“I started using this unconventional and fragile medium because it resembles the fragility of life. I can show through my creations how beautiful and ephemeral that fragility can be.”
About Larisa Safaryan
Larisa Safaryan has chosen to work with a most unconventional and delicate medium: an eggshell. Without question she is an innovator in what she does.
The strength and fragility of humanity is revealed in Larisa Safaryan‘s works. The smooth shape of an egg is the artist‘s “canvas” upon which ideas about life, renewal and rebirth are formed. Her work is like nothing that exists at this time.
Larisa Safaryan‘s pieces are delicate but intense, elaborate yet simple, harmonious and elegant. The spirit of innovation and excitement is at the heart of all that Larisa Safaryan creates. The love, passion and thought that goes into each of her pieces is truly inspirational. Most of her works show incredible use of colors. They also demand meticulous attention to detail, strict concentration, and surgical precision. The response we see in viewers upon seeing her works often ranges from disbelief, to curiosity, to amazement and elation.
Larisa Safaryan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. She has never attended an art class. It‘s not a surprise, however, that she started creating after seeing the work of her father, Nairi Safaryan, who is a renowned wood sculptor. She has a master’s degree in Psychology, and a second master’s degree in Public Management. Larisa Safaryan credits her education with allowing her to see people and the world from a different perspective and apply it to her passion for creating art in unique ways. The absence of the influences of a formal art school education gave Larisa Safaryan artistic freedom and opportunity to explore and develop her own techniques, and ways of expressing herself. Certainly, she is one of the most inventive artists working today. Currently Larisa Safaryan lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
In 2016 Larisa Safaryan founded the Wood Symphony Gallery. Wood Symphony Gallery represents artists from around the world, focusing its efforts on the emerging field of fine contemporary wood art. To learn more about the gallery, please visit the Gallery website.
In 2021 Larisa cofounded Wood Symphony Design to bring to light pieces combining unmatched artistry and functionality. WSD mission is to inspire people to live an aesthetic life by bringing art into their everyday life. To learn more about the gallery, please visit the WSD website.
Selected Awards
2020 First Place Award | Mixed Media-3D, Beverly Hills Art Show, Beverly Hills, CA
2017 First Place Award | Mixed Media-3D, Beverly Hills Art Show, Beverly Hills, CA
2015 First Place Award | Mixed Media-3D, Beverly Hills Art Show, Beverly Hills, CA
2015 Illustrious Artist Award, City Council of the City of Calabasas, Calabasas, CA
2014 Best in Show Award, Open Call 2014, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the Municipal Art Gallery, LA, CA
2014 NICHE Awards Finalist , Philadelphia, PA
2014 First Place Award, Glendale Art Association, Glendale, CA
Selected Exhibitions and Art Fairs
2025
Color and Quirk, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
2024
Art Palm Beach, Markowicz Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL
Intersect Palm Springs, Wood Symphony Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
LA Art Show | Solo Booth, Markowicz Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Art Fair | Solo Booth, Wood Symphony Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Color and Form, Dawson Cole Fine Art, Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA
Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Markowicz Fine Art, Hamptons, NY
2023
Art Miami, Markowicz Fine Art, Miami, FL
Strength and Fragility, Solo exhibition, Dawson Cole Fine Art, Carmel, CA
Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Markowicz Fine Art, Hamtons, NY
Summer Splash, Markowicz Fine Art, Laguna Niguel, CA
Summer Soiree, Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, TX
Art After Hours, Markowicz Fine Art, Laguna Niguel, CA
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Markowicz Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL
LA Art Show, Wood Symphony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, TX
2022
The Art of Giving, Wood Symphony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Market Hamptons, The Bridgehampton Museum, Hamptons, NY
Solo Exhibition, International Art Museum of America, San Francisco, CA
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, West Palm Beach, FL
2021
LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami, FL
Market Art + Design, Hamptons, NY
2020
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Palm Beach, FL
Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, FL
2019
Porto Vita - Private Club House Exhibit, Aventura, FL
CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami, FL
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
"Strong and Fragile" solo exhibition, Wood Symphony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Eggsquisite" solo exhibition, Lois Lambert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hot Tea! 2019 Wood Symphony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Offal, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Los Angeles Art Association’s 2018 Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Hot Tea! 2018 Wood Symphony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
LA Art Show, Wood Symphony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
"Touch of Light" solo exhibition, Armenian Arts Gallery, Glendale, CA
Hot Tea! 2017 Wood Symphony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Play, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Open Show. Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
HOT TEA! 2016 Wood Symphony Gallery, www.woodsymphony.com
NICHE Awards Finalist Gallery, Washington, DC
2015
Omni-Solo Exhibition, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
INCOGNITO. Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
We Remember and Demand. Artists' Union of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Hot Tea! - An Exhibition of Art Teapots. del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Open Call 2014, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
NICHE Awards Finalist Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Father and Daughter Safaryan Exhibition, Consulate General of Armenia in Los Angeles, Glendale, CA
Hot Tea!, (winter/spring), del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Out There. Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Hot Tea!, (summer/fall), del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Safaryan: A Father and Daughter Exhibition, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Open Show, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Glendale Youth Alliance Art Exhibit, Glendale, CA
2011
SOFA Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, del Mano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Hot Tea 2!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA