My paintings explore the connections between nature, memory and the things we cannot always see or name. Colour, layered surfaces and unexpected materials give form to sensations — from the movement of water to the resonance of sound. Each work is an invitation to pause, look closer and find your own meaning within it.

ARMINE TUMANYAN

Was born in Yerevan.
Graduated with honor from the Department of Fine Arts of the Faculty of Culture of Armenian State Pedagogical University, receiving the qualification of a pedagogue of fine arts. She studied Fashion design at the State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia (master’s degree).
In 2016, she founded the “ArtAm Gallery” platform at Zvartnots Airport, where through she presents contemporary Armenian artists.

What are feelings, emotions and many other invisible phenomena? Do they have any image equivalent that can be expressed and given any shape? As an applied artist, I have tried to paint feelings on silk, but then it was not possible to materialize certain concepts due to the limitations of the batik technique. So I was attracted by the freedom of working with canvas and the idea of creating a dimensional painting. After figurative art, I discovered for myself the non-objective abstract genre of painting, which gave me unlimited freedom and the opportunity to create, and here the idea and desire to depict the “invisible” revived. Canvas gives you the opportunity to experiment with different techniques and in my new works, you will see the experience of using paper and other materials. I am always interested in exploring, experimenting and finding. And in these works, the course of those searches can be seen. Types of emotions and sounds, that is what became the material of inspiration for this exhibition.