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| Norik was born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1958.
He showed great interest in art since his early childhood.
He took his first art lesson at the age of six. He attended
the state University of Arts in Yerevan from 1976-1980.
During his educaiton he became a member of prestigious
Young Artists Association of the Republic of Armenia.
He attended many art shows from 1981-1991. Norik worked
in the same University teaching drawing and printmaking.
Meanwhile, having three one-man shows in Yerevan, Tallinn,
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During 1978-1988 his creative energy
mainly was focused on interpretation of mythical themes in his
unique language of drawing. Many pieces from that period are
now possessions of private collectors in Armenia, Estonia, and
france. Later, he was inspired by impressionists of the 19th
century. That inspiration was more about principles of impressionism,
rather than the techniques. The impressionism served him as
a method, and he created a new technical approach to the subject.
His brush strokes are bright and broad, creating more expressive
textures of the color, shade and finally new color soluctions
of everyday scenes.
After moving to the United States in 1992, he continued his
research in the new color concept of his still lifes and landscapes.
In 1994 Norik's art was introduced to Mark Alan Galleries in
Laguna Beach and Newport Beach from 1994-1996. He enriched his
career by doing illustrations for eight Armenian textbooks.
Recently he taught at LA City College and LA Valley College.
Norik has also instructed animal drawing clases at the LA art
Academy (Associates In Art), working with Mark Westermoe, Glenn
Vilppu. He participated in many group shows in Fresno, Whittier,
LA, and San Francisco. From September of 2000 to March of 2001
his work was exhibited in the Waterfront Gallery in Arrowhead.
Recently he has focused more on single or multi figural compositions
by creating unique expressions of music in paintings. He established
' Norik's Art Gallery and Studio in Glendale in the year 2000. |
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