Nationality Armenian Known for sculpture | Name Getik Baghdasarian | |
![]() | ||
Notable work "The Pope's Monument" in Echmiadzin city, "Hazaran Blbul" in Arzny city, Zangezur Gateways, 12 bas-relief in Saint Sargis Church and many more |
Getik Baghdasarian also Baghdasaryan(Armenian: Գետիկ Հովհաննեսի Բաղդասարյան; born 1949 in village Borisovka) is an Armenian sculptor based in Yerevan, Armenia. He is the nephew of Armenian architect Baghdasar Arzoumanian.
Contents

Education and academic career
During 1964 – 1968 Baghdasarian studied in the Terlemezian Fine Arts College. Then he graduated with honors from the Sculpture Department of the Fine Arts and Drama Institute (1969–1974).
He has been a member of the faculty at the Yerevan Fine Arts Academy since 1975, and the head of the Sculpture Department since 1993.
In 2006 he was the winner for sculpture of the annual arts awards, instituted by the president of Armenia. The prize was a medal, diploma and 2.5 million drams. Baghdasarian's winning work was a monument erected two years previously in Sisian to the writer Hamo Sahian. One of his famous compatriots and colleagues is talanted sculptor Rafik Khachatryan (1937-1993).
Exhibitions/awards
Getik Baghdasaryan participated in the following exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
Sculptures
1982 "The Pope's Monument" in Echmiadzin
1982 "Hazaran Blbul" in Arzni
1985 "Zitan" symposium in Ijevan
1986 "Hazaran Blbul" symposium in Ijevan
1987 Zangezur Gateways
1988 "Ktrich's Monument" in Sisian
1990 "Fairytale" symposium in Ijevan
1999 12 bas-relief in Saint Sargis Church, Yerevan
2001 "Sculpture of Saint Thaddeus" in Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Yerevan
Also have works in Moscow Tretyakov Gallery, State Gallery of Ivanov city-Russia, State Gallery of Tiumen city-Russia, Yeghishe Charent's house museum in Yerevan and Charentsavan, Museum of Wood Art in Yerevan, Bergori museum in Lachin and a number of other places. His works are comprised in private collections of different countries of the world: Belgium, Poland, Hungary, Check Republic, the USA, Sudan, Italy, Denmark, China, Germany, UAE, Russia, France, Armenia and a number of other countries.
Other awards
2008 Tekeyan Award for the sculpture of Yeghishe Charents.
2010 Republic of Armenia President Award for the statue of Nerses Ashtaraketsi in Ashtarak, Armenia.