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SHANT BEUDJEKIAN 8510 Run of the Knolls Santa Luz ,Ca 92127 Shant.artspan.com shant1971@yahoo.com 619 - 992- 0500 Education _______________________________________________________________________ New School for Social Research, New york, Ny Relevant course work: Adobe Photoshop I, II, III, Adobe Illustrator, Word Perfect New york University, New york Relevant course work: Alias Animation I, II, III, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence,RI Relevant course work: Studio Design, Architecture Drawing, Drafting, Drawing, Materials and Construction Worked under the Instruction of Kyna Leski and Leonard Newcomb Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA Recieved Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Painting with minor in Ceramics Relevant coursework:Life Drawing, Color and Design, Drawing and Composition, and Painting I, II, III, IV Experience _______________________________________________________________________ San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care 1/13/2008 Selected to exhibit eight landscape paintings of Lajolla San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild (SDMAAG) 11/2006 Chairperson of the committee Sea World Leather brush artist 05/2006 Carpeteria Worked as Salesperson / warehouse coordinator for one year 09/2003
Manhattan Arts International 03/2003 Attained an Award of Merit from competition titled "The Healing Power of Art" represented by director Rene Phillips Brad Cooper Gallery Nov.30 - January 4, 2003 Historic Ybor City, Tampa FL 33605 In the context of this event as "Nude In the Post Modern" an oil Painting titled "Reclining pose of black American Woman", selected by Corey Postiglione, who is a Chicago based writer, artist and currently teaches art history and critical theory at Columbia College. Degas Pastel Society Oct. 26 - Nov. 9 2002 Entergy Building Lobby, 639 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA Pastel Drawing selected by judge Sally Strand, who is listed in who's who in American Art, and has her work featured in numerous articles. The Armory Art Center October International Competition Oct. 17 - Nov.23 2002 1703 West Palm Beach Fl Two Figurative Paintings selected by Amy Cappellazzo,Internationalist specialist Head for the Department of Contemporary Art at Christie's Auction
National Academy of Design School of Fine Arts July 8 - Aug.1, 2002 5 East 89th Street, Ny Ny 10128 Granted The Abbey Scholarship Second Annual Workshop under the instruction of Richard Haas in Mural Painting and given privilege to exhibit from August throughout the month of September of work completed in the Mural Painting program National Academy School of Fine Arts Year End Juried Exhibition June 15-21,2002 1083 Fifth Avenue, Ny Ny 10128 Figurative Pastel Drawing selected to be viewed in a group exhibition at the National Academy Museum, juried by Faculty members of the school,
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem 37th Annual National Juried Show,Apr.25-May25,02 226 N. Marshall Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Abstract drawing selected in "Dimensions 2002"exhibition by juror Frank Duturi,who has taught at C.W. Post, Long Island University and the LTA/Guggenheim Museum Program The Artist Committee , ASA Artist's Ball, P.O Box 7876 NY, NY May 18, 2002 Three Paintings pertaining to contemporary Art selected to be viewed at a group exhibition of Armenian artists Hera Gallery, 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI 02880-0336 April 27 - May 25, 2002 Monochromatic Painting selected by Anne Rocheleau, Director of the Rhode Island Foundation Gallery in Providence RI
Robert De Grenier, New York NY Summer 1996 Was commissioned to make plastered molds used in the Donna Karan winter fashion show
.Biography of Artist Shant Beudjekian
Born in 1971in the city of Beirut, Lebanon where the practice of art became a way of expressing myself and sharing that with the people close to me. Simultaneously, it was in this time period that I discovered that soccer was another passion. My talent in soccer developed in the nearby soccer fields throughout the MiddleEast. Hence, I gained recognition from the national youth soccer team of under the age of 14, in Geneva, Switzerland and won many trophies and medals at that time.
After living in Geneva , we decided to emmigrate again to another peaceful city several thousand miles away to a city in California where we lived for ten years as I continued to complete a Bachelor degree in the area of Fine Arts with a minor in Ceramics at a School named Otis College of Art and Design. The school was affiliated with Parsons in New York until 1992. Followed by a one year at Rhode Island School of Design in the subject of Landscape Architecture. I have been painting and making Pottery seriously for the past four years as my work began to mature continuously with several acceptances from curators and Gallery Directors on the East Coast. Most notably an exhibition at the Pleaides Gallery ,New York City. I have participated in Juried competitions under such Jurors as Lisa Dennison Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Susan Masuoka, Director of Aidekman Arts Center Tufts University, Dana Miller, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum, Dr. Andrea Spaulding Norris, at the Lousiana State University , Anne Rocheleau, Director of the Rhode Island Foundation Gallery, and David Kiehl, Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Now living in the West Coast I have been notable for selling art and exhibiting in numerous occasions at the SDAI San Diego Art Institute of the Living Artist and stores in San Diego.
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About the Artist |
SHANT BEUDJEKIAN
8510 Run of the Knolls
Santa Luz Ca 92127
shant1971@yahoo.com shant.artspan.com
tel. 858 759 8286
An Artist Statement for Shant Beudjekian
explaining the applicants goals and interest
I have always had a drive to pursue art as a profession; my influences and inspirations are dependent on artists such as Willem de Kooning, Chuck Close, Lucian Freud, the chaotic linear brush strokes of jackson Pollock, and the unexpected and bold visual definitions of Pablo Picasso. I believe I have the tendency to view art as a process that enables me to extricate myself from all boundaries. Art I believe is an endorsement attempted by individuals who contradict reality in a confined form of space. Art is an element that must be continuously debated upon conceptually and technically in depth until one may create through vigilance a medium of his own. I believe the subject of Contemporary Art is an analogy to the subject of truth and dare.
To my understanding Art is an element that is absorbed subconsciously as much as consciously. Art involves the process of deconstructing and reselecting visual images, almost as if conducting for the right moment a contortion, on surfaces that ascend at times to misleading and reprehensible form of communication.
My interest in art as a love and passion in its earlier stages was inspired by the traditional works of Italian artists of the Renaissance. Hence, to me art is a device that enables me to percieve and simultaneously enhance my state of well being. The two integral qualities that were investigated at Otis College of Art and Design were of form and space, as they became repetitively dealt with while apprenticing for artists. Nevertheless, I ,also, fulfilled an internship for one year at Rhode Island School of Design on the subject of Landscape Architecture. Morever, I have been painting seriously for the past four years as my work began to mature continuously with several appreciative acceptances from curators and Gallery Directors in the East Coast. I have exhibited in several cities on the east coast of United States, along with an ongoing exhibition at the Horton Gallery ,Philadelphia. I have participated in Juried competitions under Jurors as Lisa Dennison as Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Susan Masuoka, Director of Aidekman Arts Center Tufts University, Dana Miller Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum, Dr. Andrea Spaulding Norris, at the Lousiana State University , Anne Rocheleau, Director of the Rhode Island Foundation Gallery, and David Kiehl Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New york. My work as it has matured through time, which has only been recent, I began to realize the profound importance of putting aside all that I have learned. Hence, bringing me to accept all visual expressions in society. Thus it is only now in my most recent years that I have been able to percieve a direction and a focus on this journey of realization.
Hence, I believe that art is an ongoing thing, a process that will emerge with the influences of many artisans, which would enable me to pursue my goals and help me decide what my ultimate profession would be in art.
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Euphemism
2006
48" x 36"
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figurative facial expressions interacting with wild colors
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Soccer Player in motion
1992
oil
1.33m x 1.66m
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energetic gestural motion spatial movement in color
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New Yorker
2001
acrylics. oil pastels
3m eters x 2 meters
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structure through form and color spatial relations
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Entanglement
2005
oil
1m x 1.3m
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undulating lines of vibrating colors
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Education and biography |
.Biography of Artist Shant Beudjekian
Born in 1971in the city of Beirut, Lebanon where the practice of art became a way of expressing myself and sharing that with the people close to me. Simultaneously, it was in this time period that I discovered that soccer was another passion. My talent in soccer developed in the nearby soccer fields throughout the MiddleEast. Hence, I gained recognition from the national youth soccer team of under the age of 14, in Geneva, Switzerland and won many trophies and medals at that time.
After living in Geneva , we decided to emmigrate again to another peaceful city several thousand miles away to a city in California where we lived for ten years as I continued to complete a Bachelor degree in the area of Fine Arts with a minor in Ceramics at a School named Otis College of Art and Design. The school was affiliated with Parsons in New York until 1992. Followed by a one year at Rhode Island School of Design in the subject of Landscape Architecture. I have been painting and making Pottery seriously for the past four years as my work began to mature continuously with several acceptances from curators and Gallery Directors on the East Coast. Most notably an exhibition at the Pleaides Gallery ,New York City. I have participated in Juried competitions under such Jurors as Lisa Dennison Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Susan Masuoka, Director of Aidekman Arts Center Tufts University, Dana Miller, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum, Dr. Andrea Spaulding Norris, at the Lousiana State University , Anne Rocheleau, Director of the Rhode Island Foundation Gallery, and David Kiehl, Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Now living in the West Coast I have been notable for selling art and exhibiting in numerous occasions at the SDAI San Diego Art Institute of the Living Artist and stores in San Diego.
SHANT BEUDJEKIAN
8510 Run of the Knolls
Santa Luz ,Ca 92127
Shant.artspan.com
shant1971@yahoo.com
619 - 992- 0500
Education
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New School for Social Research, New york, Ny
Relevant course work: Adobe Photoshop I, II, III, Adobe Illustrator, Word Perfect
New york University, New york
Relevant course work: Alias Animation I, II, III,
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence,RI
Relevant course work: Studio Design, Architecture Drawing, Drafting, Drawing, Materials and Construction
Worked under the Instruction of Kyna Leski and Leonard Newcomb
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Recieved Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major in Painting with minor in Ceramics
Relevant coursework:Life Drawing, Color and Design, Drawing and Composition, and Painting I, II, III, IV
Experience
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Carpeteria
Worked as Salesperson / warehouse coordinator for one year 09/2003
Robert De Grenier, New York NY Summer 1996
Was commissioned to make plastered molds used in the Donna Karan winter fashion show
Manhattan Arts International 03/2003
Attained an Award of Merit from competition titled "The Healing Power of Art"
represented by director Rene Phillips
Galesburg Civic Art Center 03/2003
114 East Main Street, Galesburg Illinois 61401
Painting titled Hybrid selected by director Heather L. Norman
Book Art Press, New Art International edition of 2003 -2004 2003 - 2004
Woodstock, New york
Paintings of Contemporary content selected to be published in New art International
book,
Village Gallery of Katonah Feb.6-23, 2003
43 Katonah Ave., Katonah, Ny 10536
An acrylic painting titled "The Plead for Mercy" selected by juror Beth Thompson- Colleary.
The Cedar Key Arts Center March 1- 31, 2003
457 Second Street, Cedar Key, Florida 32625
Charcoal Drawing titled "A Glimpse Of Dawn" has been selected by judge
Mr. Joe Sabatella to be exhibited in National Juried Art Show
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts Dec. 29, 02- March 02, 03
813 Sophia Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
Urban Imagery: The Art of the City, Charcoal Drawing titled Tectonics selected by curator Peter Frederick, to be exhibited
International Society at the Tremont Gallery June - July 2003
150 N. Main Street , Sherborn, MA 01770
"Detachment" as title of exhibition Curated by Dr. Doris Chu ,art historian selected painting titled " The Facial Expression of a contortionist"
YWCA, of the city of New York Dec 6, 2002 53rd Lexington ,Ny Ny
sold four porcelain vases while giving a craftshow at the Ywca,
Clark House Gallery Dec.1 - Jan.31, 2002 128 Hammond St., Bangor, ME 04401
As juror Carl Little selected for a small landscape painting Exhibition a piece titled "Capturing the Serenity of Central Park".
Brad Cooper Gallery Nov.30 - January 4, 2003
Historic Ybor City, Tampa FL 33605
In the context of this event as "Nude In the Post Modern" an oil Painting titled "Reclining pose of black American Woman", selected by Corey Postiglione, who is a Chicago based writer, artist and currently teaches art history and critical theory at Columbia College.
Degas Pastel Society Oct. 26 - Nov. 9 2002
Entergy Building Lobby, 639 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA
Pastel Drawing selected by judge Sally Strand, who is listed in who's who in American Art, and has her work featured in numerous articles.
The Armory Art Center October International Competition Oct. 17 - Nov.23 2002
1703 West Palm Beach Fl
Two Figurative Paintings selected by Amy Cappellazzo,Internationalist specialist
Head for the Department of Contemporary Art at Christie's Auction
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