Andranik Avetisyan

Andranik Avetisyan (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Հովհաննեսի Ավետիսյան; born 28 December 1968, in Gyumri) is an Armenian artist.

He noticed a cobweb[1] in the corner of the window in his studio.

[2] Then he had the idea to create a picture[3] of a cobweb,[4] and began to study the life of spiders,[5] and the structure of their cobwebs.

[6] Afterwards, he began to breed spiders[7] in order to use their cobwebs to create pictures.

[9] Andranik Avetisyan was awarded the "New Talent and Creative Thought" prize at the Cannes International Exhibition of Modern Art, which was held in 2017.

Talent award at Cannes contemporary art exhibition won by Andranik Avetisyan