URBS-1 Painting

- Born 1950 in Erevan (Armenia) - He started painting and modelling when he was a children, inspired by his uncle's artworks. - He has been studying in Erevan (Armenia), Moscow and Tallinn (Estonia) , - Working in Paris, London, Seoul, Copenhagen , Lisbon, ... . - He is living in Paris since 1984 and worked as a teacher in residence at the EAPM (Ecole d’Architecture Paris–Malaquais), at the INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel), and from 1998 to 2002 was an invited teacher at the DDS (Danish School of Design in Copenhagen) . - at the same time, he is continuing his visual research: painting, graphics, animated films, ... - since 1985 he uses 3D Computer animation allowed him to synthesize his previous experience: painting, architectural design and animation., - His main sources of inspiration were the masters of Russian Avant-garde; Dutch neo-plasticism (Piet Mondrian, Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, Theo van Doesburg,...);Bauhaus school ( Josef Albers, Mies van der Rohe, ...) art movements. https://paris-malaquais.archi.fr/evenements/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/03/COMMUNIQUE-URBS.pdf https://www.artistescontemporains.org/artistes/david-apikian/ http://davapikartworks2.blogspot.com/ apikdart.blogspot.com/