Martiros Manoukian
Martiros Manoukian (Armenian: Մարտիրոս Մանուկյան; born August 5, 1947) is an Armenian artist.
Biography
Manoukian started painting seriously at the age of 11. He entered the Academy of Art in Yerevan in 1967. And also studied in Moscow and Leningrad. He was admitted to the USSR Union of Artists aged only 26. His first exhibition was in 1972 in Yerevan. He had many more up until to 1987 when he emigrated to United States.
Martiros Manoukian, now living in the United States, is one of the elite few artists whose thousands of originals have sold worldwide. He is one of the most successful artists in Japan, United States and Europe. He has participated in numerous international exhibits and received many honors and awards [1]
Quotes
“My style is life and I like life very much. My motif is beauty; the serenade and music are my life motif. I enjoy mixing media because art is freedom, my feelings, my victory… I do not actually know what I feel when I paint; I just paint my mood, a feeling that a camera’s eye cannot catch – some special, subtle angle that perhaps others would not see.” M. Manoukian