Pharaon Mirzoyan

Pharaon Mirzoyan is an Armenian painter, the director of the National Gallery of Armenia.

Biography

1975 Graduated from the Leningrad State Academy of Fine Arts after I. Repin, since 1975 he participates in republican, all-union and international exhibitions. 1975 Lecturer at Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts, 1976 Member of Union of Artists of the USSR, 1977-1979 Scholar of Union of Artists of the USSR. Since 1989 head of the art studio of Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts. 1989-2002 Head of the Chair of Painting and Composition at Yerevan State Academy of Arts, 1995 Professor of the Chair of Painting and Composition. 2002-2015 Pharaon Mirzoyan has been the director of the National Gallery of Armenia. 2005 Decorated with the title “Honoured Citizen of Sisian”. Since 2014 Head of the chair of Fine Arts at Yerevan State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan
Pharaon Mirzoyan’s works are preserved in the museums of Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, the United States, France, India, Syria, Spain, as well as in private collections

1989 Permanent Mission of Armenia in Moscow
1995 Union of Artists of Armenia, Yerevan
2000 National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan
2005 National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Sisian and Etchmiadzin
2005 Exhibition of pastel artworks, National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan
2007 Exhibitions in Vanadzor and Gyumri
2010 Union of Artists of Armenia, Yerevan and Stepanakert
2010 Personal Exhibition in Stepanakert, exhibition of “Artsakh” panel in the Liberty Square
2010 Personal exhibition dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Armenian Community of Saint Petersburg, hall of Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg
2010 Personal exhibition in Novi Sad city, Serbia
2014 Personal exhibition in the State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow
2014 Personal exhibition at the National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan