Sculptor Varazdat Hambardzumyan awarded "Talent & Calling" medal in Moscow

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian sculptor, master in creating khachkars (cross-stones) Varazdat Hambardzumyan was awarded a medal "Talent and Calling" at the annual international exhibition "Dialogue of Cultures, Peace through Art", held December 29, 2009 in Moscow.



The exhibition brought together more than 100 artists and sculptors from around the world. Armenian sculptor presented 3 works there. " My works represented Christian Armenia at the exhibition, " Varazdat Hambardzumyan told a press conference on January 18.



People's master Varazdat Hambardzumyan is the author of more than 400 cross-stones. His khachkars are exposed in Armenia, Greece, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Russia. Several cross-stones dedicated to the memory of the fallen soldiers in Artsakh War are placed in the yards of the Yerevan State Engineering University, Armenian State Pedagogical University, Military School after Monte Melkonian. A cross-stone dedicated to the liberation of Shushi is placed on the road leading to Shushi. Most of the cross-stones are in Yerevan, where the sculptor lives with his large family (5 children).



"The Peacemaker" - International Youth Organization aimed at cultural and physical development of young people.