Catalogue LIFE N STYLE 2018, International Print Festival, Art Caucasus, Georgia, 2018 |
| Catalogue d’IXe Salon International Des Artistes Arméniens, Quadriennale de Lyon, Association |
| EAPAC au Palais de Bondy, Lyon 5, Juin 2018 p.17 |
| Mousseau, Sylvie, Pour ne jamais oublier, Acadie Nouvelle, Octobre 2015 |
| Devlin, Éric, Mort, sacrifice et effacement, Pakine Hamazkayin Littéraire Magazine, |
| Juillet-Septembre 2016, no.3, p.75, (Traduction en arménienne) |
| Devlin, Éric, Mort, sacrifice et effacement, War and Peace, Tigran Mets, Erevan, Arménie 2015 |
| Ouellet, Pierre, Les écrits, Marquis Imprimeur, No.133. Portfolio: Garen Bedrossian, Nov 2011 |
| Rosshandler, Leo, Vital Movements, Garen Bedrossian, Tigran Mets, Erevan Armenia, 2010 Charron |
| Marie-Eve, Œuvres sur papier tous azimuts, Le Devoir 9 Janvier, 2010 |
| Rosshandler Leo, Entre Ciel et Terre, Vie des Arts, Montréal, Printemps 2008, vol.52 no.210, p.24-25 |
| Rosshandler Leo, Garen Bedrossian: Drawings, Sculptures, Paintings, |
| Tigran Mets, Yerevan, Armenia, 2004 (catalogue d’artiste) |
| Bedrossian Garen, Octonarius, artist book 2002; |
| (Estampes sur carborundum, poems of Gabriel-Pierre Ouellette) |
| Seleanu, André, Le Marcheur Discret, Passage, œuvres récentes Garen Bedrossian, |
| Vie des Arts, Montréal, Hiver 2001-2002 vol.46 no.185, page 86 |
| Catalogue, International Sculpture Biennale, Tojamura, Japon, 1999 |
| Catalogues of International Print Biennales and Triennales; |
| (Sapporo, Cracow, Osaka, Tokyo, Nuremberg, Köchi) during years 1991 to 1997 |
| Art and Ethics, ETC MEDIA: Revue de l’art actuel, no. 19, August to Novembre 1992 |
COLLECTIONS
| The Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
| Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia |
| National Library of Canada, Ottawa |
| National Library and archives of Quebec, Montreal |
| National Gallery of Armenia, Erevan, Armenia |
| Art Palace, Cracow, Pologne |
| Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum, Southfield, Michigan, USA |
| Armenian Cultural Center, Toronto |
| Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
| André Ibghy Architect, Montreal |
| Nortel Networks, Kanata, Ontario |
| Armenian Prelacy of Canada, Montreal |
| YBC ArArAt - Pernod Ricard, Erevan, Armenia |
| Elliot Lake Center for Development, Elliot Lake, Ontario |
| Westfield State College Foundation, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA |
| Private collections - Europe, United States and Canada |