Background
Rafael Megall was born on January 2, 1983 in Yerevan in what was then the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union. His father Armen Melikyan is a well known doctor (endoscopic surgery).
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Education
From 1998 to 2004 he attended the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts.
Career
He is noted for his innovative style of drawing, unique perception of line, color sketches and portrayal of religious iconography of the Armenian miniatures. Early life and education
Megall started to paint when he was 9 years old. His further artistic and creative work opened to his own unique style of painting and visionary artistic philosophy.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions:
2010: Miniature, Artists' Union of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2011: The last works, Gallery 8, London, United Kingdom
Born in night, Contemporary Art museum, Yerevan, Armenia
2012: Turn on emotion, Artists' Union of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2015: Megall, Galleria in Arco, Turin, Italy
Group exhibitions:
2009: Sofa New York City
Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2010: National Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
2011: Armenian Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kuwait
Broadway gallery, New York, United States of America
Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2012: Salon d'Automne, Paris, France
2013: Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2014: Dublin Biennale, Dublin, Ireland
2015: Louisiana Sindone e l'impronta dell'arte, Museo di Sansepolcro, Sansepolcro, Arezzo, Italy
Galleria in Arco, Turin, Italy
Frangit Nucem, Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, Italy
In 2013 the President of Armenia gave him the honorary title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia.
In 2014 he was granted the "Arshil Gorky" honorable Medal by the Minister of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia.
