NEW YORK, NY—The work of artist Emma Gregoryan will go on exhibit at the Armenian Prelacy in New York City on Friday, May 12th when a reception at 7 pm will officially open the exhibit in the Vahakn and Hasmig Hovnanian Hall at the Prelacy offices, 138 E. 39th Street, New York City.

Now living in the United States, Emma Gregoryan was born and raised in Gyumri, Armenia. She attended the Panos Terlemezian School of Art, and the Fine Arts and Theatrical Institute in Yerevan. Her paintings have been exhibited in a series of collective and individual shows in New York, Paris, Moscow, Toronto, Boston, New Mexico, Belgium, Beirut, Yugoslavia, and Armenia. Currently some of her works are being shown at the Susquehanna Art Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as part of an exhibition of the art collection of the late John Vartan.

Her distinctive style is characterized by an abundance of extremely vivid and vibrant colors. Noted art critics have described her style as “color and expression dancing in themes of motherhood, family, play and connections.” She is often described as a “unique” artist whose “Spirituality, elegance, pensive feminine echoes take form through her brush, creating heartwarming feelings of goodness and beauty.”

Art critic Garine Hakobian describes Ms. Gregoryan as “an artist to the depth of her soul. Not only by profession or talent but also in terms of her way of life. There is absolutely no affectation in her art. The artist and her art are seemingly fused together to make a harmonious whole that is indivisible. Fused together are dream and reality, the present and the future.”

“Everyone has his or her own understanding of art,” Ms. Gregoryan says, “which is purely individual. It is his or her inner personal relationship with painting. I simply paint emotions, feelings, meditative, contemplative images, emanating from life itself. The rest is up to the public to see and appreciate.”

This exhibit is a rare opportunity for art lovers in the metropolitan New York area to see her work firsthand and understand the esteem and admiration commanded by the artist’s works.

The opening reception will take place Friday, May 12, at 7 pm. The exhibit will remain for one week and will be open to the public from 10 am to 4 pm. For information contact the Prelacy office at 212-689-7810.

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