Background
Minas Halaj was born in Yerevan, Armenia, in the family of artist Samuel Halaj.
Minas Halaj was born in Yerevan, Armenia, in the family of artist Samuel Halaj.
1992-1996 Minas Halaj studied at Hakob Kojoyan Art School, Yerevan, Armenia, 1996-1998- Terlemezian College of Fine Art, Yerevan, Armenia, 1998-2002 Yerevan"s State Fine Arts Academy.
And 2003-2006 SFAI, San Francisco, California. Minas Halaj works in oil, mixed media and graphics. His graphic series, entitled Magnetic Flower is a mixture of many different styles, influences and elements. He incorporates flowers, nature, animals, anatomy and Roman sculpture techniques.
Minas Halaj has got paintings from ‘American Renaissance’ that reflect the immigrant experience, each picture with a hallowed space that express a cry for home, the memories of place, history and culture, the violence of its loss and the rupturing of the spirit.
Many of his paintings are with private collectors, including actor Jim Carrey
Minas" first solo show was at the Tracy Park in Santa Monica, California. Since then he has participated in many solo and group exhibitions.
His work was also showcased at the Susan Alexander and the prestigious Saatchi in the United Kingdom. Solo
2015 Main Street,"Floral Minds" Walla Walla, Washington
2010 Raffsonny, Hackensack, New Jersey. 2008 Tracy Park, Santa Monica, California. 2007 Tracy Park, Santa Monica, California. 2006 Tracy Park, Santa Monica, California. 2005 Christianne Engs, West Hollywood, California. 2005 Arc Light Theatre, Hollywood, California. 2004 Donna Ratikan Design Center, Miami, Florida.
Group Exhibitions
2015 Art Miami, Aqua Art, December 2-6, Spin "s, Miami, Florida.
2015 Benefiz-Kunstauktion Oskar Kokoschka"s Museum, Pöchlarn, Austria.
2015 Art In Fall, November 14-19 Group show New York, New New York 2014 International Art Symposium “Atelier An Der Donau”, Vienna, Austria.
2014 Works On Paper “Brand 42”, Brand Art Center, Glendale, California. 2013 Saatchi Showdown “Painted Faces”, London, United Kingdom. 2013 Annual Juried “Small Work Visual Show”, Bakersfield Museum of Art, California. 2012 Group Show, “Mark Rothko 109th Anniversary”, Dunaburg, Latvia
2012 Group Show, Pier #92, New York, New New York 2012 Art from the Ashes, Barnsdall Hollywood California. 2012 Art Cube, Laguna Beach California
2011 El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, Los Angeles, California. 2011 Los Angeles Municipal art, Los Angeles, California. 2011 Skinner Howard Contemporary Art, Sacramento, California. 2010 Rweeway, Los Angeles, California. 2010 Western, Los Angeles, California. 2010 Art from the Ashes, Glendale, California. 2009 Primo Piano Livin, Lecce, Italy
2009 Italian American Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. 2009 Municipal Art, Los Angeles, California. 2009 Primo Piano Livin, Lecce, Italy. 2008 Brand OST, Glendale, California. 2008 Tracy Park, Santa Monica, California. 2007 1-5, Los Angeles, California. 2007 Italian American Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. 2007 Venice Contemporary, Culver City, California. 2006 Tracy Park, Santa Monica, California. 2006 Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia.
2004 Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California.
I still remember the magic of my first encounter with the paintbrush and the easel.
I consider myself the luckiest of all to have been given the gift of creation and I live and work through the appreciation of divinity of art I love all styles; I can work in all styles.
The medium is not the important thing, the meaning is the important element, the medium is secondary," he explains. "What you are trying to say is the important thing.
The power of art is to talk with your language.
You need to be able to create your own language to speak to people," he says. "We all speak in our language, that is the meaning of art
Quotations:
I still remember the magic of my first encounter with the paintbrush and the easel. I consider myself the luckiest of all to have been given the gift of creation and I live and work through the appreciation of divinity of art
I love all styles. I can work in all styles.
The medium is not the important thing, the meaning is the important element, the medium is secondary," he explains.
"What you are trying to say is the important thing.
The power of art is to talk with your language. You need to be able to create your own language to speak to people," he says.
"We all speak in our language, that is the meaning of art