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Gegham Aleksanyan Artwork of the Day The Last Light Gegham Aleksanyan Artexpo New

Gegham Aleksanyan (Armenian: Գեղամ Ալեքսանյան; born 1962) is an Armenian-born artist working in the United States since 2004.

Gegham received his artistic training under Armen Atayan—the student of Martiros Saryan and Alexander Osmerkin. Gegham received his Master of Arts degree from Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts in 1984 and is a member of the Artists Trade Union of the Russian Federation. After moving to the United States in 2004, Gegham had his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles in 2005. The subject of numerous publications, Gegham's artistic merit has been recognized in the United States by various art publications, such as Art Business News. Several of his paintings have also shown digitally at Times Square as part of Art Takes Times Square 2012. In 2011, Artexpo New York recognized Gegham's The Last Light (2000) as Artwork of the Day on March 16. Gegham has also been the subject of numerous publications in his native country of Armenia prior to moving to the United States.

Gegham's oeuvre merges traditional and modern techniques and subjects in a seamless manner, thus making him an important player in the evolution of art.

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