Vahé Berberian

Vahé Berberian

A life is always framed by a story, but existence continuously searches for another empty canvas. 1955. It starts with the streets, smells and sounds of Beirut, Lebanon. In beginnings, reactions are instinctive and purity is not compromised. Vahé Berberian, an Armenian painter, author, playwright, director and actor, is able to hold on to that instinct and purity through all his journeys, becoming the phenomena known as Vahé. His parents’ home in Beirut served as a stage where personalities from the worlds of theater, literature and the arts interacted passionately. Conversation flowed and humor filtered intensity. This is where Vahe, the storyteller, was formed. 1973. Leaving the safety of the familial nest, exchanging the familiar with the unknown, Vahé becomes part of the counterculture and travels through Eastern and Western Europe. Upon returning home, he lives the onset of the Lebanese Civil War. 1976. Devastated, Vahé reluctantly relocates to Los Angeles. Four years later, he graduates with honors, receiving a degree in journalism, while fervently pursuing art. “Painting is about creating history. I start with the empty canvas and nothing in mind. My first coat is my first mistake. My second coat is my second mistake. With every layer I erase the previous one, but nothing is completely eliminated. There are always traces. Eventually, the layers evolve into something from which I cannot take anything away.” Different settings and realities chisel, break down, blend and mold an identity. This identity is innately about combinations. The urgency to combine is what predominately resonates in all his work. His stand up comedies recognize absurdity and embrace laughter. His plays unfold absurdity and validate coexistence. His novels magnify absurdity and blur the lines between reality and fantasy. His paintings are the absurd. This process has lent itself to over 65 solo and group exhibitions, four one man shows, two published novels, and over a dozen plays written and directed by Vahe, worldwide. “Ultimately I suppose I am a story teller, whether in words or paint. I started out as a figurative painter. Throughout the years, gradually, as I got rid of everything that was decorative or didactic, my work became more and more abstract, eventually minimalist. Occasionally some of the old elements creep in and survive the process of purification. The perfect painting is the empty canvas. I fill it up because I love the process of painting.”

  • Title: Vahé Berberian
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Vahé Berberian Movies

  • 2016
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    East of Byzantium: War Gods and Warrior Saints

    East of Byzantium: War Gods and Warrior Saints

    1 2016 HD

    The battles between the ruling empires and houses of nobility that would decide the fate of the Caucuses, the real Middle Earth, and ultimately the...

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  • 2016
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    3 Weeks in Yerevan

    3 Weeks in Yerevan

    1 2016 HD

    In this heartwarming comedy, two filmmakers from Los Angeles go to Armenia to shoot a feature length movie about a third generation American Armenian...

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  • 2004
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    Dagaveen

    Dagaveen

    1 2004 HD

    From the man who brought you "Yevaylen" and "Nayev" comes a hilarious peek into the Armenian condition and the necessity of laughter in life. ...

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  • 2017
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    Ooremn

    Ooremn

    1 2017 HD

    Ooremn, Berberian’s sixth and the latest monologue after Yevaylen, Nayev, Dagaveen, Sagayn and Yete is a witty and hilariously funny take on...

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  • 2013
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    Yeté

    Yeté

    1 2013 HD

    Berberian is a master of finding the comedy in personal, social, and cultural topics– in this case, he finds the humor in anxiety. Yete is...

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  • 2000
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    Yevaylen

    Yevaylen

    1 2000 HD

    A hilarious monologue about growing up in an Armenian family in Lebanon. Vahé describes his experiences as a member of the Armenian Diaspora....

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  • 2009
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    Sagayn

    Sagayn

    1 2009 HD

    With Sagayn, Berberian has pushed the envelope by finding absurdity and great humor in not just the Armenian, but the human condition in general....

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  • 2005
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    Nayev

    Nayev

    1 2005 HD

    Another raucously funny monologue covering a variety of subjects, including such topics as life after 40, the Armenian condition in the Diaspora, and...

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  • 2019
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    Honest Thieves

    Honest Thieves

    6 2019 HD

    Five misfits attempt to rob an antique heirloom with the plan to turn it in to the police and collect a reward.

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  • 2016
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    3 Weeks in Yerevan

    3 Weeks in Yerevan

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2000
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    Yevaylen

    Yevaylen

    1 2000 HD

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