LARISA SAFARYAN
“I started using this unconventional and fragile medium because it resembles the fragility of life. I can show through my works how beautiful and ephemeral that fragility can be.”
Larisa Safaryan's unique sculptures on egg shells are her subtle but direct expression of the joy, energy and emotionality that she carries inside her. Larisa has never attended an art class, but her fingers and creative imagination are everything she ever needed to create art which is like nothing that exists at this time.
Her sculptures are delicate but intense, elaborate yet simple, harmonious and elegant. The spirit of innovation and excitement is at the heart of all that Larisa Safaryan creates. The love, passion and though that goes into each of her sculptures is truly inspirational.
Biography
Larisa Safaryan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. Larisa has never attended an art class. It's not a surprise, however, that she started carving after seeing the work of her father, Nairi Safaryan. She has a master’s degree in Psychology, and a second master’s degree in Public Management. These obviously have nothing to do with art. Her talent and passion for art resides inside her, until she beautifully displays it to the world through her carvings.
Larisa Safaryan claims that nature and people are her greatest inspiration. Without question, she is an innovator in what she does. Currently Larisa Safaryan lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Selected Awards
2017 First Place Award | Mixed Media-3D, Beverly Hills Art Show, Bevelry Hills, CA
2015 First Place Award | Mixed Media-3D, Beverly Hills Art Show, Bevelry Hills, CA
2015 Illustrious Artist Award, City Council of the City of Calabasas, Calabasas, CA
2014 Best in Show Award, Open Call 2014, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the Municipal Art Gallery, LA, CA
2014 NICHE Awards Finalist , Philadelphia, PA
2014 First Place Award, Glendale Art Association, Glendale, CA
Selected Exhibitions
2020
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Ai Bo Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Art Palm Beach, Ai Bo Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
2019
Porto Vita - Private Club House Exhibit, Aventura, FL
CONTEXT Art Miami, Ai Bo Gallery, Miami, FL
SOFA Chicago, Ai Bo Gallery, Chicago, IL
Strong and Fragile, Wood Symphony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Eggsquisite, Solo Exhibition. Lois Lambert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Offal, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Los Angeles Art Association’s 2018 Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Hot Tea! 2018 Wood Symphony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
LA Art Show, Wood Symphony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Touch of Light, Solo Exhibition, Armenian Arts Gallery, Glendale, CA
2016
Play, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Open Show. Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
HOT TEA! 2016 Wood Symphony Gallery,
NICHE Awards Finalist Gallery, Washington, DC
2015
Omni-Solo Exhibition, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
INCOGNITO. Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
We Remember and Demand. Artists' Union of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Hot Tea! - An Exhibition of Art Teapots. del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Open Call 2014, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
NICHE Awards Finalist Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Father and Daughter Safaryan Exhibition, Consulate General of Armenia in Los Angeles, Glendale, CA
Hot Tea!, (winter/spring), del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Out There. Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Hot Tea!, (summer/fall), del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Safaryan: A Father and Daughter Exhibition, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Open Show, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Glendale Youth Alliance Art Exhibit, Glendale, CA
2011
SOFA Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition Chicago, Illinois
Hot Tea 2!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA