Arto Chakhmakhchyan

1933 – Born in Cairo (Egypt).

1948 – Moved to Armenia.

1952 – Graduated from the P. Terlemezyan Art College (Yerevan).

1959 – Graduated from the Art-Theatrical Institute (Yerevan).

Since 1959 – Regular participant in national, union-wide, and international exhibitions (including “Armenia from Urartu to Our Days,” 1970, Louvre, Paris).

1960-1965 – Taught at the Art College (Yerevan).

Winner of numerous international competition diplomas.

1962 – Awarded a diploma at the International Sculpture Exhibition (Prague).

1968 – Received a gold medal at the Young Artists Exhibition (Yerevan).

1968 – Awarded a first-class prize for “Portrait of My Mother” and “Arno Babajanian” (Bulgaria).

1970 – Won first-class prizes for the same works in Yerevan and Moscow.

1959-1970 – Worked at the Art Institute of the Armenian Academy of Sciences.

Since 1975 – Resided in Montreal (Canada).

Solo Exhibitions:

1968 – Sculpture and Graphics (Sofia, Bulgaria)

1970 – Physics Institute (Moscow), Physics Institute (Yerevan)

He is the author of numerous monumental works located in Armenia, the USA, Canada, and elsewhere.

At the suggestion of the Peace Preservation Committee, his sculpture “Hiroshima” was installed in Japan.

2019 – Died in Canada.

His works are held in the Museum of Contemporary Art (Yerevan), National Gallery of Armenia (Yerevan), Museum of the Peoples of the East (Moscow), and Tretyakov State Gallery (Moscow).