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RAFFI KALENDERIAN
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CHRIS AND NANCY, 2020
Oil on canvas
70 x 98 inches
177.8 x 249.9 cm
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TIARA, 2020
Oil on canvas
98 x 70 inches
248.9 x 177.8 cm
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"Anna and Sister, a portrait of a woman and her cat that bristles with detail: a closet full of clothes that you just know are fashion forward; and above all, that insane ceiling, those lightning-lit walls, and those floorboards, like a hundred jungle cats pressed flat— lions and tigers and leopards, oh my. In this world, all roads lead to Anna. It’s another Kalenderian love letter. He’s made the painting, but she is its beating heart."
- Excerpt from "Feel the Love" by Glenn Adamson
ANNA AND SISTER, 2020
Oil on canvas
98 x 70 inches
249.9 x 177.8 cm
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DASHA, 2020
Oil on canvas
70 x 98 inches
177.8 x 248.9 cm
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"In my life, I have these moments, often during some mundane activity, where I have a profound revelation about something, maybe something about the nature of a certain friendship, or about realizing I may not have the life I envisioned when I was younger. I consider these to be “super moments,” a reckoning of some sort, and I think painting is a great way to try and capture a moment like this."
- Raffi Kalenderian in "Feel the Love" by Glenn Adamson -
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Raffi KalenderianJoey and Jen, 2020Colored pencil, oil paint and pastel on paper44 3/4 x 54 inches
113.7 x 137.2 cm -
Raffi KalenderianSophia Reading, 2020Colored pencil, oil paint and pastel on paper36 x 51 1/2 inches
91.4 x 130.8 cm -
Raffi KalenderianMichael Bauer in the Studio, 2020Colored pencil, oil paint and pastel on paper44 3/4 x 54 inches
113.7 x 137.2 cm -
Raffi KalenderianRamiro, 2020Oil on paper50 1/2 x 36 inches
128.3 x 91.4 cm
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RAFFI KALENDERIAN (b. 1981, Los Angeles, CA) received his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004. He also completed his residency at Idyllwild Art Academy, Idyllwild, CA in 2004, and his residency at St. Barthélemy, French West Indies in 2007.
Recent solo exhibitions include Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (upcoming); “Memento Vivo,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA; “Always in Rare Form,” Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany; “Portraits,” Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland; “For the Dead,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Project, Culver City, CA; “Green River,” Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy; “To Walk Through the Night,” Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland; “Raf Kalenderian,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA; “Raf Kalenderian,” Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany; “Interior Life,” Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland; “Currents, Undercurrents, and Manoeuvers,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA; “Raf Kalenderian,” Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy; “Memoranda,” Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland; “Satellites,” Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland; “Palimpsest: Selected Works on Paper,” Marc Jancou Fine Art, New York, NY; “ Wicked Waters,” Medium, St. Barthélemy, French West Indies; “Born Under Punches,” Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA.
His work may be found in the permanent collections of Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA; Los Angeles County Musuem of Art, Los Angeles, CA; University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA; and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN.
Raffi Kalenderian lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.