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 Education:

2002-2004 

. UCLA extensions, Los Angeles. Studied GRAPHIC DESIGN

1992-1994 

. Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, Los Angeles. Majored in FASHION DESIGN

1985-1990 

. State Pedagogical University ( Kh.Abovian ). Yerevan/Armenia. Majored in TEACHING FINE ARTS

1978-1982 

. College of Fine Arts and Design ( P.Terlemezian ). Yerevan/Armenia. Majored in FINE ARTS/GRAPHIC DESIGN

Teaching:

2012_Present  

. Mentoring Emerging Artists, at ALEXANDRA MANUKYAN ART STUDIO, Glendale, CA.

2021 _ Present 

. Master Artist Mentor at MASTRIUS, Canada.

Solo Exhibitions:

2025

. at Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2022

. LUMINESCENCE, at Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2021

. ENCHANTRESS, at Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2019 

.REALISM, REVERIES &RHAPSODY, at Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK

2018

. EVOLUTION, at Sol Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2017 

. REPLICATION TERMINUS, at Bash Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2016 

. PROPHECIES UNHEEDED, at Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2015

. ORACLE OF EXTINCTION, at Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2014 

. BEAUTIFUL DISASTER, at Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA

2013 

. SINE QUA NONE, at Paul Booth’s Last Rites Gallery, New York, NY

2012 

. SECRETS AND CONFESSION, at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2011 

. LOVE IS A BATTLE FIELD, at Silvana Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2008

. NEW RENESANCE, at Barnsdall Hall , Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibitions:

2025

. DREAMLAND AWAITS, at Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA

2024

. 113th ANNUAL GOLD MEDAL EXHIBITION, Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, Orange, CA

. PARACOSMC ESCAPE, at Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA

. CRYSTAL PERSUASION, at Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK

. THE PORTRAIT SHOW 12: MITH, at Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA

. PRECIOUS METAL, at Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA

. CONTEMPORARY FIGURATION , at Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2023

. 16th International ARC Salon Exhibition hosted by Sotheby’s NY from July 14th - July 24th.

2022

. BRAVEHEART, at Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa OK

. WORLD ALMANAC, at Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa OK

. 111th ANNUAL GOLD MEDAL, at Bowers Museum Santa Ana CA

. HALCYON DAYS, at Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA

. 32nd ANNUAL MINI SHOW, at Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2021

. SMALL WORKS, at StoneSparrow Gallery, New York, NY

.  5th ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, at Wausau Museum, Wausau, WI

. MAKE IT REAL (Photo and Hyper Realism)  - Curated by David Willson (IBEX Collection)

. THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS, at StoneSparrow Gallery, New York, NY

. QUEST FOR THE MODERN FIGURE, at 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL

. URBAN PORTRAIT, at StoneSparrow Gallery, New York, NY

. CANDLES and FIRETROWERS, at Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK

2020

. BONES, at Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK

. CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVES, at StoneSparrow Gallery, New York, NY 

. SUPERHERO, at StoneSparrow Gallery, New York, NY

. SMALL WORKS, at Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK  

.109th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, Orange, CA

. LA ART SHOW, at Rehs Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019

. CONTEMPORARY REALISM, at 1261 Gallery, Denver, Colorado

. MODERN EDEN gallery, San Francisco, CA

. MONIKER Art Fair, curated by THINKSPACE GALLERY, London, England

. PAINTING THE FIGURE NOW, at Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL

. 12” x 12” works, curated by THINKSPACE GALLERY, Chicago, IL

. SECONDARY MEANINGS: Figural Diptychs, at ZhouB Art Center, Chicago, IL

. 12” x 12” works, curated by THINKSPACE GALLERY, New Orleans, LA

. PAINTING THE FIGURE NOW, at Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, WI

. 12” x 12” works, curated by THINKSPACE GALLERY, at Heron Arts, San Francisco, CA 

. THE IMAGINARY, at Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA

, I OBSERVE, at Rehs Contemporary Gallery, NY.

. PAINTING TODAY, at MEAM, European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain.

. ADORN ME, curated by Carol Hodes and Didi Menendez, online exhibition.

. LA ArtShow, at Rehs Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2018 

. SCOPE at Miami Art Basel Week. Curated by THINKSPACE gallery. Miami, FL

. Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Curated by THINKSPACE gallery. Lancaster, CA

. REAR WINDOW, at Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK 

. EPHEMERAL, at Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA

. Rubicon online exhibition featuring works of imaginative realism, IX Gallery.

. SECRETS OF TWISTED AND INTWINED, at RJD Gallery, New York, NY

. 107th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, at Natural History Museum, CA

. VISION OF VENUS, at Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL

2017

. SHE LOVES COLLECTIVE, Los Angeles, CA

2016

. FAHRENHEIT 451, at Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK

. 105th Annual Gold Medal exhibition, at Autry Museum, Los Angeles,CA

. TATTOO, at Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

. BEINART COLLECTIVE, at Copro Gallery, Santa Monica,CA

2015 

. SUBJECTIVE TRUTHS, at Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA

. LE PETITE FOUR, at Friends of Lion Gallery, Sydney, Australia

. PHANTASTISCHE VENUS, at Altes Rathaus, Viechtach, Germany

. THE BIRDS, at Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK

. 104th Annual Gold Medal exhibition, at Fisher Museum, Los Angeles, CA

. THE DIRTY SHOW, International Erotic Art Exhibition, Feature Exhibition, Detroit, MI

2014

. RUNNUNG WITH SCISSORS, at Kwan Fong Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA

. FANTASY FAIR, at Bash Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco, CA

. 20th ANNIVERSARY, at ‘Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

. ART COLLECTOR STARTER KIT at Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA

. THE ANNIVERSARY SHOW, at Last Rites, New York, NY

. FUTUROLOGY, at Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

. ART COLLECTOR STARTER KIT, at Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA

. THE MAN SHOW, at Kwang Wong Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA

2012 

. THE ILLUMINATION, at Copro Gallery. Santa Monica, CA 

. TABBOO, at Paul Booth’s Last Rites Gallery, New York, NY

. I WANT TO BE FIRST, at Kat Von D's Wonderland Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2011

. BEAUTY IN NATURE, at Silvana Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

. BEYOND EDEN , represented by La Luz de Jesus Gallery at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall hall, Los Angeles, CA

. THE POWER OF ART AND MUSIC, the 6th annual international exhibition

at Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America, Los Angeles, CA

2007

. 23-24 Memorial Art Exhibition at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Hall, Los Angeles, CA

Awards:

2021 

.Finalist of the 35 RAYMAR Traditional Art Award of the 2021 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize.

2020

. ARC Salon 15th Annual Exhibition (2020-2021), Honorable Mentions on 4 Paintings in Portrait and Imaginative Realism categories.

2019

. ARC Salon 14th AnnualExhibition (2019-2020), Finalist in Imaginative Realism category.

Work:

1998-2009 

Fashion Life inc., position: Fashion Designer

2002-2006 

. Freelance work for the Entertainment Industry, designed and illustrated movie

posters and worked with companies such as BLT and Associates, Shoolery Design, Bird

Design, Big Picture Group Advertising, 1124 Design Inc.

1997-1998 

. CC Collection Inc., position: Fashion Designer.

1994-1997 

. Bill Glazer and Associates Inc. position: Fashion/Graphic Artist.

1990-1994 

. Susan Borrows, position: Fashion Designer.

 Publications:

2024

. August issue, FINE ART CONNOISSEUR Magazine

. July catalogue, POETS ad ARTISTS magazine

. Issue 44, BEAUTIFUL BIZARRE Magazine

2023

. October issue. Painting 'A tale of Feathered Splendor' featured in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine. 

. June Issue, article in the Rebirth, in MUSETOUCH magazine, https://musetouch.org/musetouch-rebirth-pay-free/,pages 374-427

. February issue, article in THE GUIDE ARTISTS Magazine

2022

. December issue, FINAE ART CONNOISSEUR Magazine

. July issue, AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR Magazine

. June issue, BEAUTIFUL BIZARRE Magazine

2020

. May/June issue, FINE ART CONNOISSEUR Magazine

2019 

. Fall issue. MIROIR Magazine, MONDE

. August issue. BEAUTIFUL BIZARRE Magazine

. April issue. HASHTAG Magazine.

. ART RENEWAL CENTER. FINALIST of 14th ARC Salon Exhibition /2019.

. May issue, POETS ad ARTISTS magazine, SECONDARY MEANINGS: FIGURAL DIPTYCH.

. February issue, POETS ad ARTISTS magazine, ADORN ME.

2018 

. October issue, MIROIR magazine

. May/June issue of FINE ART CONNOISSEUR magazine

. January/February issue of FINE ART CONNOISSEUR magazine

2017 

. December issue, AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR magazine

. June issue, BEAUTIFUL BIZARRE magazine

2016

. December issue, JUXTAPOZ magazine

2015

. September, KCET, Alexandra Manukyan: Putting the Fundamentals of Art to Work

. October issue, FINE ART CONNOISSEUR, Volume12, 'Focusing on Fabrics'

. PHANTASTISCHE VENUS Book, Viechtach, Germany

2014

. WOMEN OF WONDER book, Edited by Cathy Fenner

. October issue, Running with Scissors is in the Los Ange les Daily News 

. August issue, AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR Magazine, issue 106 

. March issue, HI FRUCTOSE magazine

2013 

. December issue of BEAUTIFUL BIZARRE magazine.

. December issue, cover of MIROIR MAGAZINE, and featured artworks

. December issue, cover of ASIMOV’s SCIENCE FICTION magazine

. October, COMBUSTUS magazine

. SPECTRUM edition 20

. January issue of HI FRUCTOSE magazine 

. TOME book, Volume 1

2012 

. SPECTRUM edition 19

. March 22 issue, PASADENA WEEKLY, ‘Power Unmasked. Artist Alexandra Manukyan’s surrealist paintings put women in control’, article by Natalie Avakian

. March issue 19 MUSE TOUCH VISUAL ARTS Magazine. Pages 82 through 111.

. January, issue 21 POETS ad ARTISTS magazine

. January issue, WARHOLIAN, the article by Keisha Raines

. January issue, COAGULA ART JOURNAL, ’Weekend Bender’

2011 

. December issue 'HI-FRUCTOSE'

. SKETCHOZINE MASTERS: Alexandra Manukyan_ Traditional Drawing and oil painting collection & techniques_ by Mad Artist Publishing

. July issue, HI-FRUCTOSE magazine

. Publication of 'The Power of Art and Music' the 6th annual international exhibition.

. Summer issue, POETS ad ARTISTS magazine