Artist Profile
Karine Dulyan
Inside me there is a family of artists; that is why the works differ from one another. Each member of that family comes forward, paints for an hour or two, then fades, leaving space for another who wants to create something completely different. It is a constant struggle, not without mistakes. But for me mistakes are springboards for new flights, so I do not fear, but rather enjoy that. “Making mistakes is the key to making progress”. Daniel C. Dennett
I feel that music is the fifth dimension of our lives; it guides me through the painting process, and I believe that each canvas contains music. If one of my works stirs something in you — a memory, a smile, or you hear music — let me know. That is how I will understand which fragment of me found a fragment of you. And perhaps, in these unexpected connections, we will discover that art’s true role today is not to give answers, but to weave invisible threads between lives. The QR will take you to my contact page.
Artist Profile
Karine Dulyan
Karine (Karishok) Dulyan is a Yerevan-based contemporary artist whose practice bridges architecture, memory and music. Trained in architecture and urbanism, she spent nearly two decades building schools and shaping cities before returning fully to painting in 2020. Her work spans urban and abstract landscapes, portraits and florals, alongside interactive pieces that invite viewers to complete the experience.
Karishok’s visual language grows from a belief that the pendulum of art is swinging back toward beauty: after decades of irony and distance, we’re returning to work that heals, uplifts and offers visual and emotional joy. In dialogue with neuroscience, she explores how supernormal (peak-shift) stimuli and well-tuned relations of form and colour create a sense of visual harmony — balanced contrast, clear rhythm, gentle variation — that helps the eye and mind “click” with quiet delight. She calls music the “fifth dimension” of life and aims for each canvas to carry its echo.
Inside her, as she often says, lives a “family” of artists. Different temperaments step forward, paint, and yield to the next; that plurality is her engine and mirrors metamodernism’s oscillation between sincerity and irony, hope and doubt, structure and freedom. The result is a body of work that is open rather than closed — kind to the public, accessible without passwords — and that seeks to connect people through recognisable fragments of everyday beauty.
Exhibited in Armenia, Georgia and the United States, Dulyan has been described by Frank Pritchard (CCE) as a spark that inspires and connects across borders. Her mission is simple and urgent: to add not more confusion, but more love, clarity and inspiration.
Upcoming
• 2026 — Solo Exhibition, Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C.
2025
• 2025 (Sep 13 – 23) The Femail Path, Group exhibition, Nikoghosyan Cultural Foundation, Yerevan
• 2025 (Sep 17 – Oct 17) — Solo Exhibition, Zvartnots Airport, Yerevan
• Solo Exhibition, Embassy of Armenia, Passport DC / Around the World Embassy Tour, Washington, D.C.
• Solo Exhibition, Saryan Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
• Women for Peace, Group Exhibition, Liver Art Company, Yerevan (Mar–May)
• Avant Garden, Charitable Auction & Exhibition, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
• Crossing Points, Group Exhibition, Galeria Azur, New York (Nov–Dec)
2024
• Everything is Connected_, Solo Exhibition, Pasadena Antique Auctions, Pasadena, CA (Sep)
• Art & Aid Fundraiser, FCN, Glendale, CA (Aug)
• World Art Dubai 2024
• ARTCONTACT Istanbul 2024
• Dissonance, Group Exhibition, Nikoghosyan Cultural Foundation, Yerevan (May)
• Tending the Frenzy, Group Exhibition, Yerevan Biennial Art Foundation, Latitude Art Space, Yerevan (Apr)
• Art Ambassadors, Group Exhibition, Art Embassy, Yerevan (Apr 11–21)
• ZatikArtFest, Group Performance, 40 Artists, FtNft.AM, Charles Aznavour Square, Yerevan (Mar 31)
• Architectural Sketches, Group Exhibition, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan (Mar 16–29)
2023
• Live, Laugh, Love, Solo Exhibition, Common Ground, Yerevan (Oct 25 – Nov 9)
• Art for Artsakh, Charitable Solo Exhibition, Yerevan Biennial Art Foundation A1 Art Space, Yerevan (Oct 7–15)
• Make Love Not War, Solo Exhibition, National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, Tbilisi (Aug 30 – Sep 3)
• Notes from Sun City, Solo Exhibition, Layers Gallery, Pasadena, CA (Jun 16–20)
• Solo Exhibition, St. Andrew Armenian Apostolic Church, Cupertino, CA (Jun)
• Participation in First Friday, Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA (Jun 2)
2022
• My Cities, Solo Exhibition, Zangak Publishing House, Yerevan (Sep 19 – Oct 28)
• Make Love Not War, Artwork Opening, House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian, Yerevan (Sep 9)
• Solo Exhibition, Strawberry Fields Forever Festival, Watsonville, CA (May 15)
• Solo Exhibition, St. Andrew Armenian Apostolic Church, Cupertino, CA (Apr 23–24)
• Group Exhibition, Union of Artists of Armenia, Yerevan (Feb 10–17)
2021
• Solo Exhibition-Concert, House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian, Yerevan (Jul)
• Awakening, Solo Exhibition, National Chamber of Architects of Armenia, Yerevan (May–Jun)
• Group Exhibition, National Chamber of Architects of Armenia, Yerevan (Oct 4–17)
• Ellipsis, Digital & Augmented Reality Group Exhibition, Glendale, CA
2020
• Art for Artsakh Fundraiser, Brand Park, Glendale, CA (Nov 22 & 29)
2019
• Architectural Sketches Collection, Group Exhibition, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Arts, Yerevan (Nov)
Publications
“Make Love, Not War, or When an Architect, Designer, and Painter Compete Within a Single Artist’s Soul” article in Aravot newspaper. 2024. https://www.aravot.am/2024/11/13/1454341/
“Synergy of the Arts: From Jewelry to Paintings” article in Aliq-Media online newspaper, 2024. https://www.aliqmedia.am/2024/07/29/165504/
“The City with its Characters, Colors, Happy and Sad Stories” article in “Architecture and construction” magazine ISSN 1829-0728
“Depicting Armenia in Another Light: The Creative Voyage of Karishok Dulyan” article in US based online platform Azad Archives. (https://www.azadarchives.com/dialogue/depicting-armenia-in-another-light-the-creative-voyage-of-karishok-dulyan/)
“Warming Hearts: Ten Artworks to Brighten the New Homes of Artsakh Residents” article in MediaMax.am (https://mediamax.am/am/news/special-report/53785/) 2023.
“The city with its personages, colors, fun and sad stories”. Article in “Architecture and Construction” magazine, #9-10. 2023
“Art for Artsakh: Karishok Dulyan’s Charity Exhibition at YBAF”. Article in hetq.am online news channel (https://hetq.am/en/article/161067)
“Karishok Dulyan. Life in the backyards” article in Yerevan Magazine. #4 (77) 2022
Album-Catalogue of Architects’ Artworks. “International Architects’ Day 2021”. Publishing house “Meknark”. Yerevan 2022
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