Exhibitions
HAGOP NAJARIAN
14755 Weeks Drive
La Mirada, CA 90638
(562) 761-9798
www.hagopnajarianart.com
EDUCATION
1995 M. F. A., Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1993-94 Study Abroad, Temple Rome, Rome Italy
1990 B. F. A., California State University Long Beach, Long Beach CA
SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021 Home Turf- Launch LA Gallery , November 20- December 31
2018 Atonal Chromatics- Rio Hondo College- Recent drawings and paintings Sept 2- Oct 4. 2018
2016 Staying in Tune- South bay Contemporary Gallery – San Pedro, CA. August 2016
2014 Straight No Chaser- Art4T Gallery Laguna Beach- Three person show April 4- May 2 with Lance Mountain and John Sollom
2013 Hagop Yev Ardashes- Two person show with Ardashes Najarian PAS Gallery. Fullerton CA August
2012 Microscopic Hinges- Art4T Gallery Laguna Beach Three person show April 11- May 15 w/ John Sollom and Neil Blender
2012 Two Person Show- Dialogue Squared: Line, Shape and Color, Recent Works by Hagop Najarian and Andrea Bersaglieri – Mary Paxon Gallery, Norwalk Cultural Arts Center April 27- May 15
2011 Two Person Show- Nhoj and Najar’s Serenade, Recent Works by Hagop Najarian and John Sollom- PAS Gallery, Fullerton California August 5-27
2007 Nature Nurture- Oxnard College, Oxnard Ca.February 2007
Nature Nurture- Norwalk Cultural Art Center, Norwalk, CA
April 07
2006 Nature is a language, APC Gallery, Glendora, Fall 2007
2005 Color of Sound, Eagle Rock Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA SP05
2003 Long Live Love, APC Fine Arts Gallery, Gardena, CA
2002 CONTINUIM, Enview Gallery, Long Beach, CA Fall 2002
1999 Soundwave, Eagle Rock Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA Fall 1999
1997 THE NOR GYANK CYCLE, Cal State University Long Beach,Art Dept gallery F 1997
THE NOR GYANK CYCLE, Angel's Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA Sp 1997 1996 RECENT WORK, Eagle Rock Gallery, Eagle Rock CA
1995 A LOVE SUPREME, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibit, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1994 M.F.A. First Year Thesis Exhibit, Temple University Rome, Rome Italy
Recent Paintings, Long Beach Arts Gallery, Long Beach, CA
The Armenians, Featured Artist of the Armenian Allied Arts Exhibition, Los Angeles
The Romantic Spirit, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 High Beams #5- Night Moves- Bendix Building Rooftop Exhibition
October 30, 31
OPAF- Other Places Art Fair Sept.11 and 12 with my collective Museum Adjacent
NOMAD- Group exhibition in Torrance Medical Building including 500 LA Artists August 28 and 29na
Curated- NEXT GEN LA- Durden and Ray July 10 - August 31
Cautious Optimism- Durden and Ray May 8-30, Co- Curated with Brian Jones Thomas and Curtis Stage, Artists included: Kim Abeles, Cherie Brenner Davis, Jessica Goehring, Hasef, Brian Thomas Jones, Hagop Najarian, Molly Schulman, Curtis stage, Performance by Gordon Winiemko
High Beams 3- Laser Snake, Bendix Building Parking Lot, April 17
High Beams 2- The Dead Tell no Tales, Gallery Also Parking Lot October 31
2020 High Beams- Drive by rooftop exhibit in response to COVID 19- Sponsored by Maiden-LA LOIMBY August 2020
Here we are, We are Here- Drive by Art show- Durden and Ray May 2020
2019 Qipo Fair 02, International Art Fair, Mexico City, Feb. 6-9 2020
Adjacent, Adjacent- Group exhibition, Torrance Art Musuem Dec.7, 2019
Musuem Adjacent at Finishing Concepts in Monterey Park, LA. September 21- Oct 18 2019
Generational Aesthetics, Curated- A group exhibit with the TAM Forum cohort August 10 2019
Operational Creative Freedom, Co Curated with Tim Kerr, Cerritos College Art Gallery, June 2019
Keeper of Magnets; The Armature of Attraction- 515 Gallery Three person show curated by Robert Kingston, with Carolie Parker and Anders Lansing
Operation Creative Freedom #2, Curated by Tim Kerr, Cerritos College June 2019
2018 Found/Missing- Los Angeles Mission College Nov.6- Dec. 13
Studio System Residency- Torrance Art Museum, June 2018
Operation Creative Freedom, Curated by Tim Kerr, Cerritos College June 2018
2018 CURATED: Polychromatic Mojo: Color as Content (Group Exhibition)- Cerritos College October 30- December 3, June Edmonds, Sarajo Frieden, Linda King, John Koller. Karri Paul
2017 All Media 2017- Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA.
Friends of Tim Kerr “You Sign Here” Miishkooki Gallery, Skokie, Illinois
Cou-pling- Kamikaze Shows at POST Gallery ( Co- Curated with Andrea Bersaglieri) July 28, LA, CA
FAR Bizarre- Cerritos College – January 2017, Norwalk, CA.
2016 MAS Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, Ca.
2015 Newton to Albers ( Color Theory Creative Practice)- Cypress College- Feb 4- 30
MAS Attack – Temporary Space Gallery LA, Oct.
Love and Guts- Santa Barbara Community Arts Center Oct. 2015- Jan 2016 four person show with Lance Mountain, Pat Ngoho, Steve Olson
MAS Attack- San Diego Art Institute, San Diego Ca. March 15
2014 MAS Attack- Airport Art Studios Santa Monica Feb 2014
Forever Young- PAS Gallery Fullerton, CA
2013 MAS Attack- Torrance Art Museum
Open Call- LA Municipal Art Gallery – May 2013
2012 Art with an Agenda-An Art Exhibit inspired by Kelly Thomas
PAS Gallery Fullerton Ca. July6-August 6
CAC Art Box- Mary Paxon Gallery, Norwalk Ca. June 22-July 14
2011 Audio/Visual(Image and Sound)-Hibbleton Gallery,Fullerton, CA. Sp2011
2008 Figure it Out- APC Fine Arts Gallery, Gardena Fall 2008
Small Gems- Armory Art Center, West Palm, FL. SP 08
2007 Because of this- Free form project gallery, Santa Ana, ca. Summer 2007
Figure Ground, En View Gallery Long Beach, CA. Sp 2007
1999 -2019 Cerritos College- Faculty Art Exhibition
2003 Nostalgia, APC Fine Arts Gallery, Gardena, CA Fall 2003
2002 College Invitational Mentor/Mentee Exhibition, Cal State LA, LA.CA
2001 The Big Wave III, Group Exhibition of LA artists, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles
2001 Summer Six Faculty Exhibit, Skidmore college, Saratoga Springs, NY, Summer
2000 Open, Gallery 825, Los Angeles ,CA Fall 2000
2000 Landing Pad, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA Fall 2000
Millennium Figure, APC Fine Arts Gallery, Gardena, CA Fall 2000 Summer Six Faculty, Saratoga Springs, NY Summer 2000
Figurative Small Works, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach Florida,
1999 Reflections 99, Armenian American Artists, Downey Museum of Art
The Open Spectrum, APC Fine Arts Gallery, Gardena, CA Fall 1999
Nature/Nurture, Eagle Rock Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA Fall 1999
Figurative Small Works, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach Florida,
1998 The Figure Revisited, Galeria Mesa, Mesa Art Center, Mesa, Arizona
Long Beach 98, Faculty Biennial, California State University Long Beach,
Unreal Reality Dreams, Museum Of Arts Downtown Los Angeles, LA, CA
Art Faculty Art, Faculty Art Exhibit, Long Beach City College, Spring 1998
1997 Group Show Spanish Kitchen Studios, Downtown Los Angeles, CA Fall
Emerging Armenians, Eagle Rock Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA
Faculty Exhibit, Cypress College, Cypress, CA Spring 1997
Faculty Exhibit, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA Spring 1997
On Site at The Gate, Angel's Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
1996 Holy Sale, Spanish Kitchen Studios, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA
Long Beach 96: Faculty Biennial, California State University Long Beach
All Parts, (Curator) Faculty Exhibition, Fall 1996 California State University, Long Beach
All California- All Media, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
RESIDENCIES & COLLECTIVES
2020-2021 Durden and Ray Gallery
High Beams- A collective of Art Collectives
2019- Present MUSEUM Adjacent- Artist Collective Member
2018 Studio System 2- Torrance Art Museum June1-June 30
2019 Forum #2 – Torrance Art Museum- Collaboration of Artists and Curators Scheduled Exhibition: Dec. 7, 2019
Visiting Artist Lecturer
2014/2015 Graduate Seminar Art 499K, California State University Long Beach (Visiting Artist) Slide lecture/ Critique student work with Prof. Tom Krumpak and Prof. Marie Thibeault
2013/2014 Gahr High School – AP Studio Arts - Lecture and critique of students’ work, Alison Chapman Advisor/ Faculty
2012 Graduate Seminar Art 499K, California State University Long Beach (Visiting Artist) Slide lecture/ Critique student work
2011 Graduate Seminar Art 499K, California State University Long Beach (Visiting Artist) Slide lecture/ Critique student work
2010 Graduate/ Undergraduate Seminar Art 499K, California State University Long Beach (Visiting Artist) Slide lecture/ Critique student work The Figure /Ground Relationship
Graduate Seminar-CSULB Art 599K Tom Krumpak
Guest lecture- Sound and Sight, Artists and their musical and visual process. Presentation of DVD made for this lecture.
Graduate Seminar Art 499K, California State University Long Beach (Visiting Artist) Slide lecture/ Critique student work
2009 CAA College Art Association, Online Panel Discussion interview ,
“Leading the full life, Balancing career and family”,posted September 2009 http://www.collegeart.org/features/leadafulllife
2008 Art Forum lecture series-Santa Ana College
Graduate Seminar Art 499K, California State University Long Beach
(Visiting Artist) Slide lecture/ Critique student work
2008 Art forum lecture series-Santa Ana College
1999-2000 Life Drawing and Painting Seminar
(Visiting Artist Faculty) Skidmore College Summer Six Program,
Saratoga Springs, NY Session 2 July3- August 5