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Born 1956, Nicosia Cyprus, lives and works in Los Angeles, CA since 1975
2015 Founded Excessivism movement


One Person Exhibitions
2023 Ace/121 gallery, The Theory of Immersion, Glendale, CA 2019 Public Art, One Way, Abovyan, Armenia 2014 Red Pipe Gallery, Excess The New Norm, curated by Mat Gleason, Los Angeles, CA 2012 Anzoh Art Gallery, Glendale, CA 2008 H. Kazan Fine Arts - Collective Addiction, Los Angeles, CA 1991 Audrey Ann Fine Arts, Santa Monica, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 (upcoming) Forest Lawn Museums, Glendale, CA 2024 Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia 2023 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, "The USA Exhibition", curated by Julienne Johnson, Tokyo Japan MOAH (Museum of Art & History), 38th Annual All Media Art Exhibition, Lancaster, CA Brea Gallery, Made In California Exhibition, Brea, CA Brand Library & Art Center, Brand 51: Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Glendale, CA

2022-2023 Armenian Museum of America, “Discovering Takouhi: Portreits of Joan Agajanian Quinn”, Watertown, MA

2019 National Art Center Museum, Tokyo, Japan Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA Irvine Fine Art Center Irvine, CA

2017 Yokohoma Civis Gallery At Azamino, Yokohoma, Japan Nagasaki Fine Art Museum, Nagasaki, Japan Artists Union Gallery, Yerevan Armenia WALLS: The Quest for Immersive Space, Produce Haus, Los Angeles, CA

2015 LA Artcore, Excessivist Initiative, Los Angeles, CA Garbushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA haleARTS S P A C E, two person show, Santa Monica, CA Life 100, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA 2013 Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Bienal Internacional De Curitiba 2013, Curitiba, Brazil Memory: International Mail Art Exhibition, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC, Canada Dwell on Design, Presented by Saatchi Art, Los Angeles, CA John Wayne Airport, Joan Joan Joan! One Subject, Many Artists, Curators by Amanda Quinn Olivar & Cheryl Bookout

2012 Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA Anzoh Art Gallery, Glendale, CA Texas National/Stephen F. Austin State University, Curated by Dave Hickey, Nacogdoches, TX

2011 LAAA, Distinct by design, juror Charlie Manzo of Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Cotrutza Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Shoshana Wayne Gallery - Chain Letter, Santa Monica, CA Viridian Artists Gallery, Curated by Elisabeth Sussman, Whitney Museum, New York, N.Y.

2010 OCCCA (Orange County Center for Contemporary Art), Santa Ana, CA Phantom Galleries, Long Beach, CA

2009 The Annex LA, Los Angeles, CA Gallery 1018, Los Angeles, CA H. Kazan Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA The Annex LA, Los Angeles, CA Barnsdale Art Center, Los Angeles, CA Phantom Galleries, Fly with the Cage, Los Angeles, CA Brand Library Art Galleries, Man's Inhumanity to Men: Journey Out of Darkness..., Glendale, CA

2008 H. Kazan Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA Busan Cutural Art Center (BIAF), Seoul, S. Korea Beijing GuanYinTang Art Street (GIAF), Beijing, China Seojong Center (GIAF), Seoul, S. Korea H. Kazan Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA Harvest Galleries, Glendale, CA

2007 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Asto Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

2006 Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA

2005 Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia Barnsdale Art Center, Los Angeles, CA Kerckhoff Gallery (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA

2004 ArtiCultural Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Gallery Veronese, Fullerton, CA Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA Kerckhoff Gallery (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA Library of Congress Washington, D.C. Exit Art "Reactions" exhibit collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2004 Exit Art Exhibit No.: 0874 Exit Art Archive No.: 1647

2003 Forest Lawn Museum, Los Angeles, CA Enisen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Texas National/Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX

2002 The Free Biennial, New York, N.Y. Exit Art (REACTIONS), New York, N.Y. Art Center Gallery, Cent. Miss. State Uni., Warrensburg, MO

2001 American Swedish Museum, Chicago, Il Caelum Gallery, New York, N.Y. St. John's University, Jamaica, N.Y.

2000 Viva Gallery, Northridge, CA

1991 Walker And Walker Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1989 Rico Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1988 Downy Museum of Art, Downy, CA

1986 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

1985 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Lace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Bank Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA Allied Arts Gallery, Las Vegas, NV Parsons School of Design, New York, N.Y.


Selected Bibliography Shoutout LA, Meet Kaloust Guedel \| Visual Artist, February 19, 2025 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, The 22nd international Art Exchange Exhibition, (exhibition catalog), 2023 India Art'n Design, Old Inlay Technique in Contemporary Art!, Oct. 12, 2022 San Francisco Examiner, An Innovative Approach to Bringing Historical Roots to Contemporary Art, Sept. 27, 2022 Boston Herald, How A Los Angeles Artist Transforms An Ancient Chinese Technique Into Contemporary Painting, September 08, 2022 Fahrenheit Magazine, Kaloust Guedel, con el exceso en las venas, May 2021 Fahrenheit Magazine, Ironía, desequilibrio y estudio en el corazón del excesivismo, May 2021 Artillery Magazine, THE NOTHING THAT IS, by Genie Davis, November 20, 2019 Art and Cake, “The Nothing That Is” at Brand Library and Art Center, by Lorraine Heitzman, November 27, 2019 The Best modern and Contemporary Artists, by Salvator Russo and Francesco Saverio Russo, 2017 Art & Museum, (page 48) Autumn, 2017 Peace Show Nagasaki-Ken Art Museum, exhibition catalog, 2017 Yokohama Civic Gallery At Azamino, exhibition catalog, 2017 HonaragaArt, by Kiana Boroumand, May 2017 NewMag, Նոր ուղղություն արվեստում` պարտադրում է ժամանակակից մարդը, Հեղ.` Անի Թադեվոսյան, January 18, 2017 Diversions LA, Excessivism: Creating Beyond Boundaries, by Genie Davis February 8, 2017 Artillery Magazine West Hollywood Lifestyle, Expansive Space Inside The Historic 7th Street Market Features New Work LA Art Party, Celebrate the Art of Zadikian, Kaloust Guedel, and KuBO! by Kathy Leonardo Artcopyblog, KALOUST GUEDEL’S EXCESSIVISM AND THE RISE OF DONALD TRUMP, by Brenda Haroutunian, June 26, 2016 Gallereo Magazine - The Newest Art Movement You've Never Heard Of, Friday 20th November, 2015 eNewsChannels - Excessivism Movement Founder Kaloust Guedel explains how Donald Trump Presidential Bid is Excessive, Dec 15, 2015 CaliforniaNewsWire - New Art Movement, Excessivism, is a Commentary on Economic Materialism, By Christopher Simmons - Nov 2, 2015 Editors of ARTNews, “Morning Links: Excessivism Edition,” ARTNews, Nov 3, 2015 WideWalls Magazine - EXCESSIVISM - A PHENOMENON EVERY ART COLLECTOR SHOULD KNOW by Angie Kordic, Dec 1, 2015 Huffington Post, Excessivism: Irony, Imbalance and a New Rococo, by By Shana Nys Dambrot, Aug 23, 2015 Bienal Internacional De Curitiba 2013 (Exhibition catalog), 2013 Yerevan Magazine, 2012, Sep. - Oct. Eyes On: Abstracts by Blaze Hill Press Armenian Observer - read , Jan. 11, 2012 International Dictionary of Artists by World Wide Art Books, 2011 New American Paintings, 15th Anniversary edition By Open Studios Press, 2009 LA Daily News, April 23, 2009 Man's Inhumanity to Men: Journey Out of Darkness... (Exhibition catalog), 2009 Afisha,Nov. -Dec. 2008 Masters of Today, Book (hard cover),2008 Trends, Book (hard cover), 2008 GIAF (Exhibition catalog), 2008 BIAF (Exhibition catalog), 2008 The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, March 1, 2008 The Armenian Reporter, March 1, 2008 LA Weekly, Peter Frank, "Pick of the Week: New Mixed Media" , 2006 Panorama, May 28, 2004 Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University (Exhibition catalog), 2003 From Ararat To America- Contemporary Armenian Artists /Forest Lawn Museum (Exh. catalog), 2003 Voice of America (Radio Interview in Armenian), July 7, 2003 LA Times/Glendale News-Press, April 29, 2003 Los Angeles Independent, April 23, 2003 The Artists blue Book by Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson, 2003 Arts & Entertainment, April 23, 2003 17th Annual Greater Midwest International, Central Missouri State University (Exhibition catalog), 2002 The Artists blue Book by Ask Art, 2001 New American Paintings By Open Studios Press, December 2000 Gallery Guide, March 1991 Artspace, summer 1991 Artscene, December 1990 50th National Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art (Exhibition catalog),1986

Awards and Commendations Who’s Who In America Lifetime Achievement, 2017 Laura Friedman, Assemblymember, 43rd Assembly District, April 19, 2019 Anthony Portantino, Senator, April 19, 2019 ArtSlant 1ST 2015 PRIZE SHOWCASE WINNER Ara Najarian, Council Member Chair, June 18, 2009 Frank Quintero, Mayor of Glendale, April 25, 2003 Adam B. Schiff, Member of Congress, Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, April 25, 2003 New American Paintings, Number 31, by The Open Studios Press, 2000

Professional Experiences Co-Curator at Forest Lawn Museums, Glendale, Ca, 2026 (upcoming) Guest Curator at H. Kazan Fine Arts, Objects Are Forever, 2010 Co-Curator and Sub-Committee member for 2009 exhibition at Brand Library Art Galleries --- Man's Inhumanity to Men: Journey Out of Darkness Guest Curator at Forest Lawn Museums From Ararat to America, Armenian Contemporary Artists, 2003