Born in Yerevan. In 1952 he graduated from the Yerevan Art College, and in 1963 from the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute. Works by Hambardzum Sahakyan are held in the National Gallery of Armenia, the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, and the museums of Taganrog and Donetsk. He is a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. The painter has held solo exhibitions in Yerevan and Moscow.
