Painting, drawing, installation, video, media mix
Lives and works in Neuchâtel
*1958, Teheran
Exhibitions (selection)
2020 | National academy of fine arts, Yerevan, Arménie |
| Maison de l’absinthe, Môtiers |
| Grand Cachot, Chaux-du-milieu |
| Kaminska & Stocker, Yverdon-les-Bains (solo) |
2019 | Kunst Zürich avec la Galerie Kaminska et Stocker |
| Stadtmuseum Aarau |
| Galerie C, Neuchâtel (performance) |
| Kunst Zürich avec la Galerie Kaminska et Stocker |
2018 | Kunst 18 Zürich, 24th International Contemporary, Art Fair, with gallery Kaminska & Stocker, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Galerie 2016, Hauterive, Switzerland |
| Tufenkian Fine Arts, Glendale, CA, USA (solo) |
| Galerie d’art Kaminska et Stocker, (duo), Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland |
2017 | CICA Museum, Gimpo, Corée du sud |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| Musée d’art et d’histoire, Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| Le Grand-Cachot, Chaux-du-milieu, Switzerland |
| Garboushian gallery, Beverly Hills, California (solo) |
2016 | Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| Théâtre du casino, Aix-les-Bains, France (solo) |
| Centre d’art Contemporain Ticino (CACT), Bellinzona, Switzerland |
2015 | MultipleSpacings, Bern, Switzerland (solo) |
| Le Manoir de la ville de Martigny, Switzerland |
| CAN, Neuchâtel* |
| Projectraum M54, Basel* |
| Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, USA |
| Centre PasquArt, Bienne* |
| Centre d’Art Contemporain, Yverdon-les-Bains* |
| Théâtre Saint Gervais, Genève* |
| Moncton University, Moncton, Canada |
| Proiectum, Köniz |
| EPFL Rolex learning center, Lausanne |
2014 | Galerie C, Neuchâtel (robotic performance) |
| Modern Art Museum Yerevan, Armenia |
2013 | Gallerie Nelly L’Eplattenier, Lausanne |
2012 | Università la Sapienza, Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Rome |
| The Leonardo museum, Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| Proiectum, Köniz (solo) |
| La Locomotive, La Chaux-de-Fonds (solo) |
| Villa Dutoit, Genève |
| Au Joli mois de mai, Bienne |
2011 | Centro Arte Contemporanea Ticino (CACT), Bellinzona |
| San Francisco Art Institue, San Francisco, CA |
| Musée d’art et d’histoire, Neuchâtel |
2010 | National Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia |
| Centro Arte Contemporanea Ticino (CACT), Bellinzona |
| Galerie Nelly L’Eplattenier (solo), Lausanne |
| Jardin Botanique, Université de Neuchâtel |
2009 | Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA, USA |
| Musée d'histoire, La Chaux-de-Fonds (solo) |
| Center for contemporary experimental art, Yerevan, Armenia (solo) |
| Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA, USA |
2008 | Musée d'art et d'histoire de Neuchâtel |
2007 | Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| EWZ, Zürich |
2005 | Artists' Union, Yerevan, Armenia |
| Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA |
2004 | University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Articultural Gallery, West Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2003 | Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, CA, USA |
| Articultural Gallery, West Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2000 | California State University, Los Angeles (solo) |
1999 | L.A. Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA |
| * Projection of One person died, ephemeral monument |
Grants and residencies
2012 | The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) pour "Our cyclopean walls" |
2012 | Residency, Art and Cultural Studies Laboratories (ACSL), Armenia |
2009 | California State University, Fullerton, residency, Grand Central Art Station, Santa Ana, California |
2009 | Grant of the state of Neuchâtel, Department of Multicultural Cohesion for “Our Storis/Nos Histoires” |
2008 | Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Artists-in-Labs residency at Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Lugano |
2007 | Grant of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Mediaprojects, for “The mountain comes to me” |
2003 | Grant of the California Council for the Humanities for “Our Stories” |
Public collections
City of Neuchâtel
School of Management (HE Arc Géstion), Neuchâtel
School of Engineering (HE-Arc, Ingénierie), St-Imier
Musée d’art et d’histoire Neuchâtel
Musée des beaux-arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Education
2000 | Master of Arts, California State University, Los Angeles |
1984 | Licence, Art Plastiques, Université de Paris 8, Vincennes/Saint Denis |
1976-7 | Architecture, Universitiy of Tehran, Iran |
Publications
Ramela Abbamontian Grigorian, Mario Casanova, Alice Henkes, Suren Manukyan, Alina Mnatsakanian, Karine Tissot, 2018, “One person died”, Lausanne: Art & Fiction,
Karine Tissot, 2018, CACY [KAKI], n. m., 2013-2017, Lausanne: Art & Fiction 2017, “Extra-Muros”, Chaux du Milieu: Grand Cachot (catalogue)
Anne Aymon de Chambrier, 2016, “Partout”, Neuchâtel: Visarte Neuchâtel (catalogue)
Marie-Léa Zwahlen, 2011, “Entrez libres!”, Musée d’art et d’histoire, Neuchâtel: Visarte Neuchâtel (catalogue)
2010, “Think art act science”, Swiss artists in labs, Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona, Zürich: Swiss Artists in labs (catalogue)
Jill Scott, 2010, “Networking the margins”, Editions Wien, New York: Springer
Elizabeth Little, 2009, "Hidden wounds, paper bullets", Santa Ana: Grand Central Art Center (catalogue)
2008, “Jeanne Lombard (1865-1945) et les artistes Neuchâteloises 1908-2008”, Hauterive: Gilles Attinger SA, (catalogue)
Ramela Abbamontian, 2007, “The Diasporic Witness: Reconstructing Testimony in the Works of Contemporary Los Angeles Artists”, Cultural and Ethical Legacies of the Armenian Genocide edited by Richard G. Hovannisian, Los Angeles, CA: Transaction Publishers
Ramela Abbamontian, 2006, “Crossing Borders and Imagining Home/land: Armenian Artists Construct a Diasporic Identity in Los Angeles” Shifting Borders, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Peter Frank, 2003, “From Ararat to America”, Los Angeles (catalogue)
Articles
Jacques Girard, 28 mai 2015, "L’art contemporain s’expose «partout»", Neuchâtel: L'Express
Patrice Neuenschwander, 29 avril 2015, “Monument Ephémère”, Neuchâtel: Vivre la Ville
Catherine Favre, 22 avril 2015, “Le génocide est dans son ADN”, Neuchâtel: L'Express
Salomé Di Nuccio, 4 mars 2015, “L’art contemporain pour se souvenir du génocide arménien”, Neuchâtel: Courier Neuchâtelois
Alice Henkes - avril 2015, “Alina Mnatsakanian”, Bern: Kunstbulletin
Javier Gamero Kinosita, avril 2015, “De Muerte y vida”, Bern: Mundo Hispanico
Bernadette Richard, 18 août 2011, “Des nouvelles du Neuchâtel visuel”, Lausanne: L’Hebdo
Yves-André Donzé, 8 août 2011, “«Entrez libres» dans le dédale de l'empreinte et de la lumière”, Neuchâtel: L’Express
Bernadette Richard, 30 juillet 2011, “Quand l’imaginaire explore la vie et la poésie”, Jura: Le Quitidien Jurassien
Denise Frossard, 15 juillet 2011, “15 artistes comme autant de libertés artistiques”, Neuchâtel: COM
Magdalina Zatikyan, 10 juin 2010, “Ararat en tournée”, Erevan: Gollos Armenii
Paula Selleck, 10 novembre 2009, “Hidden Wounds, Paper Bullets”, Fullerton, CA: California State University, Fullerton, Inside
Arevik Badalyan, 11 juillet 2009, “The hero of the virtuel displacement is the mount Ararat”, Yerevan: Azg
Ramela Abbamontian, 2008, “Alina Mnatsakanian’s search for home”, Los Angeles, CA: Armenian Reporter Arts & Culture
Sylvia Freda, 4 octobre 2007, “Alina Mnatsakanian, la Heidi d'Arménie”, Neuchâtel: L’Express Mayda Saris, 12 juillet 2007, “Alina Mnatsakanian Zorik”, Istanbul: Agos
Basile Weber, 23 Août 2006, “Un temple multi-culturel”, Neuchâtel: L’Express
Janet Samuelian, May 29, 2004, “Artist Mnatsakanian joins high schoolers for multi-media installation”, New York, NY: Armenian Reporter International
Gary Moskowitz, May 24, 2003, “Glendale youth tell their stories”, Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Times
Janet Samuelian, December 30, 2000, “Southland art exhibitions mark end of the 20th century”, New York, NY: The Armenian Reporter International
Evelyn Renata Rueda, December 2000, “Soul expression through arts”, L.A., CA: University Times
Janet Samuelian, November 22, 1997, “Alina Mnatsakanian paintings,installations”, New York, NY: The Armenian Reporter International
Arus Shahbazian, December 11, 1997, “Mnatsakanian’s “Journey” into the inner reaches”, Glendale, CA: Asbarez Daily
