KulturDialog Armenien will organize the Second International Print Biennale, Yerevan 2019 at the premises of the “HayArt” Cultural center in Yerevan from September 7 to December 15.
The Second International Print Biennale, Yerevan 2019 is divided into two sections – the contest that will continue through November 7 and additional exhibitions that will extend from September 14 to December 15.
The time from September 7 until November 7, 2019 will be dedicated to the exhibition of artworks by printmakers from all over the world. The contest exhibition of the biennale will feature 335 art works by 216 artists from 50 countries.
The international jury of the biennale consists of 5 professionals, who will select the winning works and artists during the two days after the opening ceremony. The jury will be presided over by Prof. Dr. Mateusz Otręba (Poland) and will comprise Vice President Margarit Lehmann (Switzerland), Herbert Maier (Germany), Lian Ng (USA), and Sona Harutyunyan M.A. (Armenia).
On the occasion of the award ceremony at the premises of the “HayArt” Cultural center on September 10th, 2019, the jury will award a Grand Prix (Medal), a First Prize (Medal), a Second Prize (Medal), and a Third Prize (Medal), Special Prizes by “All Armenian Fund”, “Russian Scientific and Cultural Center” and also Diplomas for outstanding works of special interest.
All works presented at the contest will be on display until November 7.
The second part of the biennale will focus on contemporary Polish, Chinese, German, French, Estonian and Armenian printmaking: The five solo exhibitions of printed works by the Polish artist Tomasz Winiarski (starting September 14th), Armenian artist Samvel Hambardzumyan (starting September 18th), Chinese artist Minjie Zhang (starting October 5th), German artist Jürgen Middelmann (starting October 25th), French artist Brice Ammar-Khodja (starting November 1st) and one group exhibition of Estonian artists (starting October 3rd) will give the audience an insight into current trends of the Polish, Chinese, German, French, Estonian and Armenian art in the field of printmaking.
