Mariam Zakarian
Born in the Armenian mountains. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mariam Zakarian is an autodidactic, Danish-Armenian, multidisciplinary visual artist based in Copenhagen. She works with classical drawing, painting, photography, film, cutting edge digital technology as well as performances and installations.
Her artistic roots are in figurative, representational genres infused with the strange and surreal, brimming with visual metaphors and carefully constructed layers of symbolism. She is the solo creator of the first Danish room-scale VR art installation, a process involving 3D modeling, animation and music composition.
Previous exhibitions include galleries, museums, and major tech and fine art events around the world, among which are the Museum of Contemporary Art of Novi Sad, Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, and Art Basel Hong Kong.
Zakarian has also begun arranging and curating BLACKLANDS, a group exhibition with artists working with the color black, which was held at Lövendahl, Copenhagen, in 2023 and in 2024 also extending to Galleri Ørn. Her BLACKLANDS interview series with participating artists, is published in English on this website, and in Danish via the underground music magazine Selvtægt.
Zakarian holds an M.Sc. in Media Technology and a B.A. in Digital Design, and she occasionally shares her knowledge, techniques and discoveries at international festivals and conferences, discussing the relationships between the human experience of art, artmaking and the artificial, highlighting the importance of considering nature and human rights when creating the technology of the future.
For commissions, booking and other inquiries, please get in touch via
info @ mariamzakarian . com (without spaces)
Selected Exhibitions:
Upcoming:
Copenhagen, Galleri Ørn | BLACKLANDS II, Oct 2 – Nov 9, 2024, DK
Copenhagen, Galleri Ørn | solo exhibition, Nov 16 – Dec 14, 2024, DK
Past
2023 | Copenhagen, DK: Zakarian & Lövendahl present BLACKLANDS
2021 | Stockholm, SE : C/o Bauer Gallery
2021 | Zagreb, HR : Ulica Baruna Trenka 8
2019 | Novi Sad, RS : Danube Dialogues central exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art
2018 | Hong Kong, HK : Art Basel Hong Kong
2018 | San Francisco, USA : Moscone Center
2018 | Berlin, DE : Urban Spree
2017 | Copenhagen, DK : Galleri Oxholm
2016 | Copenhagen, DK : Ministry of Higher Education and Science
2016 | Copenhagen, DK : Papirhallen
2024: Curator’s presentation of BLACKLANDS II, Lövendahl, Copenhagen (DK)
2023: Curator’s presentation of BLACKLANDS, Lövendahl, Copenhagen (DK)
2022: Jury: Animated Films (Danish & International), Odense Film Festival (DK)
2019: Panel: Music in Immersive Experience, VR Days (NL)
2019: Panel: Art and Ecology, Museum of Contemporary Art (RS)
2018: Internet Week Denmark: The Danish VR Scene (DK)
2018: Copenhagen University: Virtually Ourselves (DK)
2017: Nordic Game Jam Conference (DK)
2017: The Danish Film School: SpilBar (DK)
2016: Creative Coast Festival (SE)
2015: A MAZE Festival (DE),
2015: Creative Coast Festival(SE)
2014: Interaction Design for Children conference (DK),
2014: Game Industry Conference(PL),
2014: Spilbar(DK),
2010: Organisation for Digital Design Students(DK)
2024: DK | Copenhagen, Galleri Ørn, Zakarian & Lövendahl present BLACKLANDS II
2024: DK | Copenhagen, Lövendahl, Zakarian & Lövendahl present BLACKLANDS II
2023: DK | Copenhagen, Lövendahl, Zakarian & Lövendahl present BLACKLANDS
2021: HR | Zagreb, Ulica Baruna Trenka 8, Art of Fury
2021: SE | Stockholm, Gamla Stan, C/o Bauer Gallery, Art of Fury
2019: RS | Novi Sad, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Danube Dialogues
2019: SE | Karlshamn, Creative Coast Festival
2019: DK | Nordborg, Universe Science Park
2018: SE| Karlshamn, Creative Coast Festival
2018: DK | Nordborg, Universe Science Park
2018: DE | Berlin, A MAZE Festival, Urban Spree
2018: HK | Hong Kong, Art Basel Hong Kong, with MOR/HTC
2018: USA | San Francisco, Game Developers Conference, with MOR/Valve
2018: DK | Copenhagen, Copenhagen University, Virtually Ourselves
2017: SE | Karlshamn, Creative Coast Festival
2017, DK | Copenhagen, Galleri Oxholm (solo)
2017: DK | Copenhagen, The Danish Film School
2017-2019: Online | The Museum Of Other Realities
2016: DK | Copenhagen, CopenX VR Summit
2016: DK | Copenhagen, Culture Night, Ministry of Higher Education and Science Innovation
2015: SE | Karlshamn, Creative Coast Festival
2015: DK | Copenhagen, Cinemateket, SpilBar
2015: DK | Copenhagen, Aalborg University, Shayla VR Games Festival
2015: DE | Berlin, A MAZE Festival
2015: UK | London, REZZED Festival
2015: USA | San Francisco, Game Developers Conference
2015: FI | Helsinki, Slush Summit
2014: PL | Poznán, Poznán Game Arena
2014: DK | Viborg, Select/Start PLAY Festival
2014: DE | Cologne, Gamescom Conference
2014: SE | Linköping, NärCon Convention
2014: DK | Copenhagen, Aalborg University, Shayla Games Festival
2014: DK | Aarhus, Aarhus University, Interaction Design and Children Conference
2012: SE | Stockholm, KGB Bar (solo)
2012: SE | Stockholm, Zita – Folkets Bio (solo)
2010: DK | Aarhus, Aarhus University (solo)
2006: DK | Aabenraa, Aabenraa Statsskole
2005: DK | Aabenraa, Aabenraa Statsskole (solo)
2000: DK | Padborg, Bov Galleri (solo)
1998: DK | Vordingborg, Marienberg Skole
2013-2017 Master of Science in Media Technology (spec. Virtual Reality Art)
Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2014 Eucroma digital crossmedia arts program
The European Cross Media Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011-2012 Art History
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
2009-2012 Bachelor of Art in Digital Design
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
2008-2009 Medicine (1st year: Macro- & Microscopic Anatomy)
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark