Berge Missakian (SCA/SPC)

Résumé

Place of Birth: Alexandria, Egypt
Date of Birth: 1933
Currently residing in the Province of Québec, Canada

Studies

• 1977-80 Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada (BFA)
• 1977-81 Atelier Yves Gaucher
• 1977-78 Atelier Guido Molinari
• 1972-74 Bureau of Cartooning, Colorado Springs, CO, USA (Diploma)
• 1963-67 Atelier Leslie Schalk
• 1954-58 Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., USA (BA)

Solo Exhibitions (Partial List)

• 2004 Monty Stabler Galleries, Birmingham, AL, USA
• 2001 Monty Stabler Galleries, Birmingham, AL, USA
• 1999 Adele-Campbell Fine Art Galleries, Whistler, BC, Canada
• 1998 Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC, USA
• 1998 Galerie Saint-Dizier, Montreal, QC, Canada
• 1998 Monty Stabler Galleries, Birmingham, AL, USA
• 1996 Monty Stabler Galleries, Birmingham, AL, USA
• 1995 Winton Park, Fairfield, CT, USA
• 1995 Galerie Klimantiris, Montreal, QC, Canada
• 1994 Shepard Gallery, Whistler, BC, Canada
• 1994 Galerie Ombre et Lumière, Québec, QC, Canada
• 1992 ArtExpo, New York, NY, USA
• 1991 Galerie d'art Josette Tilmant, St-Sauveur, QC, Canada
• 1990 Green Gables Gallery, Oakville, ON, Canada
• 1990 Gallery Collections, Windsor ON, Canada
• 1989 Galerie Klimantiris, Montreal, QC, Canada
• 1986 Palais Palffy, Vienna, Austria
• 1986 Arabella Hotel, Munich, Germany
• 1985 Lambethway Art Gallery, London, ON, Canada
• 1984 Galerie Decor 76, Montreal, QC, Canada
• 1983 Hamazkain Art Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 1981 Studio M-1 International, Montreal, QC, Canada

Group Exhibitions (Partial List)

• 2002-2008 Lamoureux Ritzenhoff Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
• 2002 Adele-Campbell Fine Art Galleries, Whistler, BC, Canada
• 2002 International Christian Art Show, Nags Head, NC, USA
• 2001 Artcanadiana.com, "Be an Art Angel", Toronto, ON, Canada
• 2001 Armenian Prelacy, New York, NY, USA
• 1999 International Miniature Art Show, Nags Head, NC, USA
• 1996 Alex Fraser Galleries, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• 1995 Ferrel-Rich Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, USA
• 1995 Le Balcon d'art, St-Lambert, QC, Canada
• 1995 International Miniature Art Show, Nags Head, NC, USA
• 1995 Bishop's Fine Art and Antiques, Calgary, AB, Canada
• 1993 Tekeyan Collection, Montreal, QC, Canada
• 1992 Museum Vaudreuil- Soulanges, QC, Canada
• 1990 Armenian Prelacy, New York, NY, USA
• 1986 International Art Festival, Montreal, QC, Canada

Awards

• 2002 A series of large canvas on the theme of the Armenian genocide - 15 works - executed in 1985, has been acquired by the museum institution: The Armenian Library and the Museum of America in Watertown, MA, USA
• 2000 Third Prize, International Christian Art Show, Nags Head, NC, USA
• 1997 Invited Featured Artist, Montreal West Centennial, Montreal, QC, Canada
• 1995 Finalist, The Artist's Magazine, 1995, Art Competition, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• 1994 Honourable Mention, International Miniature Art Show, Nags Head, NC, USA
• 1994 Invited Featured Artist, Music in the Mountains, Whistler, BC, Canada
• 1990 First Prize (all categories), London International Art Festival, London, ON, Canada

Corporate Collections

• Mosam Ventures Inc., Vancouver, BC
• The Château Residence Club, Beaver Creek, CO, USA
• IRCM, Montreal, QC
• Heroic Productions, Bloomington, MN, USA

Bibliography (Partial List)

• The Colors of Jazz - Joe Jancsurak - ARTBUSINESS NEWS, Cleveland, OH (USA), June 2005.
• Who is Who in American Art, Reed Reference Publishing: New Providence, NJ, USA, Ed. XXI, 1995- 96, XXII Ed. 1997-98, XXIII Ed. 1999-2000.
• Nancy Sniper, "Artist Jazzes Up Every Canvas" in The Chronicle, Montreal, QC (Canada) June 19, 2002.
• Myriam Gagnon, "Le cubisme jazzé de Missakian" in L'Actualité Médicale, Montreal, QC (Canada) February 17, 1999.
• Mary Ellen Riddle, "Canadian Artist and Music Lover Missakian Creates Cozy Still Lives that Are Anything but Still" in the Coast-Art Beat, Nags Head, NC (USA) November 8, 1998.
• City Scene, "Paintings with a Musical Theme" in The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AL (USA) May 4, 2001.
• James R. Nelson, "Missakian Puts Energy in Images" in The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AL(USA) May 13, 2001.
• Ted Lindberg, "Missakian Non Stop Jazz" (essay for catalogue), Anacortes: Washington (USA) 1995.
  Encyclopaedia of Living Artists, VIII Ed., Artnetwork: Penn Valley, CA (USA) 1993.
• Laurie Mackenzie, "With a Brush and a Song" in The Monitor, Montreal, QC (Canada) February 4, 1998.
• Judy Ross, "Culture is a Booming Industry in Whistler" in the Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON (Canada) May 20, 1995.
• Bernard Daoust, "Berge Missakian: the Fruit of Sharing" in Parcours, vol. 1, No. 3, Montreal, QC (Canada) July 1995.
• Dr. Puzant Torigian, "Berge Missakian and All that Jazz" in the Armenian Reporter International, New York, NY (USA) October 21, 1996.
• Louis Bruens, 106 Professionnels de la peinture, La Palette Ed.: Montreal, QC (Canada) 1992.
• Claude Sauvage, "Deux peintres en têtes couronnées" in Magazin'Art, No. 3, Montreal, QC (Canada) Spring, 1990.
• Louis Bruens, "Qui donc est Missakian?" (monograph), La Palette Ed.: Montreal, QC (Canada) 1992.
• "Kultur - Missakian" in Suddesutsche Zeitung, Munich (Germany) April 7, 1986.
• Repertory of Canadian Artists, Biennial Magazin'Art: Montreal, QC (Canada) 1996-1998.
• Bernard Mendelman, "Missakian Palatable Palette …and All that Jazz" in The Suburban (Art Scene), Montreal, QC (Canada) November 4, 1998.
• Peintres du Québec - Cote en galeries, Roussan Ed.: Montreal, QC (Canada) 1996-97.
• The Artist's Magazine, "Jazz-Up your Still Lives" (Missakian cover artist), Cincinnati, OH (USA) March 1997.
• The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, "Three Artist's Studios" in Collage, Montreal, QC (Canada) January-February 1997.

Association

• Society of Canadian Artists, SCA