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    Rafael Megall

    Yerevan (Armenia) • 1983
    Rafael Megall © Rafael Megall
    Rafael Megall (born Rafael Melikyan) started to paint when he was very young. From 1998 to 2004 he studied at Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Armenia. He has lived and worked in Armenia and the United States since 2010. In 2012, he received the Gold Medal from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia for his services and achievement. In 2013, the President of Armenia gave him the honorary title “Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia.” In 2013, at the Florence Biennale IX edition he received the “Lorenzo il Magnifico Award” in the painting category. In 2014, he was given the “Arshil Gorky Honorable Medal of the Republic of Armenia.” In 2017, he was selected to represent Armeni at the 57th Venice Biennale (Pavilion of the Republic of Armenia).

    Lives and work in Yerevan and Los Angeles.
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    SOLO EXHIBITIONS - Selection

    2010

    Miniature, Artists’ Union of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

    2011

    The Last Works, Gallery 8, London, UK

    Born in Night, Contemporary Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia

    2012

    Turn on Emotion, Artists’ Union of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

    2015

    La natura umana, Galleria In Arco, Turin, Italy

    2017

    The Panthers in my Blossoming Garden, 57th Venice Biennale, Pavilion of the Republic of Armenia

    The Panthers in my Blossoming Garden, National Gallery of Armenia

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS - Selection

    2009

    Sofa, New York, US Florence Biennale, Italy

    2010

    National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan

    2011

    Armenian Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kuwait Broadway Gallery, New York, US

    Florence Biennale, Italy

    2012

    Salon d’Automne, Paris, France

    2013

    Florence Biennale, Italy

    2014

    Dublin Biennale, Ireland

    2015

    La Sindone e l’impronta dell’arte, Museo di Sansepolcro, Sansepolcro, Arezzo, Italy

    La Sindone e l’impronta dell’arte, Galleria In Arco, Turin, Italy

    Frangit Nucem, Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, Italy

    2016

    Paperwork, Galleria Pack, Milan, Italy

    2017

    Galleria Mazzoli, Modena, Italy



    on-line exhibitions
    November 2017 - February 2018
    Seeing Whales | A. Cabrera Montejo, H. López Ayuso, R. Megall, M. Pääkkönen, X. Ruozhe
    Mazzoli, Modena

    SELECTED WORKS
    Rafael Megall
  • The Panthers in my Blossoming Garden #22, 2018
    Acrylic on Canvas. 195 x 150 cm.
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  • The Panthers in my Blossoming Garden #1, 2016
    Acrylic on Canvas. 230 x 354 cm.
    • Rafael Megall
  • The panthers in my blossoming garden. Game with panthers., 2018
    Acrylic on Canvas. 195 x 320 cm.
    • Rafael Megall
  • The Panthers in my Blossoming Garden #5, 2017
    Acrylic on Canvas. 150 x 195 cm.
    • Rafael Megall
  • The Panthers in my Blossoming Garden #6, 2017
    Acrylic on Canvas. 195 x 195 cm.
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  • The Panthers in my Blossoming Garden #3 (Sacrificial Victim), 2016
    Acrylic on Canvas. 75 x 115 cm.
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  • The Panthers in my Blossoming Garden (Snake), 2017
    Acrylic on Canvas. 195 x 150 cm.
    • Rafael Megall
  • The Panthers in my Blossoming Garden #7, 2017
    Acrylic on Canvas. 195 x 150 cm.
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  • The Panthers in my Blossoming Garden #4, 2017
    Acrylic on Canvas. 230 x 338 cm.
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  • The Panthers in my Blossoming Garden #10, 2017
    Acrylic on Canvas. 100 x 75 cm.
    • Rafael Megall
  • Siberian Leopard, 2014
    Acrylic on Canvas. 79 x 100 cm.
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  • Ferdowsi Reads Shahnameh (Book of Kings) to Mahmud of Ghazna, 2017
    Acrylic on Canvas. 145 x 155 cm.
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  • La natura Umana (8), 2016
    Acrylic on Canvas. 140 x 144 cm.
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  • La natura Umana (7), 2016
    Acrylic on Canvas. 140 x 75 cm.
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