Exhibitions
Select Solo Exhibits
2018 Galerie Camille, Detroit, MI
2008 Armenian Community Center, Dearborn, MI
2005 Farmington Community Library, Farmington Hills, MI
2001 Farmington Community Library, Farmington Hills, MI
2000 Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI
1998 Civic Center Library, Livonia, MI
1997 Embassy of the Republic of Armenia, Washington, DC
1997 Skyline Club, Southfield, MI
1995 Farmington Hills Area Arts Commission Artist-in-Residence Show, Farmington Hills, MI
1993 Galerie Internationale, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1992 A.G.B.U. Gallery, Saddlebrook, NJ
1992 Armenian Cultural Center Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1989 Armenian Community Center, San Francisco, CA
1988 Cade Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1985 Oakland County Galleria, Pontiac, MI
1984 G.M.B. Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1984 Oakland County Cultural Council, Pontiac, MI
1982 A.G.B.U. Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1982 G.M.B. Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1981 Armenian Society of Los Angeles, Glendale, CA
1980 Hamazkaine Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1980 Detroit Hunt Club, Detroit, MI
1979 Headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church, New York, NY
1977 Diamond Art Gallery, Flint, MI
1975 Boycourt Gallery, Harbor Springs, MI
1975 Birmingham Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1973 AGBU Gallery, New York, NY
1972 Birmingham Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1971 Fort Wayne Art Institute, Fort Wayne, IN
1965 Saint Francis Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Select Group Exhibits
2024 Our Town Art Exhibit, Birmingham, MI
2022 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI
2019 Our Town Art Exhibit, Birmingham, MI
2018 Art in Fall, The Hovnanian School, New Milford, NJ
2017 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham, MI
2016 The Community House, Birmingham, MI
2016 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham, MI
2015 Art in Fall, The Hovnanian School, New Milford, NJ
2013 Art in Fall, The Hovnanian School, New Milford, NJ
2009 ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
2006 Walsh College Gala, Novi, MI
2005 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham, MI
2005 Galerie Z, Providence, RI
2004 Livonia Annual Art Exhibition, Livonia, MI
2003 Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, The University of Michigan – Dearborn, Diversity in Harmony, Dearborn, MI
2002 Connoisseur of Carmel Galleries, Carmel, CA
2000 Polk Technology Exhibition, Birmingham, MI
1999 Michigan Annual, Mount Clemens, MI
1996 The Community House, Birmingham, MI
1994 National Raku Invitation, Ann Arbor, MI
1994 Alma Library and Museum, Watertown, MA
1993 Michigan Fine Arts Exhibit, Birmingham, MI
1993 Michigan Annual, Mount Clemens, MI
1993 Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church, Sculpture Exhibit, Cambridge, MA
1992 Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI
1991 Oakland County Galleria, Pontiac, MI
1990 University of Massachusetts Gallery, Boston, MA
1988 Motown Madness: Creative Configuration – Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
1988 Gallery G, Pittsburg, PA
1986 AGBU Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Armenian Art! – Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA
1984 World Expo, Dallas, TX
1983 Celebrate Life Art Show, Congregational Church of Birmingham, Birmingham, MI
1983 Brenner Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1981 The Mall Galleries, London, England
1981 The Third Annual Channel 56 Art Preview, Somerset Mall, Troy, MI
1981 Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
1980 16th Annual Art Exhibit of the Michigan Education Association, Lansing, MI
1979 Garrett Studio and Gallery of Farmington, Farmington, MI
1979 Armenian Art Association of America, Soviet Exhibit, Yerevan, Armenia
1979 Michigan Annual VII Juried Exhibit for Michigan Artists, The Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI
1979 Hall Art Gallery, Portland, MA
1978 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston – Federal Reserve Plaza, Boston, MA
1978 W. F. Mullaly Galleries, National Small Exhibition, Birmingham, MI
1978 AGBU Alex Manoogian School Exhibit Hall, Southfield, MI
1978 Troy Art Gallery, Troy, MI
1974 Texas Fine Arts Association 63rd Annual Exhibit (World Art Show), Dallas, TX
1973 Indianapolis Museum of Art – 64th Indiana Artists Exhibit, Indianapolis, IN
1973 Michigan Art Council Traveling Show, Art Train, Michigan
1972 40th Annual Exhibition – Indiana Artists Club, Indianapolis, IN
1971 Fort Wayne Art Institute, Fort Wayne, IN
1971 Indiana 63rd Annual Artist Show, Fort Wayne, IN
1970 Bloomfield Art Association, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1969 Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Fine Arts Section, Ann Arbor, MI
1969 Ball State University Art Gallery, 15th Drawing and small Sculpture Show, Muncie, IN
1968 Ball State University Art Gallery, 14th Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Muncie, IN
1968 National Art Show at Ball State University, Muncie, IN
1967 Herron Museum of Art, 60th Annual Indiana Artists Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN
1966 31st Regional Artists Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN
1964 Indiana Artists Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN
Municipal, Corporate and Private Collections
City of Birmingham, Michigan (Bronze sculpture in Linden Park)
City of Brighton, Michigan, City Hall (outdoor sculpture)
City of Brighton, Michigan (outdoor bronze sculpture in city park)
Embassy of the Republic of Armenia, Washington, DC (three paintings and one sculpture)
Oakland County Executive Offices, Pontiac, MI (raku sculpture)
Michigan Education Association, Lansing, MI
Armenian Prelacy, New York, NY (paintings and sculpture)
Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI (20 paintings and one large outdoor sculpture)
City of Farmington, Michigan, City Hall, 125th Anniversary, Outdoor Bronze Sculpture
City of Farmington Hills, Michigan, City Hall Entrance (two large indoor mixed media sculptures)
City of Farmington Hills, Michigan, Public Library (three large paintings, one bronze sculpture)
Wayne State University, Gordon Scott Hall, Detroit, MI (two paintings in the lobby)
Forest Lake Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, MI (relief sculpture in the lobby)
Saint Francis University, Fort Wayne, IN (10 paintings and sculptures on permanent display)
Beirut, Lebanon, Armenian Religious headquarters (three bronze indoor sculptures)
Yerevan, Armenia, Armenian Religious headquarters (two indoor bronze sculpture)
Yerevan, Armenia, Political Headquarters Library (large mixed media painting)
Saint Sarkis Armenian Church, Dearborn, MI (bronze entry doors, bronze dome cross, and two paintings)
Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church, Fort Wayne, IN (bronze sculpture)
Wabeek Country Club, West Bloomfield, MI (relief sculpture commissioned for the lobby)
Hovnanian Armenian School, New Milford, NJ
Awards
Tazian is the recipient of several prestigious local and international awards and honors, including First Place, the University of Michigan Annual Art Show in 1969, the International Artists in Watercolor Award in London, England in 1981, winner of the Michigan State Fair Art Competition in 1984, the Michigan Education Association Purchase Award, the Michigan Academy of Arts and Letter Award at its 29th Annual Exhibit, First Place Birmingham Community Center Annual Show, Birmingham, Michigan and, in 1995, he was named the Farmington Area Arts Commission Artist-in-Residence. In 2009, Tazian’s sculpture was featured at the prestigious ArtPrize international art competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2023, Tazian was issued a Special Lifetime Achievement Award by the Cultural Council of Birmingham Bloomfield, with additional honors from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and US Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters.