Agnes Avagyan

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Agnes Avagyan's two-handed show (2014)

Agnes Avagyan (born April 1, 1980 in Yerevan ) is an Armenian cartoonist and illustrator. She has lived in Switzerland since 2006 and performs full-time as a live caricaturist / quick draftswoman . Together with her husband she publishes Bible educational games.

Life

Family and studies

Agnes' ancestors owned a silk factory in Turkey. While fleeing the Armenian genocide in 1915, they had to leave everything behind and narrowly escaped to Greece on a small boat. Agnes great-grandfather later traveled back to Armenia. Agnes' grandfather was a civil engineer, her mother an engineer and the father a physicist.

Yerevan, Ara Hovsepyan's studio, 1993–1994

Agnes Avagyan was born on April 1, 1980 in Yerevan. At that time, Armenia was still part of the Soviet Union. As a child, Agnes first attended a Russian school and was an enthusiastic member of the pioneering organization Vladimir Ilyich Lenin . After Armenia declared independence in 1991, the country suffered a dramatic decade (Dark Years in Armenia). Agne's family was also hit by blows of fate. The essentials of life were missing, such as electricity, heating and food. In drawing and her family, however, Agnes found the strength to survive these dark years surprisingly carefree. When the Armenian Apostolic Church returned from its oppression, Agnes became involved as a member of the youth congregation.

After living conditions in Armenia began to improve noticeably in 2000, Agnes was able to develop as an artist. After extensive training, Agnes graduated from the P. Terlemezyan Art School and from the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts.

  • 1991–1994, art school “A. Hovsepyan ”, certificate
  • 1992–1994, “Kojoyan” Art School, certificate
  • 1995–1996, Art School of the Yerevan Art Gallery, certificate
  • 1996–1997, drawing studio "Samuel-Manvel", certificate
  • 1994–1999, art school according to P. Terlemezyan, Jerevan, diploma
  • 2000–2005, State Academy of Fine Arts, Yerevan, diploma

Note: When Agnes held a solo exhibition in St. Petersburg in 1996 , the world-famous St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts offered her a place to study on a scholarship, which the family sometimes had to refuse for financial reasons.

Work activity

Agnes, political cartoon: Forward !, 2001
  • From 1998 to 2002 Agnes worked as a cartoonist for “ Hayastani Hanrapetutyun ”, the national daily newspaper.
  • From 2001 to 2006 Agnes was employed as a cartoonist for the “ArmeniaNow.com” internet journal.

Agnes had worked with numerous national and international magazines and newspapers and a number of other organizations such as the UNDP and ICRC and illustrated a large number of children's books.

Agnes has lived in Switzerland since 2006. In addition to her work as a show artist and quick draftsman (e.g. for company events, business lunches, weddings, birthdays), she works on independent productions with her playwright husband Dave Büttler. In addition to her work, Agnes appears regularly at church events and for non-profit organizations.

Two-handed show

Agne's talent goes beyond the usual limits: she can draw synchronously and independently of one another with both hands, and for this extraordinary ability she received the title of “Diva” in the Russian Book of Records. TV stations and newspapers from Armenia, Russia, England, France, Lebanon, USA, Canada and the UAE reported on their two-hand show.

Exhibitions

  • 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002: Solo exhibitions, Yerevan , Armenia
  • 1996: Solo exhibition, St. Petersburg , Russia
  • 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005: Group exhibition of the Armenian Caricaturist Association, Yerevan , Armenia
  • 2002: 2nd International Caricature Forum, Al Bayan Press Printing & Publishing Est., Dubai , UAE
  • 2002: Solo exhibition, Aram Manukian Center, Aleppo , Syria
  • 2003: Solo exhibition, organized by the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia , 20th anniversary from the Mesrobian Technical College, Beirut , Lebanon
  • 2003: Fifth International Women's Art Festival, Aleppo , Syria
  • 2004: Group exhibition for the 90th year of commemoration of the Armenian genocide, Aleppo , Syria.
  • 2005: Solo exhibition, organized by ArmeniaNow.com , Tekeyan Center, Yerevan , Armenia
  • 2006: Solo exhibition, CEVI Foundation for the Glockenhof Glockenhof Center, Zurich , Switzerland
  • 2008: Solo exhibition, Armenian Association Zurich, Community Center Grünau, Zurich , Switzerland
  • 2009: Exhibition on the Armenian Genocide, Amsterdam , Holland
  • 2009: Exhibition on the Armenian Genocide, France, Place de la République (Paris) , France
  • 2011: Group exhibition, Armenian Festival Zurich, Üdiker-Huus, Uitikon , Switzerland
  • 2012: Solo exhibition for the event “A Journey into the Land of Ararat”, Center 5, Bern , Switzerland
  • 2015: Appearance for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, Bern , Switzerland

Works

  • The Zoo-Boy, David Hovhannes, Arevik, Armenia, 1994
  • Peter Pan, Manana Youth Center, Armenia, 1996
  • Magazines: Hey, Manana, Gordzenker, Mankadz Yerkir, Karavarum, Armenia, 1996–1998
  • Children's Rights in Armenia, UNICEF , Armenia, 1997
  • Bunny, Նապիկը, Vera Siserian Վերա Սիսեռեան, Համազգայինի Վահէ Սէթեան Տպարան, Lebanon, 2004, ISBN 9953-0-0274-6
  • Gigago, Կիկակօ, Vera Siserian Վերա Սիսեռեան, Համազգայինի Վահէ Սէթեան Տպարան, Lebanon, 2004, ISBN 9953-0-0367-X
  • Alik and the fairy, Ալիքը եւ Պարիկը, Vera Siserian Վերա Սիսեռեան, Համազգայինի Վահէ Սէթեան Տպարան, Lebanon, 2005, ISBN 9953-0-0537-0
  • Sadap (fairytale book), Սադափ, Nouneh Sarkisyan, Alchemist Studios, Armenia, 2005, ISBN 978-99941-957-5-6 , new English-language edition planned for 2016
  • First day, Առաջին Օրը, Vera Siserian Վերա Սիսեռեան, Համազգայինի Վահէ Սէթեան Տպարան, Lebanon, 2006, ISBN 9953-0-0843-4
  • Back to God's Paradise, children's book about refugee camps in Lebanon, Loucig Guloyan-Srabian, Service to Refugees, Displaced & Migrants, Middle East Council of Churches , Lebanon, 2006
  • Bible Miracle Game 1 - The Treasure in the Catacombs, Büttler Dave, Rex Verlag Luzern, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7252-0853-1
  • Vo de Stross is Härz, Büttler Dave / Treier Marcel, Rex Verlag Luzern, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7252-0844-9
  • Bible thriller, Büttler Dave, Rex Verlag Luzern, 2009, ISBN 978-3-7252-0860-9
  • Persecuted by crime, Schaub Reto / Caprez Angela, Lehrmittelverlag Zurich, 2009, ISBN 978-3-03794-141-6
  • Ladina Bonetti puzzle comic on the children's page of the Südostschweiz Zeitung, weekly, 2009
  • Bible Thriller 2 - David, Büttler Dave, Rex Verlag Luzern, 2014, ISBN 978-3-7252-0926-2
  • SLAP - The card game for (un) decent people !, Stefan Ritter & Cyrill Frick, 2017, www.slap-game.ch

Awards

  • 1996: UNICEF , “Communicating with children” competition, 1st prize for the best emblem, Armenia
  • 1996: Scholarship from the “Foundation for Education and Development”, Ministry of Education, Ashot Bleyan, Armenia
  • 1997: Grant from the “Peace” Foundation, Armenia
  • 2000, 2005: Entries in the Russian Book of Records for the ability of the two-handed show
  • 2002, March: The Al Bayan Press Printing & Publishing Est. from Dubai in the UAE organized the 2nd International Caricature Forum, in which Agnes participated together with 150 cartoonists from 41 countries. Agnes was surprisingly selected as one of the 15 main winners and invited to the Cartoon Festival in Dubai, UAE. Agnes was the youngest and only female participant at the festival.
  • 2003, March: At her solo exhibition in Beirut , Lebanon, the Lebanese President Émile Lahoud Agnes received in his palace in Baabda . Agnes gave the president a portrait as a symbolic thank you for accepting the Armenian genocide refugees in 1915. Lahoud presented Agnes with a medal of honor in recognition of her exceptional talent.
  • 2004: Competition winner of cartoons against corruption, exhibition, Yerevan , Armenia
  • 2005: Agnes is a founding member of the Armenian Caricaturist Association formed in 2005.

literature

  • Book of Heroes, Դյուցազնագիրք Բ 2012–2015, Վարդան Թովմասյան, «Հայագիտակ» հրատարակչություն, 2015, Հայաստան , ISBN 9789939823096

Web links

Commons : Agnes Avagyan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Media reports about the Bible games by Dave and Agnes Büttler-Avagyan  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed on March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/6e7Tae9do?url=http://www.helveticon.ch/downloads/bericht/presseberichte_buettler_2008.pdf )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.helveticon.ch  
  2. ↑ Arno Renggli: Game «Bibelthriller» Retrieved on March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6e7Tgs20m )
  3. ↑ Felix Pfister: Pictures & Games for Minis  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. MiniNews DAMP No. 5, March 2015, pages 2–4; Retrieved on March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/6eAKjCAZ9?url=https://www.kath.ch/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/mini -news-5-2015_red.pdf )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.kath.ch  
  4. ↑ John Hughes: ArmeniaNow.com.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/6e61mJ54z?url=http://archives.armenianow.com/2004/july09/outsideeye/index.php )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / archives.armenianow.com  
  5. ↑ May Your Days Be Merry and Meaningful. Armenia Now. Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6e7NEi6h3 )
  6. ↑ Melanie Laveglia: Animation youth pastoral JUBLA Luzern Rainy ADVENTure at the Ranfttreffen 2012 ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved on March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/6e9tMPhcS?url=http://www.jubla.ch/blog/detail/article/regnerisches-adventure-am-ranfttreffen-2012 / ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jubla.ch
  7. ↑ Agnes Avagyan: Agnes Karikaturen Zweihandshow Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6e9ueXaJV )
  8. ↑ International Caricature Forum: Afnews. Afnews, Concorso:  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/6e7Chz6sV?url=http://www.afnews.info/public/afnews/news002/newsitem1012334824,21575,.htm )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.afnews.info  
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  10. ↑ ArmeniaNow.com.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/6e5h4qJ1q?url=http://archives.armenianow.com/2004/april23/april24/agnes/index.php )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / archives.armenianow.com  
  11. ↑ Zartonk: Private Exhibition from Agnes Avagyan for the third Anniversary of ArmeniaNow.Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6e7RKOu6v )
  12. ^ Adrian Künsch-Wälchli: Art exhibition Agnes Avagyan. Cevi Zurich  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/6e7MYQBCe?url=http://www.mondmil.ch/daten/Agnes%20A5.pdf )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.mondmil.ch  
  13. ↑ Armenian Christmas: Armenian Association Zurich Retrieved on March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6e7LdVgX8 )
  14. ↑ Agnes Avagyan: Agnes Karikaturen Website Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6e7HMcw0v )
  15. ↑ Armenian Association Zurich  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/6e7ILIsKY?url=http://www.hayastan.ch/festival/Armenian-Festival-Zurich.pdf )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.hayastan.ch  
  16. ↑ Center 5  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/6e7HsjVlX?url=http://www.zentrum5.ch/agenda/agenda_jan_april_2012.pdf )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.zentrum5.ch  
  17. ↑ Agnes Avagyan: Agnes Karikaturen Website Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6e7HTYyPj )
  18. ↑ Nouneh Sarkisyan: Book of fairy tales "Sadap" Retrieved on March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6e9vXoHM8 )
  19. ↑ Marie-José Tayah: Working with Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon (1980–2012): A mapping of NGO services, page 61. International Labor Organization Regional Office for Arab Sates Retrieved on March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http: / /www.webcitation.org/6eA2Wux3h )
  20. ↑ LittleArmenia.com. Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6e7FuuqwK )
  21. ↑ Agnes Avagyan: Russian Book of Records 2005, p. 81 Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6eA09zMJA )
  22. ↑ Afnews, Concorso: International Caricature Forum Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6e7Chz6sV )
  23. ^ Joseph George Szabo: Javad Alizadeh in the United Arab Emirates WittyWorld, Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6eAL8lLYO )
  24. ↑ Émile Lahoud with Agnes Avagyan Retrieved March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6e7QiK3Yp )
  25. ↑ Agnes Avagyan: Award competition topic corruption Retrieved on March 12, 2016 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6e9wgZoTf )
personal data
SURNAME Avagyan, Agnes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian cartoonist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Yerevan