Atamian Hovsepian Curatorial Practice Presents
Tsoal Topchyan
The Graphic Art of Unstable Life
Curataed by Nare Sahakyan
SAFA Boyajian Gallery, November 4-28, 2025
Yerevan, Armenia - November 4, 2025 - The Boyajian Gallery of the State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia will host the exhibition of works by Tsolak Topchyan. The Graphic Art of Unstable Life is curated by Nare Sahakyan and will be on view through November 28, 2025.
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With this exhibition, the Boyajian Gallery launches its new exhibition series of works by Academy Alumni.
The exhibition is organized in collaboration with Atamian Hovsepian Curatorial Practice. We would like to thank the Yerevan Champagne Wie Factory and Hakobyan Consulting for their support.
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Tsolak Topchyan was born in 1981 in Gyumri, Armenia. He graduated from the Gyumri branch of the State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia. He had several solo exhibitions, including in New York City (2023), Brazil (2022), Minsk (2018) and in Vienna (2004). Topchyan's works are in private and public collections in Armenia, Austria, France, Germany, USA, and South Korea. The artist is currently based in Berlin.
The Graphic Art of Unstable Life
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Since the independence of Armenia, the shocks that have shaped our lives have altered our sense of time as well. The constant threat of disruption puts one in a state of anxieties and impatient haste, where there is no time to focus, think deeply, or approach things delicately.
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Tsolak Topchyan’s work arises from the need to dispel these feelings of constant instability and shock. The longing of stability, which can itself verge on madness, transforms here into a consistent, even rhythm that adds a measure of time on the surface of the work. The delicate, uniform traces of ink made in succession at equal distances are not merely images but the repeated rhythm of normality that the artist strives to maintain on the surface with painful perseverance. The often unnoticed deviations of the human hand intensify the sense of obsession born from unstable reality, reflecting the struggle to preserve order.
In the three series presented, the graphical line stretches through time, creating repetitive structures on the surface, positioning them in layered movement or exploring the stable structure of the woven texture of the fabric. In this way, the artist multiplies the surface of his work, transforming the trace he leaves behind into a rhythm that heals the instability of life.
