 QANA |  The Letter |  Allegory Of Life |
 Out of the frame |  Seated Nude |  The Family |
 Sweeming In The Desert |  Untitled |  Madona |
 Palms Sunday |  Untitled |
| The conscious and subconscious feelings of humanity and large scales of canvas moves and inspires me. I work spontaneously and constantly covering and layering the canvas with oil paint, blending art, culture and the history of humanity into new forms of existing identities. Sometimes I use the color directly from the tube exploring its pure power and energy, other times using brush, hand and other objects that scratch and mark the painting in an instant moment of time, recording its existence in the history of art and time. In the process I constantly discover new territory of expression, dimension, texture and identity. Every one of my paintings has the beauty, mystery, misery and history of its own - which is the background and instant history of its existence. The history of art and humanity that is cruel to its heritages; the history of culture, wars and civil wars which leave behind contradictions and wounds; sculpt the conflict of existence, which in its case forms a new concept of culture developing divers forms of art. Why make statments when the heartbeat, the conscious, the subconscious and the existence of the artist creat artwork, which is the existing reality of its creator, and where they blend into one identity. Art itself is a manifesto of its existence. My parent was survivor of Armenian GENOCIDE (1915) I AM A PROUD ARMENIAN ARTIST Check out my museum quality Abstract Expressionist gallery (Action Painting). Don't forget to visit my website, My Art (http://www.naregatsi.org/lidya) |
Country: United States
Site: www.naregatsi.org/lidya
Contact: Tel:(661)2509832
Biography:
| An International, Armenian artist born in Lebanon. Obtained her degree, Masters Of Fine Arts from ALBA (Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Art), where she has been lecturing since 1989. Since then never lending herself to derisive exercises, but creating different dimentions, refusing to create sarcastic objects destined for bourgeois. For her the inequalities and the particularities of a condition cannot define its fundamental truth. To translate the profound equality of beings, she captures them in their uniqueness and universality. Blending drama and beauty through the ever deepening of a language in which only her subconscious varies. Creating a work in which life and painting blend in a perfect existenntial poem. Her work has been showcased in various prestigious exhibitions, Forum of Beirut; organized by Cultural Center of France for Middle Eastern Artists, Hotel Riviera for the 50th Anniversary of LOGH, The 50th Anniversary of Armenian Artists' Existentialism in Lebanon,(Les Artistes Armeniens 50 Ans Au Liban), Salon D'automn Grand Palais International Exhibition in Paris, 2004 Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, TX, 2004 Biennial International Juried Exhibition. Bradcooper Gallery, FL, Art Basel, Masters' Mystery Art Show in Ritz Carlton Miami, The New Expressionists International Exhibition, a la carte Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, World Council for Arts & Culture, 2nd Biennial International Juried Exhibition, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, 2005 Education 1983-1988 Degree obtained in Masters of Fine Arts. Graduated with Honors as Valedictorian from ALBA (Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts), Beirut, Lebanon. Exhibitions 2008 THANK YOU ALL MIGHTY,Exhibition and Open Studio of International artist Lidya Aaghia, Canyon Country, CA 2007 Listen To your Heart, Gallery Z, Providence, RI 2006 Art Basel, MMAS, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Miami, FL Invitation, Voyages, LE SALON DU TIMBRE & DE L'ECRIT, Parc Floral De Paris, France I am the World Champion of Art, KunstZwergFestival, Mainz, Germany Invitation, AIR-LUFT-AIR, 5TH INTERNATIONAL MAIL-ART-BIENNIAL, Bad Sulzdethfurth Art Association, Bodenburg, Germany Invitation, Solo Exhibition, Canyon Theatre Guild, Old Town Newhall, CA OMMA Center of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA 2005 "Clair-obscur", Mail Art, L'ATRIUM Cultural Center, Chaville, France 8th Annual Poscards From The Edge-2005,Robert Miller Gallery, NY Art Basel, MMAS, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Miami, FL Femail Expansion-From Desire to Passion, First International Mail Art Exhibition, Room With a View Gallery, Sanghai, China 2nd BIENNIAL International Juried Exhibition, Herbst International Hall, San Francisco, CA The New Expressionists, International Juried Exhibition, A La Carte Gallery, Santa Fe, NM SCAA Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA 2004 Art Basel, The Masters Mystery Art Show, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Miami, FL Art Classic XV, Barnes & Nobel, Santa Clarita, CA 2004 BIENNIAL International Juried Exhibition, Brad Cooper Gallery, Tempa FL Barnes & Nobel, Santa Clarita, CA 2004 Salon Internationa Juried Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery, TX B&R Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA 2003 Adamson Duvannes Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA Roslin Gallery, Glendale, CA 2002 Exhibition organized by French Cultural Center for Middle Eastern Artists, Beirut, Lebanon 2001 "Hamazkayin" Armenian Cultural Center, Beirut, Lebanon 2000 50th Aniversary of LOGH, Hotel Riviera, Beirut, Lebanon 1999 50th Aniversary of Armenian Artists' Existence in Lebanon, Rochan Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon Beirut The Cultural Capital of Middle East, El-Mina, Lebanon 1997 BIENNIAL, Exhibition of Young Artists that benefited France, ALBA, Beirut, Lebanon Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Beirut (Solo) 1995 Armenian Tekeian Cultural Center, Beirut, Lebanon 1992 Salon D'automne International Exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris 1989 The Cultural Movement Center, Beirut, Lebanon Maya Moyent Orient Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon 1988 Exhibition of ALBA graduates, Guest of Honer Former First Lady Bachir Jumael, Beirut, Lebanon Exhibition of young Talents, ALBA, Beirut, Lebanon Mar Elias Libanaise Cultural Center, Antelias, Lebanon 1987 "Hamazkayin", Jemaran, Beirut, Lebanon Daraj El Fen, Guest of Honor President of Lebanon Amin Jumael, Beirut, Lebanon Keteyeb Cultural Center, Lebanon 1986 Mar Elias Libanaise Cultural Center, Antelias, Lebanon Prizes 1999 Attestation of gratitude from Superior Minister of Libanaise Culture Appreciation Certificate from Mayor of El-Mina 1996-97 Scholarship and Grant, French Cultural Center, France 1988 First prize of Samir Tabet and Amal Traboulsi First prize of Academy Lebanese de Baux Art |
Slide show
Interview
Saatchi Gallery
My Art
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2nd Biennial International Juried Exhibition
Contemporary Art
The New Expressionists 2005
2004 Biennial International Juried Exhibition FL
Masters Mystery Art Show
| QANA | The Letter | Allegory Of Life |
| Out of the frame | Seated Nude | The Family |
| Sweeming In The Desert | Untitled | Madona |
| Palms Sunday | Untitled |