Daron Muoradian

Daron Mouradian was born in 1961 in Yerevan. In 1990, he graduated with honours from the Armenian State Academy of Fine Arts. Following six years at the Yerevan State Institute of Visual Arts and Theatre, he moved to Paris. A chance encounter with the proprietor of one of the Paris-based art galleries who was so impressed by Daron’s artworks that she immediately took them on commission, turned out to be the pivotal moment in his artistic career.

Mouradian’s vibrant, highly detailed paintings have won a worldwide acclaim. His art, abounding in bizarre images and fantasy narratives, is inspired by the national culture and rich historical heritage of his homeland. Blending various elements of the eastern and western civilisations, fusing historical facts and imagination, Mouradian creates amazing, at times surrealistic canvases. His works, teeming with grotesque characters and bold colours, represent a kind of theatre of the absurd with a touch of refined irony.