Education
Once in Paris, he studied interior architecture and obtained his diploma from L"Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs (ENSAD) in 1967.
Once in Paris, he studied interior architecture and obtained his diploma from L"Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs (ENSAD) in 1967.
He is considered one of the most innovative and central figures of the post-surrealist and fantastic era. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Jean Kazandjian moved to France after winning the national art contest organized by the Sursock Museum in Beirut in 1962. Jean Kazandjian worked as an architect until 1969 when he fully embraced his career as a painter.
In 1971 Kazandjian exhibited in the legendary Furstenberg Gallery in Paris along with fellow prominent surrealist figures such as Hans Bellmer, Giorgio de Chirico, Wifredo Lam and Salvador Dalí.
Through the 1970s, Kazandjian was active in the Parisian art circles where he met with painters such as Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder and Giorgio de Chirico. Over the next four decades, Kazandjian would grow to prominence exhibiting not only in Paris but internationally as well.
Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
Musee Athenee, Geneva, Switzerland
Musee du Surrealisme, Melun, France
National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
1970 Galerie Angolare. Milan. 1974 Galerie Furstenberg.
Paris and Galerie Modulart.
Beirut. 1977 Galerie Framond. Paris. 1978 Galerie Ago.
Berlin. 1979 Galerie Parvis Street Merri.
Paris. 1980 Galerie Ago. Berlin. 1981 Galerie Campo. Antwerp, Belgium. and Galerie Furstenberg.
Paris.
1982 Galerie UNIP. Lausanne, Switzerland. and Galerie L"Estampille. Brussels. 1983 Galerie Furstenberg. Paris. 1984 Musee Athenee.
Geneva., Galerie Theato.
Basel, Switzerland. and Galerie Jeanne.Munich. 1985 Fondation Gulbenkian.
London. 1986 Galerie Jeanne. Munich.
1990 Galerie Jeanne. Munich. and Galerie Artform.
Zweibrucken, Germany. 1991 Galerie Jeanne. Munich. 1992 Galerie Art Mouvement.
Paris-Bastille.
1993 Galerie Liehrmann. Liege, Belgium. and Galerie Jeanne. Munich. 1994 Galerie Artform.
Zweibrucken.
1995 Galerie Jeanne. Munich. 1996 Chateau de Champs/Marne, Ministere de la Culture. France. and Galerie J.T.Neumann.
Munich.
1997 Galerie Mansart. Paris. and Galerie J.T. Neumann. Munich. 1998 Galerie Furstenberg.
Paris.
1999 Galerie Jeanne. Munich., C.N.Q.A.O.S. Paris. and A.G.B.U. Los Los Angeles 2000 Palm Springs Art Fair, Palm Springs.
2001 Christine Argillet Gallery, Los Los Angeles
Consulat de France, Los Los Angeles 2002 Christine Argillet Gallery, Los Los Angeles
Galerie Jeanne, Munich. 2003 Galerie Jeanne, Munich.
2004 Museum of Surrealism, Melun.
2005 Galerie Jeanne, Munich. 2007 Galerie Madison, Louisiana Jolla, California. 2008 Galerie Madison, Louisiana Jolla, California. 2009 Galerie d"Orsay, Boston, Master of Arts.
2010 Galerie Anais, Santa Monica, California. 2011 Swenson Fine Arts, Laguna Beach, California. 2012 Galerie AV, Paris and Armenian Consulate, Los Angeles, California. 2013 Galerie AV, Paris
2014 National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan. ISPN 978-9939-9930-1069-1064.
