Minas Avetisyan was born in the village of Jajur, Armenia.

[2] Avetisyan emerged as an artist at the "Exhibition of Five" in Yerevan (1962).

Numerous specialists and visitors to the exhibition appreciated greatly his work.

[3] In 1967, he first appeared on film in the censored and suppressed documentary The Color of Armenian Land[4] by his friend Mikhail Vartanov.

In 1975, Avetisyan died under the wheels of the car, which stopped off at the sidewalk.