Robert Elibekian

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Robert Elibekian in his studio

"Robert Elibekian's works are captivating by their innate illumination, glowing and spreading through the entire surface of the canvas. The paintings possess energy, which seems to undulate and morph from every angle and point of observation. The elegiac mood blends with the noble dynamism, captivating by its purity and refinement."

Henrik Igitian,
Art critic,
Founder of Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia

Biography

Robert Elibekian was born in April 1941 in Tbilisi. In 1960 he moved to Armenia and settled in Yerevan. The same year he entered the Yerevan Arts and Theater Institute. In 1965, after graduating from the institute, he started his fruitful creative biography actively participating in various national and union exhibitions.

Elibekian has been a member of the Union of Artists of Armenia since 1970. For many years he was involved in stage-design for theatres in Armenia and overseas. Simultaneously he worked as a designer and producer of a number of films shot at the ArmenFilm Studio.

The artist's saturated creative life was reflected in numerous personal exhibitions organized not only in Armenia, Moscow, Vilnius, and other cities of the Soviet Union, but also in major centers of Europe and America.

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Robert Elibekian with his painting "In The Memory of Arshile Gorky", 2007 (Oil on canvas, 175 x 275 cm)

Elibekian's canvases are exhibited at famous museums and private collections such as the Tretyakov Gallery and the Museum of Oriental Arts in Moscow. Alex Manoogian Museum in Detroit, Elyseum Palace in Paris, the White House in Washington, and Zimerli Museum in New Jersey. In 1981 Robert Elibekian received a State Prize of Armenia and in 2001 was granted the Movses Khorenatsi Medal in the field of the national culture.

Publications

"Robert Elibekian: Reflections"
Pages: 44
Editor: Cafesjian Center for the Arts (2016)
Language: Anglais, Armenian
ISBN: 978-9939-9121-6-5
Dimensions: 22 x 23 cm.

Robert Elibekian 2014
"Elibekian Robert"
Pages: 280
Publisher: Tigran Mets (2014)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-9939-0-1135-6
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm.

"Robert Elibekian"
Pages: 106
Publisher: Printinfo JV LLC (2003)
Language: Armenian, English
Dimensions: 27.5 x 23.5 cm.

Robert Elibekian
"Elibekians"
Pages: 44
Publisher: Artists’ Union of the USSR (1989)
Language: Russian
ISBN: 5-269-00333-3
Dimensions: 27.5 x 20.5 cm.