Varouján Hovakimyan
Los Angeles, California
Armenian American abstract painter
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Education
1994–1999 Graphic Arts, State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia, Yerevan
Focus on drawing, painting, illustration, and printmaking
Honors and Residencies
2026 Château d’Orquevaux International Artists and Writers Residency, Champagne-Ardenne, France
2024 Denis Diderot Grant, awarded for the 2026 Château d’Orquevaux International Artists and Writers Residency, France
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Shoghart Gallery, Burbank, CA
2009 Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Harvest Gallery, Glendale, CA
2001 Alex Manougian Cultural Center, Pasadena, CA
1996 Komitas Chamber Music House, Yerevan, Armenia
Art Fairs
2025 San Francisco Art Fair, Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, San Francisco, CA
2021 The Other Art Fair Los Angeles, The Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA
2019 The Other Art Fair Los Angeles, The Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Group Exhibition, Galerie Diderot, Château d’Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
2023 PSB Art Show (October), Pershing Square Building Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 37th Annual All Media Exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
2022 Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
2021 The Really, Really Good Abstract Show, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2019 2nd International Print Biennale, HayArt Cultural Center, Yerevan, Armenia
2019 Los Angeles Art Association Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2019 The Power of Three, Castelli Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2005, 2010, 2015–2026 Beverly Hills Art Show (multiple juried editions), Beverly Hills, CA
2010 Center for Experimental Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Truth Dazzles Gradually, Center for Experimental Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Group Exhibition, Kerckhoff Art Gallery at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Unity and Diversity, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
1999 Art Show, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia
Selected Awards
2023 Second Place, Painting Category, Beverly Hills Art Show (Spring)
2019 Second Place, Drawing & Printmaking Category, Beverly Hills Art Show (Spring)
2019 Second Place, Drawing & Printmaking Category, Beverly Hills Art Show (Fall)
2018 Third Place, Drawing & Printmaking Category, Beverly Hills Art Show (Fall)
2017 First Place, Drawing & Printmaking Category, Beverly Hills Art Show (Spring)
2016 First Place, Drawing & Printmaking Category, Beverly Hills Art Show (Fall)
2010 First Place, New Media Category, Beverly Hills Affair in the Gardens Art Show (Spring)
2005 Second Place, New Media Category, Beverly Hills Affair in the Gardens Art Show (Fall)
2005 Third Place, New Media Category, Beverly Hills Affair in the Gardens Art Show (Spring)
Selected Writing and Press
2022 Peter Frank, “Varouján Hovakimyan: Music as Image, Image as Form”
2021 Canvas: A Blog of Saatchi Art, “Fair Director’s Pick: Varouján Hovakimyan”
2020 VoyageLA, “Meet Varoujan Hovakimyan”
2009 Asbarez, “In the Name of Mikito Yamaguchi: The Truth Dazzles Gradually”
Permanent Collections
2026 Château d’Orquevaux Artists and Writers Residency Collection, France
2019 2nd International Print Biennale Permanent Collection, Yerevan, Armenia