About Nona Gabrielyan
Born 1944. Nona Gabrielyan is a Russian, Georgian and Armenian writer, painter, ceramicist, sculptor and artist.
Nona Gabrielyan (; born January 27, 1944) is an Armenian painter and ceramist. Born in Tbilisi, she lived and worked in Germany for 30 years, teaching graphics and painting.
Career Nona Gabrielyan was born in 1944 in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1968 she graduated from the Fine Arts and Drama Institute of Yerevan. Since 1971 she has been a member of Artists' Union of Armenia and a member of Artist’s Union of the ASSR, 1999 a member of the International Academy of Pottery KERAMOS in Warsaw. Since 1995 Gabielyan has given master classes (painting and graphics) at Art Atelier N&V in Wiesbaden, Germany. Since 2004 she has been a lecturer at Teacher at National High School VHS, Culture and Creativity, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions 2016 "Between Heaven and Earth", Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia 2015 Art from Eastern Europe, Wallau, Germany 2013 "Eastern European painting", Main-Taunus-Gallery, Hochheim, Germany 2012 "World in Colors", Kurhaus Christian-Zais Hall, Wiesbaden Germany 2011 Hofheim Town Hall, Chinonplatz, Wallauer Fachwerk Kulturkreis, Germany 2011, 2005, 1996, 1998 Kurhaus, Christian-Tsays-Hall, Wiesbaden, Germany 2009 "The Road to Light", Christian-Tsays-Hall, Wiesbaden, Germany 2008 National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan 2006 "Painting Graphics" Haus der Heimat, Wiesbaden, Germany 2003 "The colour of the form" The City Gallery of Bergheim, Germany 2002 The City Gallery "Salz Tour", "Easel Pottery" Halle Germany 2001 Kurhaus, Colonnade, Wiesbaden, Germany 2000 "Modern Art of Armenia", Old City Hall, Fürstenwalde, Germany 1999 Gallery Art Present, Paris, France 1999 Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France 1998 "Route" Municipal Gallery, Walluf, Germany 1997 GRS-center, Köln, Germany 1997 City Gallery, Bergheim, Germany 1995 "Ceramic plastic from Armenia", City Gallery, Halle-Saale, Germany 1994 "Plastic - Painting - Graphics" Museum of Ceramics, Frechen, Germany 1993 Plastic - Painting – Graphics, Museum of Ceramics, Frechen, Germany 1992 Editorial board of "Arvest" magazine, Yerevan, Armenia 1986 "Masters of Fine Arts of Armenia" Permanent Mission of the Armenian SSR, Moscow 1980 The Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia
Symposiums 1974, 1976, 1983 International Symposium of Ceramics, House of Creativity of Artists Dzintari, Latvia
Group exhibitions 2004, 2007 "1+14" Haus der Heimat, Wiesbaden Germany 1999, 1994 MIASTO IV, II International Ceramic Biennial "KERAMOS" International Ceramics, Design Center Warsaw, Poland 1995 "Plastic" Kreishaus, Bergheim Germany 1993 "Painting and Graphics" Goethe Institute, Frankfurt, Germany 1992 "Color of Armenia", Haus der Heimat, Wiesbaden, Germany 1987 "Art of Armenia" Prague, Czech, Warsaw Poland, Budapest, Hungary 1986 "Armenian Art", Leningrad Academy of Arts, USSR 1985 Soviet Decorative Art, Berlin, Germany 1984 Modern Ceramics of the USSR, Hohr-Grenzhausen, Germany 1983, 1973 "Armenian Art", Artists‘ Union, the USSR, Moscow 1982 40Della CERAMICA D’ARTE Ceramics International Competition in Faenza, Italy 1980 International Biennale De Ceramique D’ART Ceramics International Competition, Vallauris, France, Diploma 1980 38 Della CERAMICA D'ARTE International Ceramics Competition, Faenza, Italy 1978 International Biennale de Céramique d'Art, international ceramics competition Vallauris, France 1971 "Armenian Art", Montreal, Canada 1968 The exhibition of the best diploma theses, Leningrad Academy of Arts, the USSR (today the Academy of Arts of St. Petersburg, Russia
Collections Museum of Modern Art Yerevan, Armenia National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia Ethnography Museum in Sardarapat, Armenia "Keramion" Frechen, Deutschland
Catalogues 1983: Nona Gabrielyan’s ceramics 2007: Album "Plastics, Art, Poetry"
Literary works 2003: The collection of poems "Fossils of Heavens" (in Russian). 2005: Collection of poems "The Touch" (Russian) 2006: Russian-German collection of poems "Ins Nirgendwo" (From Nowhere) 2011: Russian-Armenian collection of poems "Color of the Word" 2013: Essay "Tender Clouds of Sadness" (Russian). 2017: Fictional and non-fictional stories "The Magic of Solitude" (Russian).
Family Husband - Van Soghomonyan, artist Daughter - Lilit Soghomonyan, painter Grandson - Guy Ghazanchyan, painter, sculptor
Gallery Paintings
Sculptures
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Armenian painter, sculptor, writer (born 1944)
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Nona Gabrielyan was born on 27 January 1944 in Tbilisi.
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Nona Gabrielyan is a writer, painter, ceramicist, sculptor and artist.
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Nona Gabrielyan is Russian, Georgian and Armenian.
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