Later, he was granted asylum as a political refugee, and he immigrated to New York City where he continued to make art and work as a manual laborer.

[6][7] Talpazan began to draw hundreds of representaions of UFOs starting at age 12 that were inspired by his "blue light" experience when he was 8 years old.

Beginning in the 1990s his work drew the attention of others, and was included in several exhibitions that received reviews in the New York Times[8] and Artforum.

[9] Talpazan distrusted art gallerists and dealers, and retreated to a one-room apartment in Harlem, and continued to sell his work on the street.

He said of his work "The artist is like an astronaut...With the mind, you can travel the entire universe" and that his art "shows spiritual technology, something beautiful and beyond human imagination".