9-11 is my largest and most important work. I Thought about painting 9-11, but never felt as strongly about it until visiting the memorial. I saw the remaining of the towers, the fire truck. I heard the audio of people who left messages to their loved ones for the last time… I knew I was ready to paint 9-11. I painted 2977 candles – 1 candle for each victim. There is the Fire truck which is in the museum. There is the famous wall street the day of the attack, and the ruins of the buildings. Firefighters helping each other, they are devastated but not broken, they raise the American Flag to show the world – you destroyed our towers but you can not destroy our soul. This painting is about the attack but also recovery, so we see airplanes crashed, then in the middle of the painting we see the aftermath, the devastation but also a hope for tomorrow… Left of the painting is the Memorial and the rebirth, remembrance and respect to the victims of 9-11 and the Great city of NY.
The Smoke Artist
Mher Khachatryan
US weekly magazine covering Art show at UN on May 31st 2017
OK magazine covering Art show at UN on May 31st 2017
Mher Khachatryan
US weekly magazine covering Art show at UN on May 31st 2017
Education
2003 Academy Of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Yerevan, Armenia 2000 Art College of Panos Terlemezyan, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Yerevan,
Armenia
1998 Art School of Hakob Kodzhoyan, Yerevan, Armenia
Forthcoming Exhibitions/Art Fairs
Art Expo 2021
Context 2021
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Group Show Emanuel Fremmin, NYC
2017 Solo show on World NO Tobacco Day May 31st, United Nations Headquarters , NY
2015 100 Years of Armenian Genocide, Solo Show, Albert & Tove Boyajian Gallery, Yerevan
2015 The Devine Light, Solo Show, NJ 2009 Solo Show, Reference Gallery, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Group Show, Van Der Plas Gallery, NY
2017 Group Show, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, MI
2016 Group Show, DeVos Convention Center, MI
2015 100 Years Later, Group Show, National Museum of Armenia, Yerevan
Selected Art Fairs
2023 Art South Hamptons, NY
2022 Art South Hamptons, NY
2021 Context, FL
2021 Art Expo, NY
2020 Art Expo, NY
2020 SCOPE, Booth 17, NY
2020 Art Wynwood, Miami, FL
2019 SCOPE Miami, FL
2018 SCOPE Miami, FL
2018 Art Expo, Booth 150, NY
2017 Art Expo, Booth 174, NY
2016 Art Expo, Booth 377, NY
2015 Spectrum Miami, FL
Selected Publications/Press
2021 Fox LA, covering 9/11 Painting, LA California
2017 US Weekly Issue 1167, June 26, 2017, Page 17
2017 OK Magazine, Issue 28, July 10, 2017, Page 84
2017 http://radaronline.com/photos/mher-khachatryan-artist-smoke-dangers- paintings-world-no-tobacco-day-united-nations/
2017 http://www.nationalenquirer.com/photos/mher-khachatryan-artist-smoke- dangers-paintings-world-no-tobacco-day-united-nations/
2017 http://starmagazine.com/photos/mher-khachatryan-artist-smoke-dangers- paintings-world-no-tobacco-day-united-nations/
2017 http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/04/artist-uses-smoke-to-explore-the-fragility- of-life-and-death-6753471/
2012 http://www.miamitalentmag.com/emag/story/mher-khachatryan
Collections
The National Museum of Armenia
Works held in private collections in Canada, the United States, Armenia and Russia.
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