Zareh

zarehinpeace@yahoo.com
www.artistzareh.com

Born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1956, Zareh Meguerditchian began to draw at a very young age. Of Armenian descent, his family history, his education and psychology were marked by the tragic massacres of 1915 Armenian genocide.

In 1963, he moved with his family to Lebanon where they witnessed the atrocities of that country’s civil war during the 70’s. It was a time of violence and a total breakdown of tolerance and civility between the quarreling communities. Living through it had a profound effect on the sensitive young artist who was studying fine art, at the time, at Al Kaslik University, Beirut.

Those years of war would start to define the core concerns and attributes of his art, expressed at turns through sorrow, apprehension, and explosive outrage at manifestations of social and political injustice. Much of his art is an expression of pain and fears from the past and his hopes for the future. It is also a way of eternalizing the memory of the victims of the genocide and of war.

After moving to the United States in 1983, Zareh has dedicated himself to drawing, painting, and performance pieces, with much of his output designed to raise public awareness of universal issues such as environmental degradation, globalism and its dire consequences for disenfranchised societies, and human-rights violations including genocide. He pursued further studies at UCLA and at Barnsdall Art Center in Los Angeles in the late 80’s.

His exhibitions, such as “The Red Trees of the Armenian Genocide” and “Marry the Priest,” have been featured in the Los Angeles Times, La Opinion, KTLA, and others

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2011 Cotrutza Gallery, 446 S. Main St. Los Angeles, CA
2009 Nov. 7-21, "Kairos", H. Kazan Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2009 "Artistic Expression For Freedom & Against Violence"Seyhoun Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 June 11, Seyhoun Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 "Man's Inhumanity To Man: Journey Out Of Darkness" Brand Library Galleries, Glendale, CA
2008 April 1- April 24, "The power of the poster", Pierce College Art Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
2008 March 29- April 30, "Voices of our time", H. Kazan Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Feb. 29- March 23, "Inner dialogue", Harvest Gallery, Glendale, CA
2007 Oct.19- Nov.19, "Sacred Memory", Pico House Gallery, LA, CA
2007 Oct.13- Nov.17, "Transitions", H. Kazan Fine Arts, LA, CA
2007 AIAF, ASTO Museum, L.A. CA * 2007 GIAF, Korean Cultural Center, Beijing, China
2007 Judson Studios, Los Angeles, CA * 2007 AIAF, ASTO Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2007 AIAF, NAL , Seoul, Korea * 2007 GIAF, Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea
2007 ASTO Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA * 2007, H. Kazan Fine Arts, Culver City, CA
2006 Harvest Gallery, Glendale, CA * 2006 Focus One Credit Union, Monrovia, CA
2006 Don O'Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA * 2006 Harvest Gallery, Glendale, CA
2005 Kerckhoff Art Gallery, UCLA,CA * 2005 Artist's Union Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
2005 Gallery Z , Providence, RI * 2005 Harvest Gallery, Glendale, CA
2004 Absolute art gallery, San Marino, CA * 2004 Harvest Gallery, Glendale, CA
2004 Veronese Gallery, Fullerton, CA * 2004 Articultural Gallery, Century City, CA
2003 Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, CA * 2001 Hamazkayin Cultural Center, La Crescenta, CA
2000 4th St. Gallery, Santa Monica, CA * 1998 Hamazkayin Cultural Center, Glendale, CA

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2006 Harvest Gallery, Glendale, CA * 2006 Sophia's Art Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2005 Seyhoun Gallery, West Hollywood, CA * 2005 Harvest Gallery, Glendale, CA
2004 Oct. 15-Nov.6, "Drawings and Paintings", Harvest Gallery, Glendale, CA
2002 Sep. Public Live Exhibit “Marry The Priest”, Los Angeles and Santa Monica, CA
2001 Apr. Public Live Exhibit “The Red Trees of The Armenian Genocide” ,
Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Glendale, Montebello, CA
1998 Sep. Tekeyan Cultural Center, ,"Paintings", Pasadena, CA
1998 Apr. Public Live Exhibit “Turkish Soup Made With Armenian Bones”, .
Los Angeles, Westwood, Santa Monica, Glendale, Pasadena, Montebello, CA

* None of the artworks may be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Artist