Kaloust Guedel (born October 31, 1956) is a Cyprus-born American artist of Armenian descent.

[1][7] Kaloust Guedel's work explores contemporary issues often taking a critical stand on various societies shortcomings.

[8] Regardless of the styles and technics he has employed, his work has been consistent with contemporary sensibility and has reflected the consciousness of its time.

He has been featured in publications like Masters of Today and has been known to explore capitalism and excess in his minimalist conceptual artworks.

The inserted object has more visual weight, while the surrounding space, which is less conceptually important, is seen as the body of the painting.