Sevada's paintings
provide people with both enjoyment and
information. His pictures are distinctive
for their clear, rhythmic line, delicate
color, lavish decoration, and poetic
feeling. He does not try to represent
space according to the laws of
perspective, or the human body and its
movemeets according to the laws of
anatomy. The artist can reach back into
the past and paint a historical event, a
religious story, or a myth. He may paint
pictures that show no clear subject
matter at all. Instead, he arranges the
paint in some abstract way that expresses
feelings or ideas that are important to
him. All his great paintings regardless
of subject matter, share a common
feature. They do more than just reproduce
with paint something that exists, or can
be imagined. They also express the
painter's special view about a subject. |
AWARD
"GOLDEN ANGEL"
1992 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MOTION PICTURE COUNCIL
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Sevada's style has changed throughout the
years, but hasn't lost its label. Some of his
paintings were banned in Armenia partcularly
those whose symboism reflected dissatisfaction
with the government. He dreamt of a free country,
many of the paintings he did in Armenia were left
behind when he came here. because they did not
reflect his "soul". Currently, Sevada
lives in the States, where he takes advantage of
the Great Freedom and expresses it openly in his
paintings and poems helping his students do the
same.
His success started blooming at a very young
age not only with the poetic paintings, but also
with the colors of poetry. It would be great to
know how this amazing artist thinks when he wants
to write or to paint. Surely, one helps the
other. His work is always organized to some
degree into a unified whole. Sevada's audience
appreciates his art. It gives us pleasure, an
inexhaustible source of joy. A great masterpiece
of a painting has the power to capture and hold
our fullest and most concentrated attention. We
become completely wrapped up in it, and
everything works out right. As we grow more and
more aware of the painting, its parts seem to
belong together and to be made for each other. We
perceive harmony in the object and feel harmony
within ourselves. With the aesthetic experience,
we often feel uplifted and refreshed, our
understanding of moral values sharpen and refine.
This is a true artist, brave enough to see the
truth in everything. He believes in the beauty of
man. His colors, his lines, his exquisite
expressive ways, light; and shadows are very
dynamic and always in movement. In artist's
understanding, painting is self sacrifice, an
attempt to prove yourself in this big world and
probably a wonderful chance to reach to the
perfection of soul. Also, he finds simple words
to convey his intimate feeling, in fact, he
continues drawing this time with words.
Sevada is in a big rush. The reason is simple.
There are so many ideas yet undrawn, so many
words unsaid, so many questions unanswered and so
many dreams unrealized....
Michael Aizenberg
EXIBITIONS
1964 Republican Competition of Children's Art.
Armenia.
1968 Student's Exhibition:
"EREBUNI-EREVAN."
1969 Individual Exhibition. Edition of NP
"AVANGARD" Erevan.
1971 Group Show. Art Trade Union. Erevan.
1972 One Man Show. Architect's Union. Erevan.
1973 Exhibition for the prize of NP
"AVANGARD." Erevan.
1974 Individual Exhibition. State University.
Armenia.
1975 International Exhibition of Placard.
Warshaw, Poland.
1976 Republican Exhibition. Armenia.
1977 Republican Exhibition of "Women's
International Year."
1978 Armenian Young Artist's Show.
1978 Art Show of Armenian Artist's. Kishinev,
Moldova.
1979 Individual Exhibition. Institute of Physics.
Moscow.
1982 Republican Young Artist's Show. Artist's
House. Erevan.
1985 International Exhibition of the USSR
"VICTORY-40"
1987 Individual Exhibition. Central Palace of
Culture. Tallinn, Estonia.
1987 Individual Exhibition. Art Museum. Pyarnou.
Estonia.
1989 Individual Exhibition. Museum of Friendship,
Abovian.
1990 Group Show. Montreal, Canada.
1990 "New Directions in Armenian Art."
Sherberg Gallery, LA, USA.
1990 One Man Show. Grace Lozano Gallery. LA USA.
1991 Group Show. BFC Gallery. Glendale, CA, USA.
1991 Individual Exhibition. Dr. Sarkissian Hall.
Beverly Hills, CA, USA.
1991 Art Festival "INNERVISIONS'91."
Bonaventura Hotel. LA, USA.
1991 One Man Show. Sheraton Hotel. Universal
City, CA, USA.
1991 Festival of Armenian Art. Fresno, CA, USA.
1992 Individual Exhibition. Tumanyan Gallery.
Montebello, CA, USA.
1993 One Man Show. Krpeyan Hall. LA,CA,USA.
1993 Individual Exhibition. Central House of
Artist. Moscow, Russia.
1993 Group Show. Sezar's Gallery. Glendale, CA,
USA.
1994 Individual Exhibition. Yervand Kochar
Museum. Yerevan, Armenia.
1994 Individual Exhibition. Music Hall. Abovian,
Armenia.
1994 Individual Exhibition. Art Center. Gyomri,
Armenia.
1994 CATALINA FESTIVAL OF ART. Avalon, CA, USA.
AWARDS
1968 1-st Prize. Exhibition
"Erebuni-Erevan" Armenia.
1973 2-nd Prize. Exhibition for the Prize of NP
"AVAGARD."
1991 INNERVISION'91 -Westin Bonaventure. Hotel,
LA, CA.
1992 Southern California Motion Picture Council
"GOLDEN ANGEL" award for the Performing
Arts.
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