Bagrat Grigoryan

Bagrat Grigoryan (1939-1992) In 1939

- was born in Leninakan (Gyumri).  In 1957

- graduated from S.

Art Academy named after Merkurov. Studied A.

Ananikyan and S.

Near Mirzoyan (Leninaka).  1960-63

- studied by P.

Terlemezyan art school (Yerevan).   In 1967

- graduated from Yerevan Art and Theater Institute.   1965, 1966, 1968, 1969

- participant of youth exhibitions.   In 1970

- illustrated books and magazines. In 1971

– the first solo exhibition, after which he was accused of heresy and banned from further exhibition activity.   1972, 1975

- he manages to participate in group exhibitions with one work.   1977, 1979

- participates in exhibitions (France, Estonia) with three works each.   1978-85

- exhibited in "Basmajyan" gallery (Paris).   After a solo exhibition in Los Angeles, his works were exhibited in GDR, GFR, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Italy, Holland, Denmark, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Mongolia, Iran, Argentina, Canada, Lebanon, Russia.    In 1991

- was invited to Beirut to carry out pedagogical activities at the "Toros Roslin" higher educational complex. In 1992

- solo exhibition in Antilias (a city near Beirut). In 1992

- died in Yerevan.   In 1996

- posthumous individual exhibition (40 works, National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan).   The works are in the Museum of Modern Art (Yerevan), the National Gallery of Armenia (Yerevan), the Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), many private collections and galleries abroad.