BAGRAT (Bagrat Arazyan) - artist, designer, curator, musician, philosopher
1958 Born in Yerevan, Armenia
1976-1980 Studied at the Moscow Arts College, Russia
From 1994 co-founder and curator of "Modius" Gallery&Design studio, Moscow
2017 – co-founder and curator of the Center for Contemporary Art Pivka, Slovenia
Live and work in Slovenia
Solo exhibition and projects
1991 Modrianov Mlin Gallery, Postojna, Slovenia
1991 Mestna Galerija (City Art Gallery), Ljubljana, Slovenia
1992 Sparcasse, Furstenfeldbruck, Germany
1992 Rathaus, Germering, Germany
1993 Gallerie beim Arenbergpark, Wien, Austria
1993 Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
1994 M-ARS Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1994 Modius Gallery, OPM Bank, Moscow, Russia
1995 "Touches", Museum of Contemporary Art, Yerevan, Armenia /with Armen Igitkhanyan/
1996 "Two projects", Library of the foreign literature, Moscow, Russia /with Armen Igitkhanyan/
1997 " Art of money ", Modius Gallery, Menatep Bank, Moscow, Russia /with Armen Igitkhanyan/
2000 "a scent of a shadow / a shadow of a scent", Navicula Artis Gallery, St-Petersburg, Russia
2000 “Nardi” (Backgamon), Museum of Contemporary Art, Yerevan, Armenia /with Svetlana Vesselova/
2001 “Nardi” (Backgamon), Spider & Mouse gallery, Moscow, Russia /with Svetlana Vesselova/
2004 «Moscow-Paris. Backyards”, Cultural centre DOM, Moscow, Russia /with Helen Elb (France)/
2015 «Transformation» and «Calligraphic» projects. Krka Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 «Keys, laved by the flow of time». SAZU, Postojna, Slovenia
2015 «Retrospective», Russian center for Science and Culture, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 «Transformation», Plac Izolanov Gallery, Izola, Slovenia
2016 «Game Territory», Krpanov Dom, Center for Contemporary Art Pivka, Slovenia
2016 «Shadow of Light», Dom na Vidmu gallery, Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia /with Irina Vdovenko/
2016 «Anthropology», Plac Izolanov Gallery, Izola, Slovenia /with Matteo Bosi (Italy)/
2016 «Aroma of Desire / Desire of Aroma», Plac Izolanov Gallery, Izola, Slovenia /with Natalia Zinchenko/
2016 «Layering», Cultural center, Imatra, Finland
2016 «Duo», Manzioli wine bar, Izola, Slovenia /with Eduard Belsky/
2017 «Anthropology», Mladinski center Postojna, Slovenia
2017 «Layering», Center for contemporary art Pivka, Gallery of Slovenian People's Theater Celje, Slovenia
2018 «Screen», «Insula» gallery, Izola, Slovenia
2018 «Old travel», Steklena gallery, Logatec, Slovenia
2018 «Burnt pages of incomplete love», Center for contemporary art Pivka, Plac Izolanov Gallery, Izola, Slovenia
2018 «Screen», Dom na Vidmu gallery, Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia
2019 «Burnt pages of incomplete love», Kosovelov Dom, Sežana, Slovenia
2019 «Home in-between borders» installation /with Natalia Ignatyeva/, Center for contemporary art Pivka, Krpanov dom, Pivka, Slovenia
2019 «Wall», DRAT Gallery, Izola, Slovenia /with Sandra Kostjančič/
2019 «Geometry. Wood», Juliet Room, Muggia, Italy
2020 «Kiss of Angel or I have nothing at all left from you», Fine Art Gallery ’11:11 von Ivanova”, Risan, Montenegro
Group exhibitions and projects
1991 International Industrial Exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany
1992 EXPO-92, Seville, Spain
1995 Modius Gallery, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
1995 Aurora Gallery, Tver, Russia
1996 "Art-Moscow", Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
1998 "Modius Scriptorium", Gallery 103, St-Petersburg, Russia
1999 "kArtafakta", Gallery 103, Navicula Artis Gallery, St-Petersburg, Russia
1999 "Numbers", Anglia British bookshop, St-Petersburg, Russia
2000 Second international biennial, Gyumri, Armenia
2001 "Piggybank", State Russian Museum, St-Petersburg, Russia
2006 “Transforming World”, Caucasus Biennale Declaration, Tbilisi, Georgia
2007 “Political Poetical”, 14-th Tallinn Print Triennial, Estonia
2014 “Sub Rosa”, State Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia
2014 “From Saimaa to Saimaa”, Modern Art Museum, Imatra, Finland
2014 “On paper”, International graphic biennial, Jerusalem, Israel
2015 «Stratification»,Hoyrygalleria, Korpilahti, Finland
2016 International Biennial «Velika Planina»
2016 9th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 International Art Simposium «Slovenija open to Art», Sinji Vrh, Slovenia
2017 «Simbol. Sign. Colour», 6th International Fine Arts Festival, Kranj, Slovenia
2017 Art Expo Ljubljana, Slovenia
2018 International art project «View», Center for contemporary art Pivka, Gallery of Slovenian People's Theater Celje, Slovenia
2018 XXI International Art Residence “Krizhanke”, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019 «Calligraphic» installation in «Variations/Directions» project, Ptuj City Gallery, Slovenia
2019 PASTE UP! Festival de Collage en México, Mexico
2019 «Layering», East/West Festival of Arts, Jerusalem, Israel
2019 BALTIC DRAWING II, Imatra Art Museum, Finland
2019 «Black & White» 8th International Fine Arts Festival, Kranj, Slovenia
2019 Art Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
2019 «Made in Chernobyl» International Art project, Museum of Kyiv History, Kyiv, Ukraine
2020 KAOS 2020, 3rd Festival of Contemporary Collage, Kranj, Slovenia
2020 «Collage and assemblage; Recycled stories», 9th International Fine Arts Festival, Kranj, Slovenia
2021 International festival of Contemporary Photography, Kyiv, Ukraine
2021 Vth Open National competition of Abstract Photography, Kyiv, Ukraine
2021 «Transformation», Modi Art & Wine Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021 «Urban landscape. Understanding nature», 10th International Fine Arts Festival, Kranj, Slovenia
Main curator's projects
1995 "Touches", Museum of Contemporary Art, Yerevan, Armenia
1996 "Two projects", Library of the foreign literature, Moscow, Russia
1997 "Money as art", Menatep Bank, Moscow, Russia
1998 "Modius Scriptorium", Gallery 103, St-Petersburg, Russia
1999 "kArtafakta", Intercultural project, Gallery 103 and Navicula Artis Gallery,
St-Petersburg, Russia
2000 "a scent of a shadow / a shadow of a scent", Navicula Artis Gallery, St-Petersburg.
2000 “Nardi” (Backgamon), Museum of Contemporary Art, Yerevan, Armenia
2001 “Nardi” (Backgamon), Spider & Mouse gallery, Moscow, Russia
2001 "Piggybank", State Russian Museum, St-Petersburg, Russia
2004 «Moscow-Paris. Backyards”, Cultural centre DOM, Moscow, Russia
2015 «Keys, laved by the flow of time». SAZU, Postojna, Slovenia
2016 «Game Territory», Krpanov Dom, Center for Contemporary Art, Pivka, Slovenia
2016 «Shadow of Light», Dom na Vidmu gallery, Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia
2016 «Anthropology», Plac Izolanov Gallery, Izola, Slovenia
2016 «Aroma of Desire / Desire of Aroma», Plac Izolanov Gallery, Izola, Slovenia
2016 «Layering», Cultural center, Imatra, Finland
2017 «Woman of Eduard Belsky», Center for contemporary art Pivka, Slovenia
2017 «Layering», Center for contemporary art Pivka, Gallery of Slovenian People's Theater Celje, Slovenia
2018 International art project «View», Center for contemporary art Pivka, Gallery of Slovenian People's Theater Celje, Slovenia
2018 «Metamorphosis» of artist Rebeka Petrovčič, Center for contemporary art Pivka, Gallery
of Slovenian People's Theater Celje, Slovenia
2019 «Three cykles» project of Italian artist Elisabetta Bacci, Center for contemporary art Pivka, Krpanov dom, Pivka, Slovenia
2019 International exhibition of illustrations, Plac Izolanov (Izola) and Krpanov Dom (Pivka), Slovenia
2019 «Home in-between borders» installation, Center for contemporary art Pivka, Krpanov dom, Pivka, Slovenia
2019 «Adams Rib» project of Anatoly Baratynsky (Israel), Center for contemporary art Pivka, Plac Izolanov Gallery, Izola, Slovenia
2019 «Playing cubes» project of Ekaterina Kiryanova (Russia), Center for contemporary art Pivka, PRULE Cultural institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2021 «For one another» project of Olga Drozd (Ukraine), Center for contemporary art Pivka, Ethno Museum Klenik, Slovenia
2021 “Tower and others” project of Armen Igitkhanyan (Armenia), Center for contemporary art Pivka, Ethno Museum Klenik, Slovenia
Awards in graphic design and art
1997 The Best Design Award at The International Festival of Bank Advertising,
The calendar of Bank “Menatep”(1998), Moscow
2005 Bronze at the first professional competition of design and advertising
ADCR Awards 2005 in “Multipage Editions Design” nomination, Moscow
2007 Nomination on "Best book of the year" in annual national competition "Book of the year". «Siberia.
Atlas of the Asian Russia» edition.
2007 Medal and Diploma of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) for "Atlas of Yakutia" edition
2009 Diploma of I degree for edition design of «People of Russia. Atlas of cultures and religions» at the
All-Russia competition «Book Art».
2011 Diploma of I degree in a nomination «Best corporate calendar of past years» at the All-Russia
competition "Corporate calendar", a calendar of “Memories” for «Espro» group.
2011 Winner in a nomination « Best edition about Moscow» in annual national competition «Book of the
year». «Sacral space of medieval Moscow» edition.
2011 Medal of Ministry of Emergency Situations for many years of fruitful cooperation, for significant
contribution into the creative work on making of the "Atlas of natural and man-made hazards and
risks of emergency situations in the Russian Federation"
2017 Award at ExTempore Piran, Slovenia
2019 Award for “Constructively built art structure” at the “Black and White” 8th International Fine Arts Festival, Kranj, Slovenia
2021 Gold medal at Vth Open National competition of Abstract Photography, Kyiv, Ukraine