I am a blender... or, maybe a grinder, processing everything I consume.

Everything goes into this processor--the books I read, the music I listen to, the friends I have, my fears, my politics, my loves... they all go in and I process them--all. And, what comes out of this grinder is not just one thing, but permutations of all I have consumed... and, of course, everything that has consumed me.

The deportation of my Armenian parents from Turkey, the war in Beirut, where I was born, the European counterculture of which I became a part in my teens, life in Los Angeles, where I have lived for the past 30 years, my bladder cancer at 38 and the more than a dozen surgeries that followed... all of these, and so much more, have taken and given space in my processor--this grinder--sometimes dulling the blades, only to sharpen them again and again.

The only way I have kept my sanity is by keeping this machine working.

A constantly pulsing and growing array of cultures coexist inside me and are in constant search of dialogue, intercourse, and expression through my art, which over the past 25 years, has become more and more abstract.

So, I continually try to create my own reality. And reality, according to Aragon, is that which has no contradictions, entailing no conscious thought, and no conscious thought means no doubts, which means you're in a reality that is fascinating. You are creating without any boundaries or laws.

2013 ETCHER - Hamazkayin Tutunjian Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

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

2018 HOLIDAY GROUP SHOW - Celebrating Tufenkian Gallery’s artists, Glendale CA

2015 LIFE 100: Master Armenian Artists, Brand Library Gallery, Glendale, CA

2012 EYE CANDY - Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

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 Angeles, 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

Partial List

John Densmore (The Doors drummer, Los Angeles)

Raffi Manoukian (Philantropist, London)

Andrea Morricone (Composer, Rome)

Serj Tankian (Lead singer of System of a Down, Los Angeles)

Lucy Liu (Actress)

Peter Sellars (Opera Director, Los Angeles)

Frank Israel (Architect)

Alain and Raymonde Nave (Publishers, Paris)

Mariette Hartley (Actress, Los Angeles)

Ernest Fleischmann (Former Director, LA Philharmonic Orchestra)

Atom Egoyan (Film Director, Toronto)

Lily Dong (Photographer, New York)

Sonia Rykiel (Fashion Designer, Paris)

Jerry Fleming (Production Designer, Los Angeles)

Marcus Allen (Football Player, Football Hall of Fame)

Kamal Kozah (Filmmaker and Singer, Los Angeles)

Tanya Hovnanian (Artist, New York)

THE OTHER GUYS - Columbia Pictures

NIGHT OF CUPS - Waypoint Entertainment

EDGE OF DARKNESS - Warner Bros.

MY SISTER'S KEEPER - Avery Pix

SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2 - Warner Bros.

I AM LEGEND - Warner Bros.

I KNOW WHO KILLED ME - WKN Productions

KIDS IN AMERICA - Universal Pictures

OCEAN'S 13 - Warner Bros.

SPIDERMAN III - Sony Pictures

ENCHANTED - Andalasia Productions

NM Holiday Project - Columbia Pictures

INSIDE MAN - Universal Pictures

RISE - Mandate Pictures

CRANK - Lion's Gate Films

MUST LOVE DOGS - Warner Bros.

BLINDSIGHT - Blindsight Productions

LIES AND ALIBIS - Summit Entertainment

HAVOK - Media 8/StuHall Productions

SPIDERMAN II - Sony Pictures

BREAKING ALL THE RULES - Columbia/Tri Star

JERSEY GIRL - New Askew, Inc.

SIMONE - Avery Pix, Inc.

SPIDERMAN - Sony Pictures

ADAPTATION - Adaptation Productions, Inc.

GREEN DRAGON - Franchise Films and Spirit Dance Productions

100 GIRLS - Dream Entertainment

THINGS YOU CAN TELL JUST BY LOOKING AT HER - Avnet/Kerner Productions

ALL THE RAGE - Screenland Pictures

THE BIG BRASS RING - NU Image Films

JAWBREAKER - Columbia Pictures

JUDAS KISS - Bandeira Entertainment

PERMANENT MIDNIGHT - Live Entertainment

JOHNNY SKIDMARKS - CinePix/CFP

EXECUTIVE POWER - Usonia Pictures

DOGWATCH - Langley Productions

BOSCH - Amazon Series

RAY DONOVAN - Showtime

GIRLFRIEND'S GUIDE TO DIVORCE - Universal Cable

CHASING LIFE - Lionsgate Productions

REVENGE - ABC Studios

CHASING LIFE - ABC Studios

WEEDS - Showtime

REAL HUSBANDS OF HOLLYWOOD - BET

DIRTY SEXY MONEY EPISODE # 106 - Paramount Pictures

OCTOBER ROAD EPISODE #201 - ABC Studios

DIRTY SEXY MONEY EPISODE # 103 - Paramount Pictures

24 - 20th Century Fox

CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION - CBS Television Production

GIDEON'S CROSSING - Touchstone Television Production

TEENAGE CAVEMAN - Creature Features/HBO

REUNION IN HAZZARD - Warner Brothers/CBS TV Movie

SHE CRIED NO - Steve White Entertainment, NBC

RADIO SHACK "WHITE SPACE" - Creative Film Management

RENAULT - Independent Media

TRAFFIC - Compulsion, Inc.

AOL-CRY BABY - Hungry Man

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