SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 2003 | First Beijing International Art Biennale, China |
| 2002 | Exhibition dedicated to 70th anniversary of Artists' Union of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia |
| 2001 | Solo exhibition, UN office, Yerevan, Armenia |
| 2000 | Solo exhibition, Paris, France |
| 1999 | Third solo exhibition in the artist's own yard |
| 1998 | Second solo exhibition in the artist's own yard |
| 1996 | Exhibition "Painters in Armenian Fine Arts" NY, USA |
| 1995 | Solo exhibition, Yerevan, Armenia |
| 1994 | Solo exhibition, Frankfurt and Manheim, Germany |
| 1994 | Solo exhibition, Brussels, Belgium |
| 1993 | First solo exhibition in the artist's own yard |
| 1990 | Solo exhibition, Tampera, Finland |
| 1987 | First solo exhibition, Yerevan, Armenia |
Born in 1960, in Yerevan, Armenia.
Member of Artists' Union of Armenia since 1992
1986 Graduated from the Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts,
Armenia.
Garen's works do not distract one from modem rhythms. In his paintings everything is on the move like the favorite forms of Action Art artists and something always happens, goes on as in the compositions of old Flemish Masters.
Garen has never visited Van Gogh's homeland nor seen Jackson Pollack. Bat he is one of the rare individualities who born away from Holland and America is closely connected with the artistic heritage of these two countries.
Garen does nor promise the art lover serenity, peace of mind nor bliss. His path is that of movement, passion, energy and will power. And it implies freshness, full-flowing blood circulation, youth and flight to the unknown and far away worlds.
A person to whom these concepts are alien, however does not get in touch with these works of art in vain and those who are ready to tread unknown paths have found in the person of Garen a spiritual helmsman who infects everybody, even those who do not share his views with the beauty, freshness and freedom of the universe.
Martin Mikaelian
Art critic
