Nona Gabrielyan
Nona Gabrielyan was born in Tbilisi, she lived and worked in Germany for 30 years, teaching graphics and painting.
Nona Gabrielyan

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- Birth Name
- Nona Gabrielyan
- Born
- 27 January 1944
- Birthplace
- Tbilisi, Georgia
- Occupation
- Painter and ceramicist
- Field
- Sculpture, painting
- Education
- Fine Arts and Drama Institute of Yerevan
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Georgia
- Languages
- Armenian
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Nona Gabrielyan was born in Tbilisi, she lived and worked in Germany for 30 years, teaching graphics and painting.
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Key facts
• Birth Name — Nona Gabrielyan • Born — 27 January 1944 • Birthplace — Tbilisi, Georgia • Occupation — Painter and ceramicist • Field — Sculpture, painting • Education — Fine Arts and Drama Institute of Yerevan
Career
Career
Nona Gabrielyan was born in 1944 in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1968 she graduated from the Fine Arts and Drama Institute of Yerevan. Since 1971 she has been a member of Artists' Union of Armenia and a member of Artist’s Union of the ASSR, 1999 a member of the International Academy of Pottery KERAMOS in Warsaw. Since 1995 Gabielyan has given master classes (painting and graphics) at Art Atelier N&V in Wiesbaden, Germany. Since 2004 she has been a lecturer at Teacher at National High School VHS, Culture and Creativity, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Solo exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
• 2016 "Between Heaven and Earth", Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia • 2015 Art from Eastern Europe, Wallau, Germany • 2013 "Eastern European painting", Main-Taunus-Gallery, Hochheim, Germany • 2012 "World in Colors", Kurhaus Christian-Zais Hall, Wiesbaden Germany • 2011 Hofheim Town Hall, Chinonplatz, Wallauer Fachwerk Kulturkreis, Germany • 2011, 2005, 1996, 1998 Kurhaus, Christian-Tsays-Hall, Wiesbaden, Germany • 2009 "The Road to Light", Christian-Tsays-Hall, Wiesbaden, Germany • 2008 National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan • 2006 "Painting Graphics" Haus der Heimat, Wiesbaden, Germany • 2003 "The colour of the form" The City Gallery of Bergheim, Germany • 2002 The City Gallery "Salz Tour", "Easel Pottery" Halle Germany • 2001 Kurhaus, Colonnade, Wiesbaden, Germany • 2000 "Modern Art of Armenia", Old City Hall, Fürstenwalde, Germany • 1999 Gallery Art Present, Paris, France • 1999 Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France • 1998 "Route" Municipal Gallery, Walluf, Germany • 1997 GRS-center, Köln, Germany • 1997 City Gallery, Bergheim, Germany • 1995 "Ceramic plastic from Armenia", City Gallery, Halle-Saale, Germany • 1994 "Plastic - Painting - Graphics" Museum of Ceramics, Frechen, Germany • 1993 Plastic - Painting – Graphics, Museum of Ceramics, Frechen, Germany • 1992 Editorial board of "Arvest" magazine, Yerevan, Armenia • 1986 "Masters of Fine Arts of Armenia" Permanent Mission of the Armenian SSR, Moscow • 1980 The Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia
Symposiums
Symposiums
• 1974, 1976, 1983 International Symposium of Ceramics, House of Creativity of Artists Dzintari, Latvia
Group exhibitions
Group exhibitions
• 2004, 2007 "1+14" Haus der Heimat, Wiesbaden Germany • 1999, 1994 MIASTO IV, II International Ceramic Biennial "KERAMOS" International Ceramics, Design Center Warsaw, Poland • 1995 "Plastic" Kreishaus, Bergheim Germany • 1993 "Painting and Graphics" Goethe Institute, Frankfurt, Germany • 1992 "Color of Armenia", Haus der Heimat, Wiesbaden, Germany • 1987 "Art of Armenia" Prague, Czech, Warsaw Poland, Budapest, Hungary • 1986 "Armenian Art", Leningrad Academy of Arts, USSR • 1985 Soviet Decorative Art, Berlin, Germany • 1984 Modern Ceramics of the USSR, Hohr-Grenzhausen, Germany • 1983, 1973 "Armenian Art", Artists‘ Union, the USSR, Moscow • 1982 40Della CERAMICA D’ARTE Ceramics International Competition in Faenza, Italy • 1980 International Biennale De Ceramique D’ART Ceramics International Competition, Vallauris, France, Diploma • 1980 38 Della CERAMICA D'ARTE International Ceramics Competition, Faenza, Italy • 1978 International Biennale de Céramique d'Art, international ceramics competition Vallauris, France • 1971 "Armenian Art", Montreal, Canada • 1968 The exhibition of the best diploma theses, Leningrad Academy of Arts, the USSR (today the Academy of Arts of St. Petersburg, Russia
Catalogues
Catalogues
• 1983: Nona Gabrielyan’s ceramics • 2007: Album "Plastics, Art, Poetry"
Literary works
Literary works
• 2003: The collection of poems "Fossils of Heavens" (in Russian). • 2005: Collection of poems "The Touch" (Russian) • 2006: Russian-German collection of poems "Ins Nirgendwo" (From Nowhere) • 2011: Russian-Armenian collection of poems "Color of the Word" • 2013: Essay "Tender Clouds of Sadness" (Russian). • 2017: Fictional and non-fictional stories "The Magic of Solitude" (Russian).
Family
Family
• Husband - Van Soghomonyan, artist • Daughter - Lilit Soghomonyan, painter • Grandson - Guy Ghazanchyan, painter, sculptor
Gallery
Gallery
Paintings Sculptures
Collections
Collections
• Museum of Modern Art Yerevan, Armenia • National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan • State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia • Ethnography Museum in Sardarapat, Armenia • "Keramion" Frechen, Deutschland
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