Krikor Agopian

Biography:

Krikor Agopian is a Canadian-Armenian painter. He studied commercial, fashion, industrial, and furniture design as a young adult while receiving his education in Canada. He was accepted to Concordia University as a candidate for a degree in electrical engineering thanks to his innovations. After a design course in his major, Agopian was offered an individual exhibition, a rare event for first-year students. On witnessing his work, his professor urged him to switch to fine arts. Agopian has received numerous prizes and awards for his artwork, including the Mention of honner, T.M.A, Beirut 1972, Prizes of Excellence, Makhoul, 1980, 1st prize, Makhoul, 1981, National Competition of Visual Arts, Montreal, 1990, 2nd Grand Prize, all categories, and many others. His artwork can be found in many private and public collections, museums, art societies in Canada, United States, Europe and the Middle East.