Ruben Adalyan is recognized as one of the foremost figures of late modern Armenian art. He graduated from the Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts

and Theater in 1956 and soon began a prolific career encompassing painting, sculpture, and graphic art. From his student years, Adalyan was

deeply committed to modernist principles, drawing particular influence from Pablo Picasso and Yervand Kochar. During the Khrushchev ‘Thaw’

of the 1960s, he gained recognition in Armenia and the Soviet Union for experimental works that rejected the constraints of socialist realism,

merging surrealism, cubism, and expressionism. His search for authorial subjectivity and formal exploration was especially evident in his

abstract paintings and sculptures, some of the first in post-war Armenian art. While these works were rarely exhibited before Armenia’s

independence in 1991, they profoundly influenced a new generation of experimental Armenian artists in the 1970s.

Adalyan’s artistic practice is remarkably diverse, encompassing photography and, notably, photocollage. Created between 1985 and 1988, his

photo-based series marked a decisive turn toward contemporary and post-modern Western art. Using only ‘found’ photographs and magazine

cut-outs, his collages juxtapose contradictory elements to comment on the socio-political environment of the late Soviet era, particularly Mikhail

Gorbachev’s Perestroika. By fragmenting historical narratives, cultural products, and ideologies on the brink of collapse, Adalyan’s work

employs pastiche and self-critique, anticipating the fall of the USSR and the rise of capitalist consumer culture. Through this innovative and

multifaceted approach, Adalyan has left an enduring mark on Armenian and post-Soviet art.

Training: The Yerevan Institute of

Fine Arts and Theater, graduating in 1956, and went on to develop a prolific career in painting, graphic art, and sculpture.

EXHIBITIONS :

2019 Exhibition In Salons De Maison Blanche Group Exhibition, Marseille, France

2019 2019 - ''Armenian And Chinese Artists Expo'' (Guangzhou, China) Group Exhibition, Guangzhou, China

2019 2019 - Gallery Ndk, Exhibition '' Armenia And Bulgaria - Color And Shapes '' (Sofia, Bulgaria) , Sofia, Bulgaria

2019 Exhibition In Archaeological Museum Varna ''Armenia And Bulgaria - Colour & Shapes'' , Varna, Bulgaria

2019 Exhibition In Museum Castell Dell'ovo ''Emozioni In Monstra'' , Naples, Italy

2019 Exhibition In Hamazkayin Lucy Tutunjyan Art Gallery Group Exhibition, Beirut, Lebanon

2018 2018 - Xie Salon International Des Artistes Armeniens (Lyon, France) Group Exhibition, Lyon, France

2018 2018 - Le Centre Culturel Sahak-mesrop (Marseille, France) Group Exhibition, Marseille, France

2018 Exhibition In Central House Of Artists "Dedicated To 2800Th Anniversary Of The City Of Yerevan'' Group Exhibition, Moscow, Russia

2017 2017 - Museum Of Yerevan Municipality (Yerevan, Armenia) Group Exhibition, Yerevan, Armenia

2016 2016 - Par Le Centre International Des Artistes Armenies (Lyon, France) Group Exhibition, Lyon, France

2015 Exhibition In ''Modern Art Museum'' Gallery Solo Exhibition, Yerevan, Armenia

2015 Exhibition In Gallery ''Artists Union Of Armenia'' Gallery Solo Exhibition, Yerevan, Armenia

2012 Exhibition Of Armenian Artists , Scafati, Italy

2012 Exhibition Of Armenian Artist , Florence, Italy

1967 Award of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia for the work " Hiroshima"