Armen Yesayants

Yesayants, Armen
Armen Yesayants, Director of Exhibitions, Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Yerevan, Armenia.

Armen Yesayants (b. 1986) is an art historian, arts/cultural manager, lecturer, and curator based in Yerevan, Armenia. He completed his BA, MA, and PhD in Art History at Yerevan State University between 2002 and 2011. From 2018 to 2019, he pursued a second MA in Arts and Cultural Management at King’s College London as a Chevening Scholarship awardee.

He participated in various local and international conferences, workshops, and programs, including 'Creating Contemporary Art Exhibitions' at Whitechapel Gallery, London (2016), and 'Tate Intensive: Art Matters' at Tate Modern, London (2017). Since 2012, Armen has been associated with the Cafesjian Center for the Arts (CCA), serving as the Director of Exhibitions since 2016.

He has lectured at Yerevan State University, Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, and The University of Cinema and Theatre in Yerevan, Armenia. He has been involved in numerous local and international projects as a curator, consultant, and jury member. He founded and co-hosted the ArtASOVOR video podcast, the only project of its kind on modern and contemporary art in Armenia. Over the years, he has curated or contributed to the organization of nearly forty exhibitions and has extensively written on modern and contemporary Armenian art, and beyond.

In 2023, he was selected as the curator of the National Pavilion of the Republic of Armenia at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Currently, Armen is working on a series of curatorial projects including the National Pavilion at La Biennale 2024, 'Quinta del Sordo' by Sahak Poghosyan at CCA, and 'The Gate' by Georgii UVS at CCA. He is also working on a series of publications and catalogs, and an art film on the 'Echo' project by Nina Khemchyan for the Armenian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. His current curatorial projects also involve planning the exhibition programming at CCA for 2024-2026.

Armen Yesayants, Director of Exhibitions, Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Yerevan, Armenia, has been awarded by the Getty Foundation, Los Angeles.