Gohar Martirosyan a multimedia artist hailing from the post-earthquake Armenian town of Gyumri and now residing in Paris, immerses herself in the ethereal language of contemporary cinema. She studied under the supervision of Ben Russell, Julian Rosenfeld and Artavazd Peleshyan.
Through archival images and technological processes, her video works creates a dialogue between geographies that have become inaccessible, once inhabited by human activity, originating from the artist's biography. Gohar studies the intricate sets of influences that contribute to the construction of an individual, whether these arise from historical events, cultural practices, social connections, ecological needs, or relationships with living beings.
Gohar Martirosyan studied at Le Fresnoy National Studio for Contemporary Arts (FR). She is currently a resident at Fondation Fiminco and Fondation Carré sur Seine (FR). She has received the Studio Collector Prize 2022 (FR), Prize Enowe-Artagon 2023 (FR), արդ եւս|in view Prize by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 2024 (PR) and others.
Gohar's oeuvre deftly traverses the intricacies of cultural transformation and the mutable terrains of identity. Her artistic inquiry orbits around "spaces of no return," sites she seeks to conserve as loci of historical and personal specters, endeavoring to shield these realms from the oblivion of cultural amnesia. Within her scholarly pursuits, Gohar aspires to resurrect the cultural narrative endemic to the consciousness of a locale's inhabitants, unmarred by extrinsic influences. Her objective is to peel away accumulated cultural stratifications, striving to regress to the seminal moment of human-landscape interaction—the primordial dialogue with the environment.
Through her work, Gohar Martirosyan seeks to illuminate these disruptions and offer a path to understanding and preserving the delicate interplay between humans and their environments. Her art is a testament to resilience, memory, and the enduring quest for cultural continuity in the face of relentless change.
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AWARDS2024 Prix Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisabon In View2023 Prix The Han Nefkens Foundation - Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Madrid - Laureate2023 Prix Enowe - Artagon la session, Paris2022 Prix Studio Collector, avec le Frédéricde Goldschmidt, Paris2022 Foundation Philippossian & Pilossian, Geneva2021 Neuflize Prix, L'Association des Amis du Fresnoy, Paris___________________________
RESIDENCIES2024-2025 Prix Carré sur Seine, Programme de Résidence
Nexity Héritage, Paris (FR)2023-2024. Foundaton Fiminco, Paris (FR)2023.Cité internationale des arts, 2-12, Paris (FR)2023.Villa Empain / Boghossian Foundation Brussels (BE)2022.Mards des artistes en résidence / G.Urban, Munich (DE)2021.Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts (AT)2019.Armenia Art Foundation / Soundlab Yerevan (AM)2018.Weltkunstzimmer Düsseldorf / Das Frauenkulturbüro, Düsseldorf (DE)2017.Transculturl Art Lab-Jubi-Juist / Design your utopia, Juist island (DE)2010.International art plenary / Kraków-Bukowina Tatrzańska (PL)2006.EX-LIBRIS Hlohovec (SK)___________________________
EDUCATION 2020-2025.Le Fresnoy - Studio national d’art contemporain, France (FR)2019–2022. Académie des beaux-arts de Munich, diplôme en art médiatique, Allemagne (DE)2014–2015.Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts, Gyumri branch, Arménie (AM)2010–2013.Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Jan Matejko, diplôme en beaux-arts, Pologne (PL)___________________________
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS Exploring Identity Through Virtual Reality / Vahram Akimyan Proto-rituels non-humains - Beaux Arts Magazine / Sophie BernalInterview: Gohar Martirosyan / HAYP POP UP Gallery Interpretazioni in cerca di un senso / Giovanna GorassiniInterviews / Stipendiatin Gohar MartirosyanMarket—A Place For Everything, A Place For Everyone / Liudmila Kirsanova Standart-Armenia Triennale / GOHAR MARTIROSYAN e-flux / THE MOUNT ANALOGUE - AnnouncementsTarara, una scalata a rovescio /
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