Karine Matsakyan

A leading contemporary interdisciplinary artist renowned for her distinct pop-stance paintings and multimedia works. Drawing consistent inspiration from Pop Art movements, her practice reaffirms the liberal utopias of the 1980s, trading natural light for the radiant, optimistic glow of mass-media aesthetics. Matsakyan skillfully weaponizes commercial symbols, advertising motifs and explores memory, identity and socio-political transitions.

1985 - Fine Arts Degree - , Yerevan, Armenia

2001 - Artist-in-Residence | Leube Kunst Projekt, Salzburg, Austria 

2001 - Artist-in-Residence | KulturKontakt Austria, Vienna, Austria (2001)

Member | “3rd Floor" Avant-Garde Art Group (Joined 1987; actively participated in group exhibitions through 1994)

1997 | , Charlie Khachatryan Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia

2014 | , “Akanat" Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia

2014 | (Presented by “Gala" Art Gallery), Beirut, Lebanon

2013 | , Sotheby's Fine Art Auctions, London, UK

2012 | , Art Point Gallery (Kulturkontakt Austria), Vienna, Austria

2011 | , Christie's, London, UK

2010 | (BD Project), New York, USA

2009 | , Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (ACCEA), Yerevan, Armenia

2008 | , Paris, France

2007 | , Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France

2005 | , Culturescapes Festival, Basel, Switzerland

2004 | , Vienna, Austria

2003 | , Kunsthalle Modern Art Museum, Vienna, Austria

2003 | , Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (IFA-Gallery), Berlin, Germany

2003 | (Project MAF), Tbilisi History Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia

2002 | , San Lazzaro, Venice, Italy

2002 | , Tehran, Iran

2001 | , Hay-Art, Yerevan, Armenia

2001 | , ACCEA, Yerevan, Armenia

2001 | (Armenian-Austrian Joint Exhibition), Hay-Art, Yerevan, Armenia

1987 | , Union of Artists of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

Karine Matsakyan's works are represented in major national and international museums and permanent collections:

Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (ACCEA) | Yerevan, Armenia

State Contemporary Art Museum | Yerevan, Armenia

Modern Art Museum | Vienna, Austria

Tbilisi History Museum | Tbilisi, Georgia

Museum of Contemporary Art | Tehran, Iran