The Pharos Centre for Contemporary Art will showcase a drawing exhibition by Arshak Sarkissian entitled Tera-Genesis in Nicosia tomorrow. The exhibition will last till July 29, Cyprus Mail reports.

“Sarkissian’s art revolves around contemporary man, the complexities and controversies that surround him as well as his metaphysical peculiarities as refracted through the artist’s imagination. Convinced that the world is a pluralistic place that is not just limited to physical reality and in which many worlds – directly inspired by arts and literature – are just as factual, his world is informed by the Magic Realism of South America as well as Asiatic Shamanistic traditions.”

Therefore, in his art Sarkissian illustrates the supernatural aspects of everyday life. For him as an artist, the comprehension of multidimensional realities is fundamental in recognizing human’s own reality. He is fascinated by exploring the extremes of human behavior and nature.

Arshak Sarkissian lives and works in Armenia’s capital Yerevan. He studied at the National Aesthetic Centre of Art in Armenia and continued his education at Lemba Art School in Cyprus supported by the Pharos Arts Foundation.

The artist has held solo exhibitions at the Albemarle Gallery in London, Gavriel Gallery in Bremen, Mildberry Gallery in Moscow, Paris and New York. He also participated in group exhibitions in different countries.

He has been commissioned to create work for the passenger terminals at Zvartnots International Airport in Armenia.