Artist martiros manoukian biography

Born in 1947, Martiros Manoukian is a contemporary Armenian-American artist whose story elucidates the experimentation and ultimate mastery of principles, rules, and traditions - which govern the very conception of Modern Art mediums and techniques.
Born on August 5, 1947, his talent emerged at an early age and he began painting seriously at age 11.
Martiros Manoukian (born August 5th, 1947) is an influential contemporary mixed-media artist known for his unique genre of paintings categorized as Marmillism.

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Meet Martiros Manoukian. The Armenian-born artist’s work is collected worldwide, and he’s recently joined the Park West family of artists.

Martiros fearlessly combines color and materials to reflect beauty, mood and movement — key elements of his work. His artistry celebrates his love of life – and of freedom – echoing at times the antiquity of his homeland combined with clean, contemporary line and imagery.

Martiros says artists don’t like to follow the rules.

“I make the rules in my studio and then I break the rules in my studio,” he said. “That’s when I’m happy, because this is my kingdom.”

He feels fortunate to have a small place in the big world in which he can create the art he is moved to make.

For him, art is about love, passion and nerve.

Martiros considers all artists part of a beautiful bouquet: each one bringing their unique flowers to the art world. “These are my flowers, and each one is different. There is no second or same rose. And there is no second artist,” he said. “There is no second Martiros. What I do is totally different.”

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Martiros Manoukian

“God gives each of us something at birth. A person doesn’t become an artist – he is simply born an artist” … and so it began for Martiros Manoukian.

Born on August 5, 1947, his talent emerged at an early age and he began painting seriously at age 11. Even as a child, Martiros exhibited his great enthusiasm for freedom, adventure, and nature. Full of energy and the desire for self-expression, he was already rebelling against the status quo, conformity, and anything “collective” in character. Once, after skipping school, he reappeared with a painting in hand, explaining that he couldn’t attend school because, “Nature grabbed me and seduced me… and I had to paint it.” That painting eventually won first prize at his art school in the Soviet Union. His unusually advanced artistic ability enabled him to enter the Academy of Art in Yerevan in 1967, directly from high school. He also traveled to and studied at the academies in Moscow and Leningrad and completed his studies in Yerevan in 1972.

Martiros’ first exhibit as an adult was in 1972 in Armenia, in the Yo

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Martiros Manoukian

Armenian (1947)

Date: 1999
Screenprint with Embellishments, signed and numbered in ink
Edition of 363/395
Size: 22 x 27.5 in. (55.88 x 69.85 cm)
Frame Size: 32.5 x 38 inches

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A woman with her hand above her head resting, she has a gold choker on her neck and bright red lips.

Outlined in gold this is a contemporary work by the artist.

About The Artist: Martiros Manoukian

Martiros Manoukian (Armenian: Մարտիրոս Մանուկյան; born August 5, 1947) is a contemporary mixed-media artist known for his unique genre of paintings categorized as Marmillism (Martiros Millennial-ism). Born in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, Martiros’ extraordinary abilities as an artist became evident in early childhood. At age 11, the young painter was included in an art exhibition in Moscow for aspiring high school...

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About The Medium: Ink

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