[4][5] Knarik Vardanyan was born on 24 November 1914 in Kaftarli village (now known as Panik), Alexandropol uezd, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire.

[1] The following year from 1933 to 1934, Vardanyan worked in Alexander Tamanian's architectural studio as an assistant.

[1][6] In 1941, she graduated from Panos Terlemezyan State College of Fine Arts; followed by a graduation in 1950 from Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts and Theater; and study from 1950 to 1952 in the painting department at the House of Armenian Culture in Moscow, under B. V.

[1] From 1942 to 1944, she worked as the main artist in the Hovhannes Tumanyan Puppet Theatre of Yerevan, and helped create a number of performances.

[1] Starting in 1950, Vardanyan was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).