Biography

Zareh was born in 1956, in Aleppo, Syria, to Armenian parents. In 1963 he moved to Beirut, Lebanon, with his family. At 12, Zareh began taking art classes under the instruction of a local artist. After high school, he attended fine art classes at Al Kaslik University for a year, until his academic studies were curtailed by the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war. The hostilities had a profound effect on Zareh. Because of the war's restrictions on his personal life, it pushed him into a creative outburst of new ideas in the effort to explain the extraordinary conditions around him. "I started to look at forms that represent life and birth, since most of what was around me was death and destruction. That led me to look for life forms, such as the leaf of a tree or a teardrop.

Zareh moved to the United States in 1983. Since 1988, he has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout Southern California, and has staged several live, public exhibits. These have included "Turkish Soup Made with Armenian Bones" (1998) and "The Red Trees of the Armenian Genocide" (2001), in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The most recent in this traveling series, titled "Marry the Priest," was in response to the sexual abuse of priests of their young parishioners and the ensuing cover-up by some members of the Catholic leadership. His shows and exhibits have garnered much media attention and accolade - both print and television.

Education:	1989 Barnsdale Art Center	Los Angeles, CA
	1988 University of California	Los Angeles, CA
	1976 Kaslik University	Lebanon
Group Exhibitions:	April 15- May 15, 2006 Don O'Melveny Gallery	Los Angeles, CA
	Feb.14-March 7, 2006 Harvest Gallery	Glendale, CA
	April 25-29, 2005 Kerckhoff Art Gallery	UCLA, CA
	April 22 - May 3, 2005 Artist's Union Gallery	Yerevan, Armenia
	April 19 - May 28, 2005 Gallery Z	Providence, RI
	March 4-6,2005 Harvest Gallery	Glendale, CA
	Nov.3-27, 2004 Absolute Art Gallery	San Marino, CA
	June 18 - 27, 2004 Harvest Gallery	Glendale, CA
	April 18 - May 18, 2004 Veronese Gallery	Fullerton, CA
	April 3-29, 2004 Articultural Gallery	Century City, CA
	April 25-July 13, 2003 Forest Lawn Museum	Glendale,CA
	April 2001 Hamazkayin Cultural Center	La Crescenta, CA
	May 2000 4th St. Gallery	Santa Monica, CA
	Dec. 1998 Hamazkayin Cultural Center	Glendale, CA
	Dec.1998 Tekeyan Cultural Center	Pasadena, CA
	Feb.1997 Hamazkayin Cultural Center	La Crescenta, CA
	Jan. 1997 Village Green Gallery	Glendale, CA
	Oct.1996 Hamazkayin Cultural Center	S.F. Valley, CA
	Feb.1994 BFC Gallery	Glendale, CA
	Mar.1993 J. Krikorian Hall	Glendale, CA
	June 1992 Gogian Hall	Los Angeles, CA
	May 1992 Listenbee Gallery	Santa Monica, CA
Solo Exhibitions:	Feb. 23-March 9, 2006 Sophia’s Art Gallery	Beverly Hills, CA
	Oct. 29-Nov. 12, 2005 Seyhoun Gallery	West Hollywood, CA
	Sep. 9-27, 2005 Harvest Gallery	Glendale, CA
	Oct. 15-Nov.6, 2004 Harvest Gallery	Glendale, CA
	Sep. 2002 Public Live Exhibit “Marry The Priest”	Los Angeles and Santa Monica, CA
	Apr. 2001 Public Live Exhibit “The Red Trees of The Armenian Genocide”	Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Glendale, Montebello, CA
	Sep. 1998 Tekeyan Cultural Center	Pasadena, CA
	Apr. 1998 Public Live Exhibit “Turkish Soup Made With Armenian Bones”	Los Angeles, Westwood, Santa Monica, Glendale, Pasadena, Montebello, CA