"In The Studio"
Rafael Megall - Recent Works
11- 17th April, 2011
Born in Yerevan,
Armenia in 1983 Rafael started to paint at the age of nine. From 1998 to 2004 he
studied at the Yerevan State Academy of Arts and since 2008 has become a member
of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Armenia.
Since an early age he
has exhibited his paintings, both in solo exhibitions and at prestigious
international shows. Most recently he participated in SOFA-New York 2009,
ArtExpo-New York 2009, Florence Biennale 2009 and Toronto Art Expo in
2010.
Rafael’s paintings appear
in numerous private and public collections, including National Gallery of
Armenia and the Vatican.
Colour and line cooperate
seamlessly to provide the viewer with an evocative representation of the human
condition. Balanced and smooth the colour volumes express the artist’s
emotional world. Although Rafael considers himself an artist of colour, form and
composition remain indispensable.
He reveres Nature as his
greatest teacher -'I create my Nature, my images, by means of feeling and
passing through my inner world'. The artist’s world is far from
being fragile however, it is instead rebellious, chaotic and complex. His character
is reflected in the palette of his paintings, his every creation a
'self-portrait'.
“Painting will not be born
if you do not put fire under your feet”, R Megall, 2011
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