RAFFI YEDALIAN
Artist
RAFFI YEDALIAN
Artist
Country:Lebanon - Armenia
Born in Beirut in 1973, Yedalian is a Lebanese-Armenian painter and sculptor. He is a member of the Lebanese Artists Association of Painters and Sculptors and a member of the Artists Union of Armenia. He was awarded the “Lorenzo il Magnifico” Gold Medal at the XIIth Florence Biennale 2019, for his painting installation “Reflection of an Enigmatic Mind” dedicated to the fifth centenary of Leonardo Da Vinci's death. And in 2013 he was a Prize winner at the competition of the Age of Bronze at the Modern and Contemporary Art Museum “MACAM”, Alita, Lebanon. Yedalian’s work has been showcased in: Volta Basel (Switzerland), Moderne Art (France), Art 15 London (UK), XIIth Florence Biennale (Italy), Red Dot Miami (USA), Modern Art Museum of Yerevan (Armenia), Beirut Art Fair (Lebanon), Contemporary Art Platform CAP (Kuwait), Art Week Dubai (UAE), Armenia Art Fair (Armenia), Armenian Genocide Museum (Yerevan), International Print Festival Life N Style (Georgia). In 2012, “Hagop Meghabard”, his bronze monument, was inaugurated and blessed by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Our Lady of Bzommar, Lebanon, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the first Armenian printed book "Ourpatakirk".
A miniature replica of the monument is part of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI’s collection in Vatican City. In 2015, he presented to His Holiness Pope Francis his painting of “Blessed Ignatius Maloyan”, in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican, and this painting has been reproduced and issued by the Philatelic and Numismatic Office of the Vatican City State in a Limited Edition Stamp on September 2, 2015. In 2007-2008, he created and executed the stained glasses, the Holy Spirit sculpture and the Angels sculptures of the Saint Cross Armenian Catholic Church of Zalka, Lebanon. He created the monument in bronze “Gratitude”, in Gemmayze Pasteur Street, Beirut, Lebanon, in 2015, and in 2016 the monument of “Blessed Ignatius Maloyan”, in the Convent of Our Lady of Bzommar, Lebanon.
In 2017, he created the Torch of Our Lady of Fatima, which was offered by His Beatitude Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Cardinal Rai, to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Some of the artist’s works are in permanent collections including: Sursock Museum (Lebanon), Vatican City (Rome), Modern and Contemporary Art Museum “MACAM” (Lebanon), Modern Art Museum of Yerevan (Armenia), Museum of the Shrine of Fatima (Portugal), Museum of The Armenian Genocide (Armenia), Ministry of Culture (Lebanon), Museum of the Convent of Our Lady of Bzommar (Lebanon), Museum of the Great House of Cilicia (Lebanon), and many more throughout the world.
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