Aren Shahnazaryan

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oversize, 2023 | © Aren Shahnazaryan

We are showing the first museum exhibition of paintings and drawings by the artist Aren Shahnazaryan.

"The centre of my artistic work is to examine and question the creation of a picture using painterly means. In doing so, I always pursue the question of what influence the painter and the picture have on each other in the painting process. (...) I am not the only one who decides on the painting, but the painting also influences my decisions. It is an interactive process, a relationship between the observed object and its observer. This creates a tension that gains the unlimited from the small scale of the work..."

Aren Shahnazaryan

Christoph Tannert spoke at the opening on Friday, 16 January 2026. The artist was present at the opening and a catalogue was published.

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Raumansicht Großer Saal | © Leonhardi-Museum / Philipp W.L. Günther

Biography

Aren Shahnazaryan was born in Yerevan (Armenia) in 1991. He studied at the Yerevan Art Academy from 2008-2012 and at the HfBK Dresden from 2017 to 2022; he was also a master student of Ralf Kerbach from 2022 to 2025.

Aren Shahnazaryan has lived and worked in Dresden since 2017.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2023 By Deformation Into The Present, Full Moon Gallery, Dresden, DE

2016 Widerdruck, Dalan Art Gallery , Yerevan, AM

2011 Naregatsi Art Institute, Yerevan, AM