SIRANUSH VARDANYAN

Siranush Vardanyan is an Armenian painter trained at the Abovyan Art School, the Panos Terlemezian State College of Fine Arts and the State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia, where she completed a Bachelor's degree in Painting in 2022 and a Master's degree in 2024. In 2022 she received the Eduard Isabekyan Prize for the best graduation thesis and became a member of the Artists' Union of Armenia. Alongside her practice she teaches painting, drawing and composition at the Abovyan Multidisciplinary State College and at the Art School of Abovyan, and her work is shown regularly in the salons and group exhibitions of the Artists' Union of Armenia as well as internationally.

LIVES AND WORKS

Armenia

MEMBERSHIP

Artists' Union of Armenia, since 2022

AWARDS

2022 — Eduard Isabekyan Prize for the Best Graduation Thesis, Department of Painting, State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia

EDUCATION

2022 – 2024

Master's Degree in Painting, State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia

2018 – 2022

Bachelor's Degree in Painting, State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia

2013 – 2018

Panos Terlemezian State College of Fine Arts

2009 – 2013

Abovyan Art School

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024

Workshop Leader, "Avant-garde and Humanism: Kochar through the Eyes of Teenagers"

Since 2023

Lecturer in Painting, Drawing and Composition, Abovyan Multidisciplinary State College

Since 2022

Fine Arts Teacher, Art School of Abovyan

EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS

2026

"Contemporary Art and Fundraiser", organized by Arar Exhibition Hall at the National Center of Aesthetics

2025

Abovyan, Armenia — exhibition dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Abovyan Art School, Armenian–Russian Friendship Museum

Vahan Tekeyan Cultural Center — Tekeyan Competition Fine Arts Exhibition

Abovyan, Armenia — Jubilee Exhibition of the Abovyan State Multidisciplinary College, Armenian–Russian Friendship Museum

"Autumn Salon", Gayane Hovhannisyan Art Studio Exhibition Hall

2024

Yerevan, Armenia — "Spring Salon", Artists' Union of Armenia

Abovyan, Armenia — "Spring Salon", Museum of Friendship of the Armenian and Russian Peoples

Yerevan, Armenia — "La Bohème", organized by the Artists' Union of Armenia, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Charles Aznavour

2023

Yerevan, Armenia — "Spring Salon", Artists' Union of Armenia

Abovyan, Armenia — "Autumn Salon", Museum of Friendship of the Armenian and Russian Peoples

Tabriz, Iran — "Armenian Artists", group exhibition at Tabriz Islamic Art University

2022

Yerevan, Armenia — "Autumn Salon", Artists' Union of Armenia

Yerevan, Armenia — "A View from Another Side", Artists' Union of Armenia

2021

Yerevan, Armenia — "Iran Through the Eyes of Armenian Artists", Artists' Union of Armenia

2020 – 2022

Yerevan, Armenia — annual "Rating Exhibitions", Artists' Union of Armenia

2019 – 2021

Yerevan, Armenia — series of student exhibitions at the Albert and Tove Boyajian Exhibition Hall

2019

Yerevan, Armenia — exhibition dedicated to Sustainable Development, United Nations Office in Armenia

2018

Yerevan, Armenia — Youth Competition in Visual Arts, organized by the President of the Republic of Armenia

2017 – 2018

Yerevan, Armenia — "A Piece of Fire", student exhibition, Artists' Union of Armenia

2016

"National Musical Treasury", project organized by the Cultural Revival Foundation

2013 – 2018

Yerevan, Armenia — intercollegiate exhibitions at the Panos Terlemezian State College of Fine Arts, including "Spiritual Revival", "Invention" and "Three Stories"