{"id":8929,"date":"2021-11-25T14:44:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T10:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nonagabrielyan.am\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:21:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vansoghomonyan.am\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8929\" class=\"elementor elementor-8929 elementor-5501\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87b6ee7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87b6ee7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96fa290\" data-id=\"96fa290\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62bd1ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_heading_page\" data-id=\"62bd1ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ova_heading_page.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<section class=\"heading-page\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/vansoghomonyan.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/painting-052.jpg)\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"second_font\">About Artist<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a5bffd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a5bffd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd3b581\" data-id=\"dd3b581\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb36395 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb36395\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e2c6db\" data-id=\"7e2c6db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ad8b26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_menu_page\" data-id=\"4ad8b26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ova_menu_page.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova_menu_page\">\n\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-%d5%b6%d5%af%d5%a1%d6%80%d5%b9%d5%ab-%d5%b4%d5%a1%d5%bd%d5%ab%d5%b6\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-8873\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8873\"><a title=\"About Artist\" href=\"https:\/\/vansoghomonyan.am\/about\/\">About Artist<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8872\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8872\"><a title=\"Photo Album\" href=\"https:\/\/vansoghomonyan.am\/photo-album\/\">Photo Album<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8871\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8871\"><a title=\"Testimonials\" href=\"https:\/\/vansoghomonyan.am\/testimonials\/\">Testimonials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20bbf82 line-height-30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20bbf82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Van Soghomonyan was born in 1937 in Tbilisi, Georgia.<\/p><p>He received his first artistic education at the Tbilisi Art College named after Yakob Nikoladze (1956\u20131958). He continued his studies at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Fine Arts (1963\u20131968) \u2014 today the Academy of Fine Arts \u2014 where his artistic language was formed, combining plastic expressiveness, spiritual symbolism, and philosophical depth.<\/p><p>Since 1971, he had been a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR and the Republic of Armenia.<\/p><p>Starting from the 1970s, Van Soghomonyan actively participated in international exhibitions and symposia, representing Armenian art at major forums of contemporary art in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, the USA, Japan, Hungary, Poland, the USSR, and other countries.<\/p><p>By the 1980s, he had become one of the leading masters of contemporary ceramics, earning diplomas and the First Prize (1983) at the International Ceramics Competition in Faenza, Italy.<\/p><p>In 1992, the artist moved to Wiesbaden, Germany, where he lived and worked for three decades. Together with his wife, artist Nona Gabrielyan, he founded the Kunst Atelier V&amp;N (1992\u20132022) \u2014 an important creative space that brought together artists from different countries and generations.<\/p><p>The Atelier made a significant contribution to the cultural life of Wiesbaden, organizing numerous solo and group exhibitions and introducing German audiences to contemporary Armenian art.<\/p><p>Since 1998, he had been a member of the Federal Association of Artists of Germany (BBK), and since 1999, a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Association KERAMOS (Warsaw, Poland).<\/p><h6><strong>Selected Solo Exhibitions<\/strong><\/h6><p>1986, 2018, 2023 \u2014 Union of Artists of Armenia, Yerevan<\/p><p>2020 \u2014 \u201cMan and Biosphere\u201d, Union of Artists of Armenia, Yerevan<\/p><p>2013, 2008, 2004, 1996, 1994, 1993 \u2014 Christian Zeiss Hall, Wiesbaden, Germany<\/p><p>1980, 2013 \u2014 Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia<\/p><p>2006 \u2014 National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan<\/p><p>2003 \u2014 City Hall, Wiesbaden, Germany<\/p><p>2002 \u2014 Art im Salztor Gallery, Hamburg, Germany<\/p><p>2002, 1997, 1995 \u2014 Kreisgallery, Bergheim, Germany<\/p><p>2000 \u2014 City Gallery, Old City Hall, F\u00fcrstenwalde, Germany<\/p><p>1999 \u2014 Cit\u00e9 Internationale des Arts, Paris, France<\/p><p>1999 \u2014 Galerie Artitude, Paris, France<\/p><p>1997 \u2014 GRS-Centre, Cologne, Germany<\/p><p>1994 \u2014 City Gallery, Halle an der Saale, Germany<\/p><p>1994 \u2014 Museum of Ceramics, Frechen, Germany<\/p><p>1987 \u2014 Union of Artists of Armenia, Yerevan<\/p><p>1986 \u2014 Cultural Center of Armenia, Moscow<\/p><h6><strong>Selected Group Exhibitions and Competitions<\/strong><\/h6><p>2022 \u2014 50th Anniversary of the Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan<\/p><p>2015 \u2014 Art of Eastern Europe, Wallau, Germany<\/p><p>2013 \u2014 Paintings of Eastern Europe, Main-Taunus-Gallery, Hochheim, Germany<\/p><p>1980\u20131999 \u2014 International Ceramic Competitions Della Ceramica d\u2019Arte, Faenza, Italy \u2014 Diplomas and 1st Prize (1983)<\/p><p>1978\u20131980 \u2014 International Ceramic Biennale Biennale Internationale de C\u00e9ramique d\u2019Art, Vallauris, France<\/p><p>1998 \u2014 Ocean, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland<\/p><p>1992 \u2014 Contemporary East European Ceramics, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New York, USA<\/p><p>1985 \u2014 Retrospective of Armenian Art, Academy of Arts, Moscow and St. Petersburg<\/p><p>1973 \u2014 Armenian Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan<\/p><h6><strong>Symposia<\/strong><\/h6><p>2001 \u2014 International Ceramic Symposium, Halle an der Saale, Germany<\/p><p>1988 \u2014 International Ceramic Symposium, Kecskem\u00e9t, Hungary<\/p><p>1984, 1976 \u2014 International Symposia, Dzintari, Lithuania<\/p><p>1981 \u2014 International Ceramic Symposium, R\u00f6mhild, Germany<\/p><p>1990 \u2014 Memorial to the Memory of 1915, marble and bronze, Khartoum, Sudan<\/p><p>2013 \u2014 Monument \u201cFriendship\u201d, granite, Meghri, Armenia<\/p><h6><strong>Collections<\/strong><\/h6><p>National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan<\/p><p>Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan<\/p><p>Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Yerevan<\/p><p>National Museum of Ethnography, Sardarapat, Armenia<\/p><p>Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey, USA<\/p><p>State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia<\/p><p>All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts, Moscow, Russia<\/p><p>International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy<\/p><p>International Ceramics Studio, Kecskem\u00e9t, Hungary<\/p><p>Keramikmuseum, R\u00f6mhild, Germany<\/p><p>Moritzburg Museum, Halle an der Saale, Germany<\/p><p>Sergey Parajanov Museum, Yerevan, Armenia<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Artist \u0546\u056f\u0561\u0580\u0579\u056b \u0574\u0561\u057d\u056b\u0576 \u0556\u0578\u057f\u0578 \u0561\u056c\u0562\u0578\u0574 \u053f\u0561\u0580\u056e\u056b\u0584\u0576\u0565\u0580 Van Soghomonyan was born in 1937 in Tbilisi, Georgia. 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