Varoujan Hovakimyan
Los Angeles, California
Armenian American abstract painter
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Education
Graphic Arts, State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia, Yerevan
Focus on drawing, painting, illustration, and printmaking - 1994–1999
Honors and Residencies
Château d’Orquevaux International Artists and Writers Residency, Champagne-Ardenne, France - 2026
Denis Diderot Grant, awarded for the 2026 Château d’Orquevaux International Artists and Writers Residency, France - 2024
Solo Exhibitions
Shoghart Gallery, Burbank, CA - 2010
Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles, CA - 2009
Harvest Gallery, Glendale, CA - 2005
Alex Manougian Cultural Center, Pasadena, CA - 2001
Komitas Chamber Music House, Yerevan, Armenia - 1996
Selected Group Exhibitions and Art Fairs
Group Exhibition, Galerie Diderot, Château d’Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France - 2026
San Francisco Art Fair, Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, San Francisco, CA - 2025
Apophenia, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - 2024
Edition of Spectrum Gestalt, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA - 2024
PSB Art Show, Pershing Square Building Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - 2023
37th Annual All Media Juried Art Exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA - 2022
Centered On The Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA - 2022
Los Angeles Art Association’s Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA - 2021
The really, really good abstract show, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA - 2021
The 2nd International Print Biennale, HayArt Cultural Center, Yerevan, Armenia - 2019
Los Angeles Art Association’s Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA - 2019
The Power of Three, Castelli Art Space, Los Angeles, CA - 2019
Beverly Hills Art Show (multiple juried editions), Beverly Hills, CA - 2015 - 2026
Truth Dazzles Gradually, Center for Experimental Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA - 2009
Juried Group Exhibition, Kerckhoff Art Gallery at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA - 2009
Juried Art Festival, 52nd Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA - 2004
Unity and Diversity, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA - 2004
Juried Art Show, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia - 1998
Selected Writing and Press
MSN.com “Top 10 Inspirational Artists to Follow in 2025” - 2025
Peter Frank, “Varouján Hovakimyan: Music as Image, Image as Form” - 2022
Canvas: A Blog of Saatchi Art, “Fair Director’s Pick: Varouján Hovakimyan” - 2021
VoyageLA, “Meet Varoujan Hovakimyan” - 2020
Asbarez, “In the Name of Mikito Yamaguchi: The Truth Dazzles Gradually” - 2009
Selected Publications
Los Angeles Art Association Catalog, Volume 7 - 2025
Los Angeles Art Association Catalog, Volume 6 - 2024
Permanent Collections
Château d’Orquevaux Artists and Writers Residency Collection, France - 2026
2nd International Print Biennale Permanent Collection, Yerevan, Armenia - 2019