Armen Eloyan

b. 1966, Armenia

Armen Eloyan was born in Armenia in 1966. He studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, graduating in 2005. He lives and works in Zurich.

Noted for his large-scale, irreverent paintings of anthropomorphic animals and figures, Armen Eloyan depicts absurd narratives in his darkly existential work. Though Eloyan doesn’t define himself as a writer, his paintings tell sardonic, sometimes erotic stories. Partly inspired by cartoons and street art, as well as the European masters, his works are heavily impastoed with colorful paints and thick black outlines, adroitly balancing dark humour with a searing existential vision.

Recent exhibitions include Armen Eloyan, Centre d’art Neuchâtel, Switzerland (2020); Armen Eloyan, Timothy Taylor, London (2020); Armen Eloyan, SALTS, Birsfleden, Switzerland (2020); Natur und Kultur, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp (2019); Armen Eloyan, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou (2018); Armen Eloyan, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp (2018); Armen Eloyan, Timothy Taylor, New York (2017); Armen Eloyan, Galerie Nicola Von Senger, Zürich (2017); Armen Eloyan: Garden, Timothy Taylor, London (2016); Armen Eloyan & Josef Scharl, curated by Harald Spengler, Kunstparterre, Munich (2014); The Pink Spy, M HKA, Antwerp (2014); Luc Tuymans: A Vision of Central Europe, curated by Luc Tuymans, Groeningemuseum, Bruges (2010); Until the End of the World, AMP Gallery, Athens (2009); Ventriloquist, Timothy Taylor, London (2009); INVOLVED, curated by Philippe Pirotte, ShanghART Gallery & H Space, Shanghai (2008); and Two Feet in One Shoe, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London (2007).