Publications

Lithographs by Mourlot of Paris  in New York.

A book of poems in French and English, that represented “a personal response to the rediscovery of the goddess myth”. —Neery Melkonian

A wooden box of photographs of sculptures and architectural drawings utilizing the stress point principle on a lifeline. This book was chosen as one of the year’s best by the New York public library.

Published with the sponsorship of Leslie Buckland. Studies of the stress point principle in sculpture and the inner acoustics of structures. Included images of the “Mehian” structured utilizing the stress point principle.

Authored a book of photographs and poems in Armenian to honor Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet for daring to publish a collection of poems about a love affair between an Armenian man and a Turkish woman.

A collection of toys photographed by Seiji Kakizaki. “My sculptures for children emulate the female and male in the animal kingdom. They were always made for a specific child to awaken a consciousness of three-dimensionality utilizing toys as the medium.” —Kardash Onnig

A book about the cultural and sociological fallout of the Karabakh war.

A children’s book that tells of the journey of four teenage heroes from four different cultures of the Middle East, who band together for their common survival.

“Transfourmations” is a callenging and pro-vocative document. It pursues the realization of a dream, a dream of the human being reaching out to the “other”. —John M. Johansen

Inspired by universalist authors and artists, the book comprises a collection of Kardash’s reminiscences and essays on art, science, philosophy, and mythology. Including 90 of Kardash’s drawings conceptualizing, soul, spirit, with Others. The book comes with a DVD titled ONNIG’S INFERNO, in which Kardash and other artists perform a ritual burning of their creations as a […]

An Armenian language book comprising both Eastern- and Western-Armenian versions. LERAN VOKIN is an unconventional autobiography, interwoven with Kardash’s no-holds-barred writings on art, cross-cultural dialogue, and spirituality, and underscoring the concept of voki (spiritual) transferences. The book also highlights Kardash’s signature TOOLS series — sculptures which have evolved on an 11-acre parcel of land in […]

Kardash writes: “It seems inconceivable that in the 21st century, we approve of Israel’s killing Palestinians because three thousand years ago, a God of their invention promised them that land.”

A study of the energy caused by the synergy of the four elemental powers utilizing the stress point principle.

The translation of Savage Chic by Melikset Panosyan into Armenian. Published by Andares

Studies of sculptures related to death utilizing the stress point principle.

An epic poem of 40 sculptures of four lifelines stressed and their energy synergizing.

This book explores collaboration as an antidote to our egocentric mono-ism.

A pamphlet of studies of 5 sculptures, each made of the four elements stressed and their energy flow from the stressed points synergizing, the act of Creation.

The stories in this book are part of Kardash’s ongoing inquiry into the criteria for a transference of energy between two others.

This book is a retrospective of Kardash’s carvings between the years 1972 and 2021. “Reflecting my ongoing quest for a universal means of communication, each of my works consists of four components, or Four Tools, designed to instigate transferences with others.” —Kardash Onnig

A book in English and Russian published in Yerevan to bring about a dialogue for a solution in Karabagh.

Dedicated to children of our green planet. “On July 2022, I began to reflect on how to overcome the sorrow about the extermination of countless millions throughout history in the name of race, empire, and righteousness.” —Kardash Onnig

Translated and published in Yerevan, into Azeri by Könöl Şahin and Armenian by Melikset Panosian.

40 toys that were commissioned by children and crafted by Kardash.

The book chronicles Kardash’s journey from Beirut, Lebanon, when he was 12 years old and drew a cultural and political map of the land surrounding Mt Ararat to Stanfordville, NY, Baraka land, which was gifted to him by Sam Shaw Jr. Baraka land has given birth to many projects and has been shared with many […]

“As I write these lines in early 2024, more than 25,000 Palestinians, including more than 10,000 children, have been killed by Israeli bombardment of Gaza since the start of the latest Israel-Hamas war…..” —Kardash Onnig

“To be creative is most dangerous when one has not carved out Monoism, which undermines the very essence of creativity.” —Kardash Onnig

“On the cover of this book is the symbol *, which represents inner equilibrium. It indicates being one with oneself through the harmonious synergy between the four elements of one’s body.” —Kardash Onnig The drawings span the years 1974 to 2024.