Episode 27 – Armenia Proud: Renowned Armenian artist Sevada Grigoryan and daughter join the show to discuss Sevada’s amazing painting career
An Armenian treasure, artist Sevada Grigoryan joins the show, along with his daughter Mariam (all the way from China!) to discuss his life, work, and inspiration. Sevada has held exhibitions throughout Japan, China, Russia and the USA, at venues including Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe, Datian Art Gallery at M50, Shanghai and Central House of Artist in Moscow. Sevada’s paintings are included in some public collections, most notably Russian Embassy in Armenia, Sandy Education District in Salt Lake City, Municipality of Karlovy Vary in Czech Republic, Armenian Apostolic Church in Pyatigorsk, Russia, Jermuk City Municipality and Armenia’s United Nations Dining Hall.
In 2014 DongDong and LuLu artist residency program invited Sevada to live in Nanjing, China. During his time in China he painted over a dozen paintings and participated in multiple exhibitions in different cities of China: Ningbo, Changsha, Jiashan and Shanghai. At present Sevada continues to live and create his artworks in Nanjing.
We also talk to Ani Carla Kalafian from Energy Healing Armenia about decluttering your space and the impact it can have on your spiritual health – find her Facebook at http://igno.io/energy and give it a Like!
Once again Mariam from Cooking With My Armenian Family joins us for her cooking tip of the week – you can find her at facebook.com/cookingwithmyarmenianfamily and, as always, you can get our show online at ArmeniaProud.com and on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/armenia-proud-toast-to-armenia/id982341846?mt=2 or on Facebook at facebook.com/armeniaproud or on Twitter @ArmeniaProud – also, if you have questions or show topic suggestions, please email us at [email protected] – © 2015 Lineup Media Group
