Raffi Bo's Biography

Raffi Bo Boyadjian was born in Gumayri, Armenia, in 1948. EDUCATION: 1960-1964 Art Studio of Merkurov, a prominent Soviet sculptor 1965-1969 Art Technology College of Panos Terlemezian, Armenia Fine Arts and Graphics 1971-1977 University of Arts and Theatre, Yerevan, Armenia Fine Arts instructor, drawing and illustration specialist 1977 Masters Degree, Fine Art PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1989-present Instructor, private and group art classes, art history Drawing classes, L.A., CA 1988 Director Guild Publications listings in: - Encyclopedia of Living Artists in America - Encyclopedia of Erotic Art by Living Artists in America 1996 German Encyclopedia of Art, Sauer Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, volume 13, Munchen Leipzig, p.449 Current: Works permanently displayed: - "Madonna and Child", "St. Gregory the Illuminator" St. Garabed Armenian Apostle Church, Hollywood, CA - "Baptism of Christ", "Enthronement of Madonna" St. Forty Martyrs Armenian Apostolic Church, Orange County, CA EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS (SELECTED): 1967 Group ShowSpecial Awards for students' works exhibited in Cuba, New New Zealand, Cambodia 1978 Group ShowFirst Prize and Honor Awards in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev 1984 One Man ShowA.G.B.U. Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1989 Group ShowHonor Award Kaleidoscope '89 Glendale Partner, Glendale, CA 1990 Group ShowL.A. Art Expo, Los Angeles, CA 1994 Group Show"Miami- A Work of Art", Grand Lifestyle Magazine, Miami, FL 1998 Group ShowDowney Museum of Art, Downey, CCA 1999 Group Show3rd Millennium Gallery, West Hollywood, CA One Man ShowA.G.B.U. Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA