
Noted for his large-scale, irreverent paintings of anthropomorphic animals and figures, Armen Eloyan depicts absurd narratives in his darkly existential work. Though Eloyan doesn’t define himself as a writer, his paintings tell sardonic, sometimes erotic stories. Partly inspired by cartoons and street art, as well as the European masters, his works are heavily impastoed with colorful paints and thick black outlines, adroitly balancing dark humour with a searing existential vision.
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Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Armen Eloyan
Centre d’art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Armen Eloyan
SALT, Birsfleden, Switzerland2019
Natur und Kultur
Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium2018
Armen Eloyan
Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
Armen Eloyan
Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium2017
Armen Eloyan
Galerie Nicola Von Senger, Zürich, Switzerland
Armen Eloyan
Timothy Taylor, New York, NY2016
Armen Eloyan: Garden
Timothy Taylor, London, UK2014
Armen Eloyan
Patrick Painter, Los Angeles, CA
Portray
Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium2013
Sailor
Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
Corn in your fruity basket
Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium2012
Day by Day Part II
Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium2011
End of Summer, Beginning of Autumn
Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands2009
Armen Eloyan: Paintings
Timothy Taylor, London, UK
Armen Eloyan: bees left it or bears do it
Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland2008
Local Gothic and Culture
Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Bookstore Cure
Timothy Taylor, London, UK2007
Centre Culturel Suisse (Project Room), Paris, France
Two Feet in One Shoe
Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, UK2006
Comic-related Paintings
Galier Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland2005
The More I remember
Fries Museum, Leeuwardern; De Praktijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands2004
Welcome home where we are
Gem, The Haag, Netherlands
Wir rufen euch
De Praktijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands2003
Recent Works
Kunstenaarsinitiatief MXO, The Haag, Netherlands2002
Martyrs
De Praktijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands2000
Armen Eloyan
Coopmanshus Museum, Franeker, NetherlandsGROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Mirror-Gazing
The Pit, Los Angeles, CA2019
The Last Waltz (For Leon)
Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium2016
Take care, amigo
Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium2015
Substance
Timothy Taylor, London, UK2014
Zwei Zeiten (with Josef Scharl), curated by Harald Spengler
Kunstparterre, Munich, Germany
Portray
Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
The Pink Spy
M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Old tin cutlery before the invitation of the fork
Breese Little, London, UK
Vernacular Alchemists
Passarelle Centra d’ art contemporain, Brest, France2013
De belles sculptures contemporaines
Frac de Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
Mais in deinem Fruchtekorb
Galerie Zink, Berlin, GermanyThe Gallery Collection, curated by Beda Achermann
Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland2011
Mr Killer/ Lady Paranoia
Galerie Polad-Hardouin, Paris France
Make Believe
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
East: Excitable Speech: West, curated by Adam Budak
Kerstin Engholm Galeri, Vienna, Austria
Where Cuckoos Nest in Autumn
SAL Projects, Basel, Switzerland
Viel Larm um Alles. Barockes in der zeitgenossischen Kunst
Haus fur Kunst Uri, Altdorf, Switzerland
Cas de figures
La Station, Nice, France2010
Luc Tuymans: A Vision of Central Europe, curated by Luc Tuymans
Groeningemuseum, Brugges, Belgium
Knock Knock
Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York, NY
She Awoke with a Jerk, curated by Nigel Cooke
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
ANIMISM
Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland2009
Holy Destruction
Galerie Polad-Hardouin, Paris, France
Until the End of the World
AMP Gallery, Athens, Greece
Ventriloquist, curated by Emma Dexter
Timothy Taylor, London, UK2008
INVOLVED, curated by Philippe Pirotte
ShanghART Gallery & H Space, Shanghai, ChinaSummer Show
Timothy Taylor, London, UK2007
Bad Dad (with Narcisse Tordoir)
Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, Belgium
On the Marriage Broker Joke
Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium2006
Villa Jelmini
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern Switzerland2005
Territoria kunst uit Nederland in en rond Prato
Centro per I’Arte Contemporanea, Luigi Pecci, Italy
Malpractice
De Praktijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Open Studios
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands2004
Sunblock, Zomergroepstentoonstelling
De Praktijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Open Studios
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands2003
To Avoid the Void
Artwalk, Amsterdam, Netherlands -
Education
2005
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Visual Arts