Maybach Mentoring Protégé — Vahakn Arslanian

Vahakn Arslan­ian was one of the May­bach pro­teges that were part of the May­bach Foun­da­tion Men­tor­ing Pro­gram. On Octo­ber 27^th, 2022, Vahakn host­ed an art show in Man­hat­tan, New York. The artist’s excep­tion­al work is unique and gives the audi­ence a dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive of art. Work­ing for almost a decade in his stu­dio in New York, Vahakn has show­cased mul­ti­ple art events in New York City.

Born in Antwerp, Bel­gium in 1975, Vahakn began paint­ing and work­ing with dif­fer­ent types of art at an ear­ly age. Deaf from birth, Vahakn found in his art both a route for his imag­i­na­tive vision and a means of explor­ing the equi­lib­ri­um between destruc­tion and creation.

Vahakn’s work has been shown at mul­ti­ple inter­na­tion­al solo exhi­bi­tions in Lon­don, Antwerp, Gene­va, St. Barthéle­my, and in his home town New York City, as well as numer­ous group exhi­bi­tions, includ­ing the St. Moritz Art Mas­ters. His col­lab­o­ra­tion with Julian Schn­abel and the May­bach Foun­da­tion, “The Ones You Didn’t Write – The May­bach Car,” was dis­played on the Grand Canal dur­ing the Venice Biennale.

The May­bach Foun­da­tion is proud that Vahakn Arslan­ian was and is part of the May­bach Men­tor­ing Pro­gram. We are hap­py to help tal­ent­ed peo­ple such as Vahakn reach a new stage in their pro­fes­sion­al life.

If you would like to vis­it a show from Vahakn Arslan­ian you can reach out to us anytime.

Impres­sions from Vahakn’s Art Show in New York City.