Biography

Vartan Avakian employs video, installation, photography and other media drawn from popular culture in order to examine the tools and processes of modern cultural production. He studied Communication Arts at Lebanese American University and is currently pursuing graduate studies in Architecture and Urban Culture at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. Avakian lives and works in Beirut and is a founding member of the art collective Atfal Ahdath.