Suren Safaryan
# Suren Safaryan

Suren Safaryan (Armenian: Սուրեն Սաֆարյան (Սաֆար); born 26 March 1983), also known as Safar, is an Armenian artist.

## Biography

Suren Safaryan graduated from Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Department in 2006. He is a member of UNIMA-Armenia (2002), Artists’ Union of Armenia (2008), Artists’ Trade Union of Russia (2009) “Association Internationale des Arts Plastiques UNESCO” (2009). Since 2012, he is the Co-Chairman of AUA’s Youth Coalition. In 2013, he was elected member of AUA governing board. Since 2010 he has participated in organizing a number of exhibitions. In 2001, Suren Safar was the stage designer of the Armenian stand of the “Yes to children” UNICEF world movement (Perugia, Italy).

## Exhibitions

* Gallery of Kempinski Boulevard (Berlin, 2001)
* «FIDEM» world exhibition (Paris, 2002)
* Beijing 3rd International Art Biennale, (Beijing, 2008)
* 3rd International Art Exhibition of Moscow, (Moscow, 2009)
* 3rd International Art Biennale of Florence (Florence, 2009)
* Exhibition dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of Armenia’s Independence (Beijing, 2011)
* “Public Diplomacy Future of CIS Youth’’, member of the Armenian delegation (Moscow, 2011)
* “Autumn Salon” International group exhibition in France, Grande Palais, (Paris, 2012)
* “Salon 2013’’ International group exhibition in Russia (Moscow, 2013), “Days of Armenia” exhibition (Ashgabat, 2014)
* “Testimony” exhibit dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide (Yerevan, 2015)
* “ЦДХ-2016: The Image of Time” Exhibition (Moscow, 2016)
* “Armenia: Reflections through Generations” AGBU exhibition (Yerevan, 2016)

### One-man exhibitions

* “Albert and Tove Boyajian” Gallery (Yerevan, 2006)
* the Castle of Lyubliana museum (Lyubliana, 2010)
* “Bercsenyi Zsuzsanna” gallery (Budapest, 2012)
* Artists’ Union of Armenia (Yerevan 2016)

## Gallery

* "Artist's studio", oil on canvas, 2013
* "The tree", oil on canvas, 2013
* "The artist", oil on canvas, 2012
* "Pumpkins", oil on canvas, 2012
