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Egyptian artist Armen Agop was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1969. By the age of 13 he began to study under Armenian painter Simon Shahrigian. He later graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts from Helwan University, in Cairo in 1992. Following his studies he received an Assistant Research Scholarship from the same university. In 1998, he won the Sculpture prize at the Autumn Salon in Cairo. In 2000, he was nationally recognized when he was given the Prix de Rome (State Award for Artistic Creativity).

After moving to Italy he was awarded “The Sculpture Grant” in 2008, by the Swedish organization KKV-B. In 2010, he was invited to participate in the Biennale Internazionale di Scultura Della Regione Piemonte, and won the International Umberto Mastroianni Award. In 2013 he was awarded the “Premio Sulmona,” the Presidential Medal of the Italian Republic.

His works are represented in esteemed collections worldwide including, the Egyptian Modern Art Museum, Cairo, Egypt, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE, Javier Marín Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico, Aswan Sculpture Museum, Aswan, Egypt, Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, Giardino di Piazza Stazione, Barge, Italy, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Florida, USA and Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art, SAMOCA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Awards & Distinctions:

2013 
“Premio Sulmona”, International Review of Contemporary Art, Italy
2010 
Premio “Umberto Mastroianni 2010” of the Piemonte, Biennale Italy
2008 
K.K.V. Bohuslan Stone Grant, Sweden
2006 
Artist In Residence, Coral Spring Museum of Art, Florida USA
2000/2001 
State Award for Artistic Creativity (Rome Prize), Egypt/Italy
1998 
Sculpture prize, Autumn Salon, Cairo Egypt

Solo Exhibitions:

2024 
“Mantras by Armen Agop,” Art of the World Gallery, Houston, TX USA
2021 
“Taking Time", Flora Bigai Gallery, Pietrasanta Italy
2019 
“MANTRA”, Meem Gallery, Dubai UAE
2018 
“Emergence,” LKFF Art & Sculpture Projects, Brussels Belgium
2015
“Transcontemporary,” Art Plural Gallery, Singapore
2014
“Touch,” LKFF- Art & Sculpture Projects, Brussels Belgium
2013
“Sculptures,” Selma Feriani Gallery, Tunis Tunisia
2012
“Double Identity,” Flora Bigai Gallery, Pietrasanta Italy
“Sculptures,” Selma Feriani Gallery, London UK
2010
“Armen Agop,” LKFF- Art & Sculpture Projects, Brussels Belgium
“Sufic” Al Markhiya Gallery, Doha, Qatar
2008
Zamalek Art gallery, Cairo Egypt
2005 
Centro Culturale L. Russo, Pietrasanta Italy
Center of Art, Ekhnaton I Gallery, Cairo Egypt

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2024 
“In the Night” Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art (SAMOCA) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2023 
“Parallel Histories: Works from the collection of Barjeel Art Foundation” Sharjah Art Museum,  Sharjah, UAE
"Reversed Safari. Contemporary African Art"  The Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg Russia
2020 
“When Globe is Home” Gallerie delle Prigioni, Foundation Benetton, Treviso Italy
“100 Years of Egyptian Sculpture” Meem Gallery, Dubai UAE
2019 
“L’ŒIL ET LA NUIT”, L’Institut des Cultures d’Islam, Paris France
2018 
"Imago Mundi – Art Theorema #1," Salone degli Incanti di Trieste, Italy
2016 
“1+1”, Hans Alf Gallery, Copenhagen Denmark
“The Salon III”, LKFF- Art & Sculpture Projects, Brussels Belgium
"Medley" Gallery Ward, Dubai UAE
Summer @LKFF- LKFF- Art & Sculpture Projects, Brussels Belgium
2015 
“Più Forte Del Vento,” MUSA, Pietrasanta Italy
“From Earth and Metal: Contemporary Sculpture,” Art Plural Gallery Singapore
“LKFF Summer Selection,” LKFF- Art & Sculpture Projects, Brussels Belgium
2014 
“Highly Recommended: Emerging Sculptors,” Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park USA
“Salon II,” LKFF- Art & Sculpture Projects, Brussels Belgium
“Fifth Exhibition of the Center’s Friends,” Youth Creative Art Center, Doha Qatar
“1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair,” Selma Feriani Gallery, London UK
“41 Premio Sulmona 2014,” Sulmona Italy
“Sculpture du Sud,” Villa Datris,fondation pour la sculpture contomporaine France
“Selections from the Contemporary Egyptian Art Scene Vol 2,” Gallery Ward Dubai UAE
“Flux: Collection Exhibition,” Art Plural Gallery Singapore
“Carnivale,” Egyptian Academy Rome Italy
“The Salon,” LKFF- Art & Sculpture Projects, Brussels Belgium
“Art Stage Singapore,” Art Plural Gallery Singapore
2013 
“Limen Arte 2013,” Vibo Valentina Italy
“Artists' Waves,” Abu Dhabi Art UAE
“Fine Art Asia 2013,” Koru Gallery Hong Kong
“International Art Exhibition,”Premio Sulmona Sulmona Italy
“Selections from the Contemporary Egyptian Art Scene,” Gallery Ward Dubai UAE
“25 ANS DE CRÉATIVITÉ ARABE,”Bahrain National Museum, Bahrain
“Selections From the Collection,” Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha Qatar
“25 ANS DE CRÉATIVITÉ ARABE,” Riyadh Saudi Arabia
“ArteFiera,” Flora Bigai Gallery, Bologna Italy
“25 ANS DE CRÉATIVITÉ ARABE,” Abu Dhabi UAE
2012 
“25 ANS DE CRÉATIVITÉ ARABE,”Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris France
“LKFF Selection,” LKFF Art & Sculpture Projects, Brussels Belgium
“Summer Collections Part 1,” Al Markhiya Gallery, Doha Qatar
“Masterpieces X,” Zamalek Art Gallery, Cairo Egypt
“Art Dubai,” Selma Feriani Gallery, Dubai UAE
“Art Palm Beach,” Syra Arts, Florida USA
2011 
“Small Format,” LKFF- Art & Sculpture Projects, Brussels Belgium
“SculpturSpark," Hunnebostrand Skulpturpark Sweden
“ISHARAT,” Al Markhiya Gallery, Doha Qatar
“Sign Off Design,” SLIDEart, Torino Italy
“Familiar Features,” FA Gallery Kuwait
Marrakech Art Fair 2, Gallery Ward Morocco
Fine Art Asia 2011, Koru Gallery Hong Kong
“Avant Première,” Art Plural Gallery Singapore
“Masterpieces IX,” Zemalek Art Gallery, Cairo Egypt
“Sign Off Design,” SLIDEart, Venice Italy
“Koru Spring Show 2011” Hong Kong
ArteFiera, Flora Bigai Gallery, Bologna Italy
Art Stage Singapore, Bartha & Senarclens Partners Singapore
MENASART-FAIR, Beirut Lebanon
"Still Valid,” American University in Cairo Egypt
2010
“7 Biennale Internazionale di Scultura della Regione Piemonte” Italy
Contemporary Istanbul, Zamalek Art Gallery Turkey
“Path of Elegance Between East and West,”The Boghossian Foundation, Brussels Belgium
Veksolund Gallery, Vekso Denmark
“Agop - Beaumont - Dana – Dethier,” LKFF- Art & Sculpture Projects, Brussels Belgium
“Masterpieces VIII,” Zemalek Art Gallery, Cairo Egypt
International Art Exhibition “Premio Sulmona ” Italy
The 4th Beijing International Art Biennale 2010 China
2009
Rosa Park Museum, Montgomery, Alabama USA
"Undercurrent-Contemporary Egyptian Art," Art Sawa gallery Dubai
Veksolund Gallery, Vekso Denmark
"Mediterranean Crossroads,” Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome Italy
“Sommersalon 2009,” Galerie am Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin Germany
"II eme Festival Culturel Africain" Algeria
International Art Exhibition “Premio Sulmona” Italy
"Panorama of Egyptian Sculpture,” Zamalek Art Gallery, Cairo Egypt
"Una Finestra Sul Mondo,” Diocesano Museum, Catania Italy
2008 
11th Cairo International Biennale, Cairo Egypt
Must gallery, Misr University For Science and Technology, Giza Egypt
"Salon gallery,” Art Palace, Cairo Egypt
Veksolund Gallery, Vekso Denmark
Horizons 1, Gallery, Giza Egypt
International Art Exhibition “Premio Sulmona” Sulmona Italy
2007 
Veksolund Gallery, Vekso Denmark
International Art Exhibition “Premio Sulmona” Sulmona Italy
2006 
Veksolund Gallery,Vekso Denmark
Zamalek Art Gallery, Cairo Egypt
Horizons 1 Gallery, Giza Egypt
2005” 
Premier Sculpture Salon, Cairo Egypt
"Lo spirito della pietra,” Accademia nazionale di San Luca, Rome Italy
"Egyptian Contemporary Art,” Toledo Spain
Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale Japan
“The Egyptian Contemporary Abstraction,” Ebdaa Gallery, Cairo Egypt
2004
Palazzo Pretorio, Volterra Italy
Campo d’arte, Camaiore Italy
2003 
Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale Japan
Guillin Yuzi Paradise International Sculpture Exhibition China
Elogio della mano, Chiesa del Suffragio, Carrara Italy
Bergen Fylkesgalleri, Bergan Norway
Galleri Stensalen KKV-Bohuslan Sweden
Teatro Animosi, Carrara Italy
2002 
"Scultori dalla Provincia di Lucca,” Florida International University USA 2001
"Diari Di Lavoro Di Artisti Stranieri A Roma,” National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome Italy.
2001
Winter Art Festival of Sarajevo Bosnia
"Young Egyptian Artists,” Egyptian Academy, Rome Italy
"Diari Di Lavoro Di Artisti Stranieri A Roma,” National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome Italy
2000
Salon of Small Format, Cairo Egypt
Safar Khan Gallery, Cairo Egypt
Karim Francis Gallery, Cairo Egypt
1999
National Exhibition of Plastic Art, Cairo Egypt
1998 
Salon of Small Format, Cairo Egypt
1997 
Autumn Salon, Cairo Egypt
National Exhibition of Plastic Art, Cairo Egypt

Selected Acquisitions & Public Works:

SAMOCA, Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah UAE
The Ritz-Calton, Fari Islands Maldives
Villa Empain/Boghossian Foundation, Brussels Belgium
Giardino di Piazza Stazione, Barge, Cuneo Italy
Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha Qatar
Neckarsulm City Park German
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Florida USA
Museo dei Bozzetti, Pietrasanta Italy
Icheon City Sculpture Prak S. Korea
Aswan Open Air Museum, Aswan Egypt
Al Ahram Foundation, Cairo Egypt
City Hall of Braunau Austria
Egyptian Modern Art Museum, Cairo Egypt

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