Gaya Karapetyan

Toronto, Canada

recent artist with a meteoric rise to international stardom

One day I turned on some music and just started to paint. And that was just 4 years back!

Equilibrium

Pomagranate Tango

Opacity of Love

Sun Through the Closed Eyes

I usually use brief lyrical narrative or mottos to describe my artwork. They convey the essence of the work and at the same time leave sufficient latitude for the audience to freely interpret the work.

How did you become an artist?

My background is in biology and I became an artist at a later age. I was yearning for something more powerful and art accomplished that for me. One day I turned on some music and just started to paint. Music has always been a strong inspiration for my art.

Tell us about the earliest work you remember.

It was Summer 2013 and first painting was titled “Dancing Soul”. From that day my new life as an artist started.

Which classical or contemporary artists have inspired you?

I was not influenced by anyone. This art has just come to me naturally. But I do admire Amedeo Clemente Modigliani, Frida Kahlo and Camille Claudel.

How would you describe your artistic style to someone who has not seen your work.

I am a contemporary abstract artist. With the power of colour, I try to capture the beauty of landscapes, light refractions, mysterious fluctuations of water, texture of flowers, and deviational patterns of a moving form.

How did you feel about your first sale?

I felt happy and honored that a small particle of my creation would be on a permanent display in the buyer’s home incessantly radiating warmth and joy of life.

What's the inspiration behind your art?

Nature has always been my inspiration. I love to go to the lake and look at the natural beauty around.

Music is that powerful source of inspiration which includes my profound emotions, plays on the strings of imagination and culminates in a refined creativity of artwork.

More about Gaya Karapetyan

Sonam Dixit, India

“It is not that color disperses on canvas: this is Vehemence of an artist that speaks fiercely and delicately when the Silence holds the World!!”

Liza Peninon, France

“I love the way you gave us something most precious like hope, dreams… That is such a generous way of expressing yourself, I think that’s why your artworks are so captivating, and touching, they reach our soul…”

Gaya Karapetyan: Recent, Current & Upcoming Exhibitions

Unity in Variety VII Exhibition, London, June 2017
Contemporary Art Exhibition, New York, June 2017
Make America Create Again COCA Show, Seattle, April 2017
Ligures Prize Exhibition, Lerici, Italy, March 2017
Contemporary Art Exhibition, Venice Carnival, Italy, February to March, 2017
Canvas Unbound Exhibition, Vancouver, February 2017
Natale A Torino Exhibition, Turin, Italy, December 2016 to January 2017

Gaya Karapetyan: Important Shows and Exhibitions

Art Innsbruck, Austria, 2016
Biancoscuro Exhibition in Art Parma Fair, Italy, 2016
Bright Lights at Night Salon Exhibition, Toronto Nuit Blanche Festival, 2016
Summer Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, London, 2016
Inaugural AccorsiArte Exhibition in Le Dame Art Gallery, London, 2016
CanCon 2016 Exhibition, Vancouver, 2016
Palatine Group Exhibition, Rome, 2016
900 and 2000 Modern & Contemporary Art Exhibition, Turin, Italy, 2016
35 Live: COCA Members’ Show in Seattle, 2016
Art Rome Contemporary Exhibition, 2016
Art Protagonist 2015 International Art Exhibition in Padua, Italy, 2016
Scope Miami Art Show, The Voice of the Artist Collection, 2015
Colorida Art Gallery Solo Exhibition in Lisbon, Portugal, 2015
Rorschach Abstract Art Exhibition, Toronto, 2015
Liquid Cities New York – International Video Art Limousine Festival, 2015
Unity in Variety IV Group Exhibition, London, 2015
Alternative Playground International Art Fair, London, 2015
Venezia Open Art Exhibition, 2015
Connect 2 Colour Exhibition, London, 2015
Gardens Group Exhibition, London, 2015
Donkey Art Prize Miami Showcase, 2015
Art Expo Milan, 2015
The Miami Art Expo, 2015
Elements Group Exhibition, London, 2015
Tokyo International Art Fair, 2015
Spectrum Group Art Exhibition, Toronto, 2015
Going South in Malaga, Spain, 2015
Oxford International Art Fair, 2015
Barcelona International Art Fair, 2014

Gaya Karapetyan: Awards & recognitions

Biancoscuro International Art Contest 2016 Winner
Great Art UK Runner-Up Award in International Summer Art Prize Competition, 2016
Art Protagonist 2015 International Award
Manhattan Arts International Award of Excellence in Bold Expressions Competition, 2015
Artmajeur Gold Awards 2015 & 2014
First Place Winner by Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Abstracts Theme Art Competition, 2015
Venezia Open Art 2015 Prize Finalist
Connect 2 Colour International Art Prize Finalist, 2015
International Donkey Art Prize III Finalist, 2015