GRIGOR KHACHATRYAN

1952 - Born on November 7 in Yerevan

1985 - Graduated from the PIY, the Art and Culture department

1985-87 - Head of the department of exposition of the Museum of Modern Art

1988 - Member of the Union of Artists of USSR (Armenia)

1987-96 - Art editor of “Garun” magazine

1996 - 2001 - Art leader of AR TV Company

2003 - directore of ART SCOOL

home 55-19-65 / vork 73 52 10

mobil 093 61 80 78

E-mail grigor_khachatryan@yahoo.com

WORKS: PERFORMANCE, ACTION

1972 - Heading of army troops, workday on the 1-st of may: photo with Suren Navasardyan,Gagik Harutunyan

1974 - Physical testing of “Grigor Khachatryan” award: photo with Ashot Hovhannisyan

1975 - Funerals in the institute

1980 - Solemn opening of a WC in the institute

Since 1990 - Awarding of “Grigor Khachatryan” award:

1990 - ”Jan Gilan’s price dropping”. Unprofitable resale of tickets

1990 - ”Arates”: gathering of population’s pee in the basket of ANM

1990 - Yerevan, peeing from a bridge over the river Getar with Armen Davtyan, Vahagn Atabekyan and Tigran Paskevichyan reading Apoliner’s“Marabou’s Bridge” by heart

1990 - Nude walking

1996 - Selfsuggestion as a candidate on the post of the president of Republic of Armenia, interviews in the square of the internal and external political platform

1998 - Paris, peeing from the Marabou’s Bridge with Vahagn Atabekyan and Vahram Sahakyan, reading Apoliner’s“Marabou’s Bridge” by heart

2003 – discurs in Writer street .Rencontres Utopiennes / I`environnement du corps...genetiguement modifiable..Erevan–Geneve

EXHIBITIONS

1984 - International Poster Competition, Moscow, 3-rd prize

1988 - Biennial, Brno

1990 - MANIFEST, “Exhibition OF A Single Work”,Union of Artists, Yerevan 1993 - ”Armenian Culture Days”, Vienna / Vienculture, graphics /

1993 - ”Object #1” / 2 mirrors facing each other and situated in 5mm distance

1994 - ”Armenian Culture Days” / Boch, Germany /

1994 - ”Pacific” / 3-rd floor, Yerevan /

1994 - ”Play House: enter from inside” /EX-VOTO, Yerevan /

1994 - From my personal collection of my undrawn paintings, I’ll show you / a clean sheet of canvas, 100x80, CCEA, Yerevan /

1995 -”The modern art of Armenia”, Moscow, Russia

1994 - ”I’m not a chair, I’m a contemporary of Grigor Khachatryan” Norayr Ayvazyan. “If I remain silent the chairs will make noise” G.K.: -“TEXT” Yerevan

1995 - The Question of the Ark / The exhibition of the artists of Moscow and Yerevan, ACCEA, Yerevan /

1996 -”Subject-Object” / fenced territory chosen by Grigor Khachatryan/ “E” Art Festival, ACCEA, Yerevan

1996 - ”There are things that don’t depent on me” / a pipe of a vacuum cleaner from the ceiling, CCEA, Yerevan / 1999 - Closed City / HAI-ART, Yerevan

1999 - Avangard art / ACCEA, Yerevan /

1999 -”Great Atrophy” international exhibition

1999 -Fanatics of body and mind /ACCEA, Yerevan /

1999 - Tree tendencies, HI – ART, Yerevan Armenia

2001 - The World is You, Summer Art Festival, Vien

2001 -Parallel reality is You

2001 - Beyond icons / National Museum of Armenia

2001 - Utopiana,

2003 - §Adieu Parajanov¦Contemporary Art from Armenia

2002 - Afirmativ, ACCEA, Yerevan

2003 - UTOPIANA, Rencontres Utopiennes,vill de jeneve,erevan - Thierry Fontaine HURLOIR, EREVAN ( ARMENNIE), performances sonores

2006 - Alternativ vision, Vienna,Austria

2006 - Art Without Borders, ACCEA.Yerevan, Armenia

2007 - Centre d`art contemporarain de Qumiper

2008 - The nationalcentre on planning accidents Erevan

2011 -Venice 54 Biennale Armenian pavilion/the Official meetings/

2007 - Erevan Crusis , ACCEA.Yerevan, Armenia

1996-2001 -”City” movie series in AR TV Company

City is the root of politics, politeness, citizenship, civilization. Videotape is a mirror memory.Mirror – realisation, see – “Meduza Gorgona”

“City - culture” – exhibitions, concerts, films, videotapes, videoart “out door” nature movie series

WORDS 1990 - MANIFEST. I’m not a man, I’m Grigor Khachatryan,you are not men, you are Grigor Khachatryan’s contemporary.G.K. a name high and delightful

1990 - ART- The names that are given to earthly things contain too much error / Book by Philip / 1990 - Attention: you may be in the spare of influence of Grigor Khachatryan’s sexual rays, which work in radius of 50000 parsec. The epicenter

moves with Grigor Khachatryan 1991 - Sun, sun come, come, be likely to Grigor Khachatryan

1991 - I’m protected by the state

1991 - I vote for the voice of the caller in desert

1991 - The only negative in me is resus

1991 - I’m the one you weren’t expecting

1991 - Happy is the one who believes without believing

1992 - I’m greater than I think therefore I’m modest.

1992 - Nobody, even me, can’t make news, we can only call attention

1994 - I’m the sexual result of my parent’s wants

1994 - At first I thought I would grow up and become an artist, then I thought I would grow into an idiot, now I think I’ll die if I grow more therefore until I die I’ve not become great enough. Therefore when I die I’ll be great.

1994 - All the regressive population of the world the November 7 celebrates as the anniversary of the October Revolution, all the progressive one as Grigor Khachatryan’s birthday

1994 - The temples were changed into churches, the New Years day was changedinto Saint Johan’s, and this is the concept of how the October Revolution’s

anniversary turned into Grigor Khachatryan’s birthday (EX- VOTO, Yerevan)