Arto Chakhmakhchyan

Arto Chakhmakhchian (1933-2019) Arto Chakhmakhchian (1933-2019) In 1933

- was born in Cairo (Egypt).

In 1948

- came to Armenia.

In 1952

- graduated from P.

Terlemezyan Art School (Yerevan).

In 1959

- graduated from the Art and Theater Institute (Yerevan).

Since 1959, a permanent participant of republican, all-union and international exhibitions (including "Armenia from Urartu to our days", 1970, Louvre, Paris).

1960-1965

- taught at the art school (Yerevan).

Diploma holder of many international competitions.

In 1962

- received an award at the international sculpture exhibition (Prague).

In 1968

- was awarded a gold medal at the exhibition of young artists (Yerevan).

In 1968

- Received the 1st class award for the works "Portrait of my mother" and "Arno Babajanyan" (Bulgaria).

In 1970

- won first class awards in Yerevan and Moscow for the same works.

1959-1970

- worked at the Art Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Armenia.

He has been living in Montreal (Canada) since 1975.

Individual exhibitions.

1968 - Sculpture and Graphics (Sofia, Bulgaria) 1970 – Institute of Physics (Moscow), Institute of Physics (Yerevan).

He is the author of many monumental works in Armenia, USA, Canada and elsewhere At the suggestion of the Peacekeeping Committee, his "Khiroshima" sculpture was installed in Japan.

2019 – died in Canada.

The works are located in the Museum of Modern Art (Yerevan), the National Gallery of Armenia (Yerevan), the Museum of the Peoples of the Eastern Countries (Moscow), and the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow).