I am a contemporary artist and a curator, I live in Yerevan and do community work with the culture workers to connect and uplift the scene. I also used to run an art gallery space focused on the collaboration. My main goal now is to create a space for cultural co-creation, a studio for collective work and a platform to keep track of the mutual context of Armenian art. I live with my girlfriend — Oli. She is a photographer and runs a community for houseplant enjoyers. We live in the rented apartment in Yerevan with our cat Garage.

I also work in human interface design.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet the people of the countries I travel to, to get to know the cultures from within and to hopefully learn something new. I love talking and parallel activities and I would love to keep making friends all over the world :)

Interests

Моё призвание – объединять людей с помощью искусства.

I connect people with art.

• contemporary art
• music
• social work
• galleries
• art museums
• social business
• underground scene
• public art
• underground art

Music, Movies, and Books

Right now I'm really into indie pop: Oklou, Caroline Polachek and Magdalena Bay. I also really enjoy finding new artists and musicians and my recent favs are Emma Harner, Emma Woolsey and Folk Bitch Trio.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I organized an underground contemporary art gallery and it gave start to lots of discoveries, boosted confidence of beginner artists and put my hometown on the art map in some way.

Teach, Learn, Share

My whole life I have been teaching the things that I have learnt to do: calligraphy, 3D, 3D scanning. I also curate exhibitions for the artists. I also enjoy learning new skills so much so I'm very open to any ideas, especially in arts and cooking. I recently found passion in making pies and sharing them with people. My favorite is lemon pie, I would love to make it together or if I'm visiting to make it for you, it's a zesty delight!

What I Can Share with Hosts

In Yerevan I keep track of the contemporary art events and will take you to small galleries, introduce you to artists and help find interesting conversations and things to see and do.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Armenia, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation