Who We Are:

The Bunker group has its origins in what has been called the “underground or dissident artists” of the former Soviet Union. The “bunker” referred to here is reminiscent of the old war bunkers, which offered a kind of security during bombings.

During the soviet times, artists needed to find a philosophic retreat where they were safe from the restraints of the old government. They needed a place where they were free to create in their own way for their own reasons, and not be subject to the dictates or tastes of society around them. The artists needed a place to be free.

Though a relatively new school, the bunker group has become international in scope (six active members live in Los Angeles, two in Paris, one in Moscow, few in Yerevan) and received a recognition from art critiques and press.

Works by several of the Bunker group artists are part of the Rutgers University (New Jersey) Museum of Non-Conformist Art (in their permanent collection). The Bunker group has previously had shows in Paris, Moscow, Los Angeles , Lithuania, Cypress and various members are shown throughout the State Museum and Ministries of Armenia.

The group is characterized by abstraction, spiritualistic, various philosophical orientations and the esoteric.

More than just a group of visual artists, the group also includes poets and musicians, writers and other intellectuals.