Vahan Bego paints oils and pastels. But creating monumental Sculptures are his particular passion.
Sculptures by vahan bego
Credentials
Qualifications
Academy of Fine Arts in Yerevan, Armenia,Academy of Fine Arts in Yerevan, Armenia
Exhibitions
yes
Awards
2001 - award of "Art and Business" magazine for "Playing Billiards" pastel at the "Nationwide Pastel Biennial Nowy Sącz 2000"
2004- awarded a Grand Prix prize founded by the Culture Minister of Poland at the "II International Pastel Biennial Nowy Sącz 2004"
Vahan Bego was Born in 1966 in Armenia.
Sculptor, painter, stage designer and performer. He sculpts in stone, steel and ceramics.
He arrived to Poland in 1993 from Armenia, where he graduated from an Academy of Fine Arts majoring in monumental sculpture. Since then he has shown his works on individual exhibitions in Poland in Jelenia Góra, Wrocław, Zamość, Poznań, Warsaw, and his works can be found in private collections in Germany, Holland, Denmark, Russia and USA.
He is an author of many monumental projects such as a ceramic bas-relief entitled "WAZE Artistic Vision of United Europe" or a steel "Monumental Bed" in Karkonosze Mountains.
He moved his art out to the streets by participating in elaboration and execution of numerous artistic actions together with Pławna 9 and Dolls Clinic theaters.
Vahan met the band Sweet Noise during preparation for Przystanek Woodstock Festival 2001 and got closer to the band when working on a "Don`t Shoot at Poets" spectacle for Malta Theater Festival. Another project done together was a monumental stage design and artistic arrangement of the band show on Przystanek Woodstock Festival 2002, followed by designing of a graphic symbol REVOLTA and then a visual execution and a stage design for "White Shock" concert on Przystanek Woodstock Festival 2003. Since then he`s been dealing with artistic concepts and visual elaboration connected to band`s video clips, numerous concert happenings and many other promotional activities.
execution of a poster "September of Jelenia Góra", Jelenia Góra 1998
WAZE - monumental realization "Artistic Image of United Europe", Zgorzelec -1998
execution of a ceramic sculpture "Tyroleans" in Tyrol Museum, Mysłakowice 1999
- "Zgorzelec 2000" monument design for Zgorzelec Municipality -
execution of a steel sculpture "Don Quixote", Jelenia Góra -2000
execution of a ceramic sculpture "A Woman in Warta" and a steel arrangement of the main lobby in Warta headquarters, Wrocław 2000
execution of a steel sculpture "Lyrical Waves", Sopot 2001
- execution of a steel sculpture "Kursk", Warszawa 2002
art visualization and stage design for a concert of Sweet Noise, "Przystanek Woodstock" festival, Żary 2003
execution of a monumental bench for Foundation of Poznań 750th Anniversary, Poznań -2003
execution of a steel sculpture "Cybernetic secession", Świdnica 2004
- execution of a statuette for "HAPPY END" film festival, Wrocław 2005
