Shell (three Shells)
Ohanian seeks to place the viewer in an exploratory role, highlighting the complexity of the temporal intervals that govern our relationship with the world.
Melik Ohanian
France, 1969
Lives and works in Paris and New York
© Chantal Crousel Gallery
Melik Ohanian is a French Contemporary Artist of Armenian origin. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Montpellier and Lyon and made his Paris debut in 2002 for the opening of Palais de Tokyo and at Galerie Chantal Crousel. Ohanian’s work utilises a wide range of mediums, drawing on scientific research and philosophical methodologies. His installations examine the operative mode of the exhibition and move beyond the conventional boundaries that define images spatially and temporally. Ohanian seeks to place the viewer in an exploratory role, highlighting the complexity of the temporal intervals that govern our relationship with the world.