Areg Balayan

Areg Balayan (born in 1980) is a Yerevan-based photographer and illustrator.
His documentary photo series MOB (Military mobilization) won 1st place
in the international competition Direct Look; the 2nd place series in
the LensCulture Exposure Awards 2017, and the 1st place at the Aurora
Humanitarian Initiative Announces Photo Competition, with a jury
chaired by John Stanmeyer.
Balayan’s work for PAN Photo agency appeared in Reuters, Al Jazeera,
Daily Mail, and many other outlets.

Solo Exhibitions
2007 Muslim monuments in lands of Karabakh, NK
2016 MOB: personal photo story, Armenia
2019 Consequence: Artefact, Nagorno Karabakh
2019 Consequence: Artefact, Tbilisi, Georgia
2021 "Mob.", Białystok Cultural Centre, Poland

Group Exhibitions (selection)
2005 Gyumri Art Biennale, Armenia
2005 Kyiv International Advertising Festival, Ukraine
2011 From disaster relief to risk reduction in Armenia, Armenia
2013 The Armenian Highland in Photographs, Armenia
2017 LensCulture world tour exhibition
2019 Tbilisi photo festival, Georgia
2021 Project "Ergo Sum", Gdansk, Poland
2022 Project "La recherche de la lumiere perdu" Festival Circulation(S), Paris