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    • Hanoun Hor Yev VortvoIn The Name Of The Father And The Son A novel, in Armenian. Out of print. 156 pages. Published in 1999, Los Angeles. Translated into Turkish and published in Istanbul in 2008. The worlds of Hrair and his father collide in 1980’s Hollywood, when a young prostitute, running away from her pimp, finds shelter at their apartment. Hrair, a school teacher by day and an actor by night, falls in love with the prostitute, while the father, living in his cocoon, tries his to find a lasting home for his vast collection of books.
    • Letters from ZaartarNamagner Zaartaren – A novel, in Armenian. Limited copies available. 242 pages. Zohrab Anmahouni, an architect living in Los Angeles, is sent to a remote country called Zaatar to serve as the Ambassador of Armenia. With the ardor of a man on a mission, his enthusiasm soon wanes after his wife and children leave him. He then realizes the people who sent him on his mission have forgotten all about him.
    • Pages from a DiaryNulla facilisi. Suspendisse posuere blandit nunc, id scelerisque est eleifend vitae. Integer elementum libero vel elit lobortis pellentesque. Nulla magna ipsum, bibendum non vestibulum vel, porttitor eget quam. Vestibulum hendrerit, enim iaculis dapibus lobortis, tellus purus elementum tortor, a scelerisque diam tortor quis nisl. Duis pellentesque, nulla id laoreet vestibulum, tellus lectus commodo nisl, vel gravida nisl justo sed nunc. Aenean ac arcu lacus, vel hendrerit est. Nulla non risus velit. Nam sed elit sed mi blandit aliquet. Duis id dolor magna. Donec vitae eleifend quam. Aenean pharetra dignissim elit. Nam velit purus, tristique vitae venenatis ac, cursus eget nunc.
    • Vartakooyn PighuVartakooyn Pighu Published, 1987 (English – Armenian) Six Armenian actors rehearse for a play scheduled to open the following night, while outside their rehearsal hall the sounds of artillery fire approaches ever closer. The intended piece the actors are rehearsing is an absurdist play that deals directly with the realities of Armenian life in Lebanon during the Civil War. The play premiered in Los Angeles, in 1985, at the Assistance League Playhouse. Directed by Vahé Berberian; Produced by Betty Berberian. An English translation of Pink Elephant was later produced in London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; and in both Sacramento, and Los Angeles, California. The piece was performed by the Experimental Theatre Company. Original cast: Vahé Berberian, Nora Armani, Leon Fermanian, Maurice Kouyoumdjian, Ara Madzounian, Setta Mardirossian, Gerald Papasian, Chunt Semerciyan, Serko Shiraz. An English translation of Pink Elephant was produced in London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; Sacramento, California and Los Angeles, California.
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    • The Pink ElephantVartakooyn Pighu Six Armenian actors rehearse for a play scheduled to open the following night, while outside their rehearsal hall the sounds of artillery fire approaches ever closer. The intended piece the actors are rehearsing is an absurdist play that deals directly with the realities of Armenian life in Lebanon during the Civil War. The play premiered in Los Angeles, in 1985, at the Assistance League Playhouse. Directed by Vahé Berberian; Produced by Betty Berberian. An English translation of Pink Elephant was later produced in London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; and in both Sacramento, and Los Angeles, California. The piece was performed by the Experimental Theatre Company. Original cast: Vahé Berberian, Nora Armani, Leon Fermanian, Maurice Kouyoumdjian, Ara Madzounian, Setta Mardirossian, Gerald Papasian, Chunt Semerciyan, Serko Shiraz. An English translation of Pink Elephant was produced in London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; Sacramento, California and Los Angeles, California. [sep] Praise for the Play “Pink Elephant” “No play on the Fringe could be more topical than Pink Elephant. It is an impressive exercise in political theatre, which also plays about with the boundaries between theatre and life much like Pirandello, Shakespeare or Calderon for that matter.” The Scotsman Scotland “With Pink Elephant, the writer…
    • 200[image width="200" height="300" frame="zoom" url="http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/200-Poster.jpg" align="left"]http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/200-Poster.jpg[/image] Co-written by Ara Madzounian and Betty Berberian. Premiered in Los Angeles, in 1989, at the Golden Theatre, by the Experimental Theatre Company. Directed and produced by Betty Berberian. Original cast: Leon Fermanian, Ara Madzounian, Ara Baghdoyan, Vahe Berberian, and Maurice Kouyoumdjian.
    • Quicksand[image width="200" height="300" frame="zoom" url="http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Quicksand-Poster.jpg" align="left"]http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Quicksand-Poster.jpg[/image] Premiered in Los Angeles, in 1987, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, by the Experimental Theatre Company. Directed by Vahe Berberian. Produced by Betty Berberian. Original cast: Maurice Kouyoumdjian, Seta Mardirossian, Sako Berberian, Ara Madzounian, Nayiri Isahakian, Narbeh Nazarian, Salpi Yardemian, Vahe Berberian. [sep] [image width="350" height="223" frame="zoom" url="http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Quicksand.jpg" align="left"]http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Quicksand.jpg[/image]
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    • Learn[image width="151" height="185" frame="simple" align="left"]http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/vahe1.jpg[/image] At 6’2,” Vahe, with his long, soft-gray, braided hair and strong, angular features immediately attracts attention. But it is his personality and his work that captures peoples’ hearts. Vahe Berberian, an Armenian painter, author, playwright and actor, was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1955. He grew up in Beirut in an intellectual milieu. His parents’ home was a meeting place open to friends from the worlds of theater, literature and the arts. He later relocated to Los Angeles, where he has been a resident since 1976. Vahe studied art in both Lebanon and the United States; and he received a degree in journalism with honors in 1980. “I find it hard to label myself with an ‘ism’ that would categorize my painting style,” says Berberian. “I believe that any attempt of recreating reality would be simple illustration,” he says. “An artist creates his own reality, and reality, according to Aragon, is that which has no contradictions. It entails no conscious thought, creating without boundaries and laws. No conscious thought means no doubts, which means you’re in a reality that is fascinating.” [floatquote]I express myself simply to keep my sanity.[/floatquote] Vahe has participated in more than…
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Exhibitions

One-Man Shows

  • 2010 INVOLUNTARY LAUGHTER – Chryssanthou Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2008 FOUR MONTHS IN HEAVEN – Ambrogi Castanier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2007 MILAGROS – Casitas Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2006 NURSING NOTES – Gallery Saint Germain, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2003 IN SANITY – Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2000 WET PAINT -Hamazkayin, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 2000 WET PAINT – CABC, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • 2000 SEN-SU-AL-I-TY – Thomas Lavin, West Hollywood, CA
  • 1999 LOST & FOUND – BGH Gallery, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, CA
  • 1997 WORDS & COLORS – Hamazkayin, San Francisco, CA
  • 1996 WORDS & COLORS – Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1995 FIDDLER’S – Santa Monica, CA
  • 1994 FIRST INTERSTATE BANK – Beverly Hills, CA
  • 1994 CAFE SANTORINI – Pasadena, CA
  • 1993 INSOMNIA CAFE – Sherman Oaks, CA
  • 1992 PAINTINGS – The Rose Cafe, Venice, CA
  • 1989 COLORS AND FORMS – Holly Street Gallery, Pasadena, CA
  • 1983 VAHE, DRAWINGS – Omni Art Gallery, Encino, CA
  • 1982 ELIZALDE INTERNATIONAL GALLERY – Laguna Beach, CA
  • 1981 HAMAZKAYIN – Los Angeles, CA
  • 1975 WORKS IN INK AND WATERCOLOR – Gallerie Kassam, Beirut, Lebanon



Group Shows

  • 2012 LA ART SHOW – Presented by Mooradian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2010 MYU-ZIK EN ART – Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2009 LAX: BEYOND ABSTRACTION – Madison Gallery, La Jolla, CA
  • 2009 ARMENIAN PALETTE – CA Boom Show, The Robinsons Store, CA
  • 2009 INSIDE/OUTSIDE & OTHER OXYMORONS – Levantine Cultural Center, CA
  • 2008 GRACIAS A LA VIDA – Couturier Gallery, Los Angeels, CA
  • 2007 PRESENT ART XIV – Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2007 ASF – Fundraising show with three Artists, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2007 OUT OF CONTEXT – Falk Tree Gallery, Pasadena, CA
  • 2006 PRESENT ART XIII – Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2005 PRESENT ART XII – Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2005 GALLERY SAINT GERMAIN PREMIER – Los Angeles, CA. With U.C.L.A. & The Salamander Fund
  • 2004 PRESENT ART XI – Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2004 GALLERY SAINT GERMAIN PREMIER – Los Angeles, CA
  • 2004 ARRIVAL – Articultural Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2004 VIIISIONS – Kerckhoff Gallery, UCLA, CA
  • 2003 ART IN THE VAULT CHRISTMAS SHOW – Altadena Gallery, Altadena, CA
  • 2003 PRESENT ART X – Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2003 KEN DUNIPACE 2ND ANNUAL BENEFIT AND ART SHOW – Broadway Bldg., Hollywood, CA
  • 2003 FROM ARMENIA TO ARARAT – Forest Lawn Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2002 PRESENT ART IX – Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2002 PROJECTION UNKNOWN – SOHO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2002 ARVEST 2002 – Pacific Design Center, CA
  • 2001 MODERN ICON – Glendale Central Library, Glendale, CA
  • 2001 PRESENT ART VIII – Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1999 REFLECTIONS 99 – American-Armenian Cultural Arts Festival, Downey Museum of Arts, Downey, CA
  • 1999 20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION – The Café, Venice, CA
  • 1998 REFLECTIONS 98 – Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
  • 1998 LIBERTE, EGALITE, FRATERNITE – Museum of Art, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1998 WORLD ARTISTS FOR TIBET – Museum of Art, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1997 CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTION – Museum of Art, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1995 PRESENT ART III – Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1995 ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONS – Palette Des Artistes, Pasadena, CA
  • 1995 ART BY THE YARD – Palette Des Artistes, Pasadena, CA
  • 1995 1995 LOS ANGELES JURIED EXHIBITION – Municipal Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1995 MEKHITARIAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION – Pasadena, CA
  • 1994 KERCKHOFF ART GALLERY – UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1994 RETRO-GROUP SHOW – The Rose Cafe, Venice, CA
  • 1993 L.A. ART FAIR – Los Angeles, CA
  • 1992 LES PEINTRES DU DESIRE – Paris, France
  • 1989 CONSPICUOUSLY CHRONICLED – Pico Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1988 SPRING ART EXHIBITION – Hamazkayin, Pasadena ,CA
  • 1987 ARMENIAN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION – Ambassador Hilton, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1985 BAERT-HOVEN 1st MOVEMENT – Baert Gallery, Glendale, CA
  • 1984 3 ARTISTS AT UCLA – Association of Trans-Caucasian and Armenian Studies, Los Angeles, CA


 

Pictures from Vahe’s Shows

The window of the Chryssanthou Gallery
Involuntary Laughter exhibition at the Chryssanthou Gallery
2010: Involuntary Laughter show

The painting after a live show at the Actor's Gang funraising event
Taking a break from paitning during a concert at the Actor's Gang
Painting during a concert at the Actor's Gang

The T-Sirts at the Milagros show
During the Milagros show in Silverlake
During the Milagors show

Betty, Christina, Helena, Hrair and Vahe at the Milagros exhibition
Before the opening of the Milagros show
Some of the paintings exhibited during Four Months In Heaven

The Ambrogi Castanier Gallery show
Four Months In Heaven exhibition
Four Months In Heaven exhibition

Four Months In Heaven exhibition
Four Months In Heaven exhibition
Four Months In Heaven exhibition

Four Months In Heaven exhibition
Four Months In Heaven exhibition


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