PROFESSION - TV DIRECTOR, ARTIST, ACTOR, WRITER, TV SCENARIST, MUSICIAN
AFFILIATION- ARTISTS’ UNION OF ARMENIA
ZHIRAYR LENDRUSHOVICH AGAVELYAN (BORN DECEMBER 8, 1955, YEREVAN ) ARMENIAN TV
DIRECTOR, ARTIST, ACTOR, WRITER, TV SCENARIST, MUSICIAN, MEMBER OF ARTISTS’ UNION OF
ARMENIA (2015)
CONTENTS
1. BIOGRAPHY
2. FINE ARTS - DOCUMENTARY FILMS
2.1 DIPLOMAS
3. BOOKS
4. EXHIBITIONS
5. PRINTED NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
6. PHOTO DIRECTING-PHOTO ART GALLERY
7. ANNOTATIONS
BIOGRAPHY
ZHIRAYR AGAVELYAN WAS BORN IN 1955 IN YEREVAN, ARMENIA. IN 1972 HE GRADUATED FROM
HAGOP PARONIAN SCHOOL #59 IN YEREVAN. 1973-1977 STUDIED AND GRADUATED FROM
ECHMIADZIN COLLEGE TV DEPARTMENT IN ARMENIA. 1975-1977 SERVED IN THE ARMY(GERMANY) .
1977- 1980 GRADUATED FROM “ARMENFILM” STUDIO , WITH THE QUALIFICATION OF ACTOR FOR TV
AND THEATRE. 1977-1991 HE WORKED AS A TV DIRECTOR IN THE ARMENIAN STATE TV IN YEREVAN.
1984-1989 STUDIED AND GRADUATED FROM LENINGRAD CULTURE INSTITUTE TV DEPARTMENT IN
RUSSIA. IN 1991 LEFT FOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. IN 2012 HE RETURNED ARMENIA. FROM 2009
HE BEGAN WORKING WITH PHOTO ART. HE HELD NUMEROUS EXHIBITIONS IN ARMENIA AND OUTSIDE
COUNTRY.
“BECAUSE BY PROFESSION I AM A TV DIRECTOR, I DECIDED TO TRANSFORM PHOTO INTO MOVEMENT
AND GIVE IT ALSO SPIRITUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL LIFE. IT BECAME BEGINNING AND COLOUR
SEARCH, WHICH WAS CALLED PHOTO DIRECTING. LATER ON THE INNER INSTINCT OPENED A NEW
ROAD TO PHOTO ART.”
FINE ARTS- DOCUMENTARY FILMS
ZHIRAYR AGAVELYAN IS AUTHOR OF SEVERAL FILMS
“VARDANANK” (1984)
“SYMPHONY OF STONES” (1987)
“LAVASH” (1988)
“WHO IS HE? EDWARD GHAZARYAN” (1988)
“AFLAMED WITH POMEGRANATE BRANCHES” (1989)
“ETERNAL TRAVELER” (1989)
“GIVE FORGIVENESS TO MY SINS”(1990)
“ARMENIAN STRUGGLE” (1993, USA )
DIPLOMAS
INTER- REPUBLICAN FESTIVAL , “SYMPHONY OF STONES” 1987, VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
FILM FESTIVAL DZIGI VERTOVA , “LAVASH” 1988 , LENINGRAD, RUSSIA
WHITE NIGHTS, 1988, ”WHO IS HE? EDWARD GHAZARYAN” 1988, LENINGRAD, RUSSIA
“ARMENIAN STRUGGLE” , HOMETOWN VIDEO FESTIVAL WINNER, 1993, BOSTON, USA
DIPLOMA FOR “NEW APPROACH ESTABLISHED IN PHOTO ART”, TAVUSH REGION,
2015,ARMENIA
BOOKS
PRINTED THREE BOOKS - ”TAKE ME INTO YOUR PALM”(GASPRINT PUBLICATION , 2012, ARMENIA)
“MINIATURES OF THOUGHT” (PHYLOSOPHICAL APHORISMS, YEREVAN AUTHORITY PUBLICATION ,
2013, ARMENIA)
“THREE AGES” (BIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL WITH PHOTO ART PICTURES, “LUSAKN “PUBLICATION , 2015,
ARMENIA)
EXHIBITIONS
“99 PLEASANT” DEDICATED ARMENIA’S 20 th ANNIVERSARY OF INDIPENDANCE, NAREKATSI ART
CENTER, YEREVAN, ARMENIA, 2011
“TODAY I HAVE A PURE SOUL” TEKEYAN CULTURAL CENTER, YEREVAN, ARMENIA, 2012
“TAKE ME INTO YOUR PALM”, NAREKATSI ART CENTER, YEREVAN, ARMENIA, 2012
NAREKATSI ART CENTER, YEREVAN, ARMENIA, 2013
YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY 50 TH ANNIVERSARY,
YEREVAN, ARMENIA, 2014
“FOLLOWING TRACES OF DESTINY ” TEKEYAN CULTURAL CENTER, YEREVAN, ARMENIA, 2015
“RETURN” TEKEYAN CULTURAL CENTER, YEREVAN, ARMENIA, 2015
“NEW STYLE IN ART”, IJEVAN , ARMENIA, 2015
“REBIRTH”, ARTISTS’ UNION OF ARMENIA , YEREVAN, 2016
“ROOTS”, KAPAN, ARMENIA, GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, 2016
“CREATION” , ARMENIAN STATE NATURE MUSEUM, YEREVAN, 2016
PRINTED NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
VOICE OF MOTHERLAND, “ SYMPHONY OF KOMITAS” , 1989, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
SOVIET ARMENIA NEWSPAPER, “ETERNAL TRAVELER”, 1989, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
EKRAN No. 6-1990, “DEDICATOR”, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
NASHA ZABOTA, 2009, “ABOUT A WONDERFUL FILM”, BOSTON, USA
MITK No 34-2011, “99 PLEASANT”, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
CONTACT No. 159-2011, EXHIBITION IN “ZABOTA” , BOSTON, USA
CONTACT No. 162-2011, “IN OUR ZABOTA, MAY 9TH”, BOSTON, USA
ARAVOT No. 182/4029/,2011. “HOW TO TURN REALITY INTO ART”, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
CONTACT No. 171-2012, “OTHER LIFE OF PHOTO ART”, BOSTON, USA
BOSTON, No.263-2012, “CENTER MAKOR PHOTO ART”, USA
MIRROR SPECTATOR 6, EXHIBIT PHOTO COLLAGE, BOSTON, USA
HAYRENIK No. 133-2012, PHOTO ART, BOSTON, USA
ARMENIAN REPUBLIC No. 188-2012. “COLOUR OF YEARNING”, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
KANCH No. 13-2012. “PHOTO ARTIST GIVES LESSON”, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
CONTACT, No.155-2012, “ALL FAMILIAR FACES”, BOSTON, USA
GRASHKHARH, 4-6/67-69/2013”TAKE ME INTO YOUR PALM”, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
IRATES No. 21 602-2015, “INNOCENT AS A CHILD, DREAMER AS A YOUNG MAN, WISE AS AN OLD
MAN”, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
UNWRITTEN LAWS No. 1-2015, “FOLLOWED ONE, VIOLATED THREE”, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
ARMENIAN REPUBLIC No. 46/60 92/2015 “SOUL TALES WITH CRY OF THE ROOTS ”, YEREVAN,
ARMENIA
ARAVOT, No.213/5056/2015, ZHIRAYR AGAVELYAN, “TO PAINT BEAUTIFULLY, DOES NOT MEAN
GIVE BREATH TO PICTURES”, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
IJEVAN No. 666-2015, “COLOURFUL PLAY THAT WAKENS HUMAN IMAGINATION”,YEREVAN,
ARMENIA
TSOLKER, No. 3/42/ “FOR ME THERE IS AN INCENSING FOR SOUL, FAITH, LOVE”. 2015
YEREVAN, ARMENIA
EKONOMIKA No. 31-2016 “THE REALITY OF BOOMERANG”, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
SYUNATS YERKIR No. 36/412/2016, “ROOTS” AND “ LIBRARIAN DAY IN CITY HALL”, KAPAN,
ARMENIA
IRATES No. 63/720/-2016, “BREATHING PHOTOS”, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
AZG No. 6/258/2016, “SENSUAL FIELD OF COLOURS AND WORDS”,YEREVAN, ARMENIA
ANNOTATIONS
1. “ I SEE MY COUNTRY IN THE RAYS OF SUN…”, ZHIRAYR AGAVELYAN” : HAYERN AYSOR: 2016-03-
18: IS TAKEN 2016-10-21,YEREVAN, ARMENIA
2. “NEW STYLE IN ART- “WOVEN WITH TENDER FEELINGS”TAVUSH.AGRO.AM: IS TAKEN 2016-10-
21, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
3. “I WAS MADE BY MY COUNTRY’S NATURE, AND I MADE THAT IN MY PICTURES”
–ANKAKH.COM”:
ANKAKH.COM: IS TAKEN 2016-10-21, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
4. “MOVEMENT OF AN INSTANT”- HAYELI.AM: IS TAKEN 2016-10-21,YEREVAN, ARMENIA
5. MEDIAMAX: “99 PLEASANT”- BRAVO.AM : IS TAKEN 2016-10-21,YEREVAN, ARMENIA
6. “SOUL NEEDS HELP”, ZHIRAYR AGAVELYAN –ARAVOT -NEWS FROM ARMENIA”,:
IS TAKEN 2016-10-21