Tamara Harutyunyan

Tamara started to draw in her early childhood. Being at school she preferred to spend most of her time drawing and listening to the music.

In 1983 Tamara decided to devote herself to the Arts and entered the Art College in Yerevan, Armenia. The years in college were full of interesting and serious work. Among the traditional and academic study of oil painting, graphic and watercolour painting Tamara learned various techniques of Decorative Art such as mosaics, murals, stained glass and more..

After graduating with honours Tamara decided to continue her education and in 1987 she entered the Academy of Art in Yerevan. During her studies in the Academy Tamara participated in numerous exhibitions in galleries and museums.

After receiving a Diploma of Fine Arts from The Academy Tamara received an offered to teach Art History at a private school. In 1993 she decided to take up a new challenge and found work as an interior designer. Her design projects included interiors for cafes, restaurants, private offices, houses and apartments.

In 1994 Tamara moved to St. Petersburg, Russia to attend the Industrial Academy of Art and continued her studies in the department of Interior Design. While studying in St Petersburg from 1994 to 1996 she took the opportunity to participate in numerous exhibitions at galleries in St. Petersburg.

In 1996 after graduating from the Industrial Art Academy Tamara returned to Armenia. New challenges awaited her in Yerevan where she increased her practical artistic knowledge and work experience designing stained glass windows, murals, jewellery, furniture and perfected her techniques for painting on glass, porcelain and silk. As always Tamara's passion for painting continued and she produced many oil paintings and watercolour works that she exhibited in Yerevan galleries.

In 2003 Tamara moved to Canada with her daughter. Here she continues to expand her passion for art and is now able to share her skills and experience teaching art at three private schools in Etobicoke, Richmondhill, Green Hill Village Academy (http://www.greenhillvillage.ca/index.php?page_id=41) and Discovery Academy. In her spare time Tamara offers private lessons to young and old at her studio.

Tamara has been a member of the Union of Artists ( Russia) and has participated at several exhibitions in Toronto. Her works can be found in private collections of different countries of the world .