ARPI ART.

Painted with ink, tied with red thread.

EST. YEREVAN → HAMBURG → PRAGUE
SURREALISM · SYMBOLISM · INK

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01 — WHY I PAINT

I paint the hidden architecture of choice — what the mind builds, what it erases, and the quiet red thread that ties a coffee cup to a memory of the sea.

Born in Armenia, based in Germany. A Master’s degree in behavioural economics and game theory taught me to decode how humans navigate complex scenarios; ink and charcoal let me draw what the equations cannot say.

In an age where AI can dream a thousand images in a minute, I choose the meticulous discipline of crafting by hand. Each surface is a liminal threshold where abstract thought codifies into graphic form.

NEW SERIES — 2026 · 薄れる / 茜色

JAPAN
MEMORIES

Usureru — The Impermanence of Memory. Thirteen works where a journey through Japan meets Dürer’s gravures and my grandmother’s fading memory.

EXHIBITIONS 2026: AUG · PRAGUE · MAISON D’ARGILE  /  OCT · PARIS · CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE

DISCOVER THE SERIES →
7 Origami Cranes — layered vellum work with red threads
Arpi Ayvazyan in a pinstripe blazer holding a red rotary phone, surrounded by hands offering coffee

ARPI AYVAZYAN

02 — ABOUT

My artist statement

My practice operates as an archaeological excavation of the human psyche, of fleeting moments and of everyday small decisions. My invisible “red thread” connects the seemingly unimportant objects of life to complex entanglements of thought.

Initially grounded in the meticulous, existential linework of Albrecht Dürer’s northern renaissance gravures and the subversive, dream-logic realities of surrealist icons like Salvador Dalí and René Magritte, my work has since evolved beyond mere psychological landscapes. It has transformed into a contemporary inquiry into the structures of consciousness and memory, deeply informed by the spatial, web-like symbolism of Chiharu Shiota, by the topology of mourning of Doris Salcedo and the dense, meditative ink cartography of Roberta Boffo.

This artistic lineage is fundamentally anchored by my background in Game Theory and Behavioral Sciences, which introduces a rigorous, mathematical approach to decoding how humans navigate complex scenarios. By interrogating the hidden architecture of choice, the friction between conscious strategy and the profound, unconscious impulses that drive us, I treat each composition as a visual matrix of the human mind.

I view the surface of the paper as a liminal threshold where abstract thoughts codify into graphic forms, challenging the viewer to question where the boundaries of the self truly end and where the influence of the external world begins. My art is the exploration of the human mind and its symbolic output in the form of decisions, everyday objects, in simplicity of moments and impermanence of our memories.

“The surface of the paper is a liminal threshold where abstract thoughts codify into graphic forms.”

— FROM MY ARTIST STATEMENT

SELECTED AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS & EXHIBITIONS

  • 2026Publication, "101 Art Book : Colors Edition" by Arts to Hearts Project — International
  • 2026Group exhibition, Sommer Solstice — Saarbrücken, Germany
  • 2026Group exhibition, Curated Art Café Mussse — Hamburg, Germany
  • 2020Group exhibition, “Total Reflections”, Grace Denker Gallery — Hamburg, Germany
  • 2013Solo exhibition, National Academy of Sciences — Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2012Solo exhibition “Whispers”, ESPACES Center — Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2008Representation via ART World Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia

03 — MY PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD

Where do my sold artworks live?

Over the years I have kept contact with most of the collectors who bought my work. Seeing my art stay in their lives — that is the map that matters. TAP A RED DOT.

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04 — PROCESS

The sketchbook

WHERE PAINTINGS ARE BORN — DRAG TO WANDER

Torn paper study in red ink
TORN PAPER STUDY
Sliced apple
SLICED APPLE
Lemon study in gouache
LEMONS, GOUACHE
Hundertwasser building in ink and acrylic
HUNDERTWASSER, ESSEN
Ink drawing of a horse plate
HORSE PLATE
Black ink comb through hair
BLACK COMB
Clothes Pins
CLOTHES PINS
Red surreal portrait of a woman
RED PORTRAIT
Abstract ink line drawing
INKTOBER LINES
Chalk drawing of ballerina feet
BALLERINA FEET
Sliced tomato
SLICED TOMATO
Chalk portrait of a woman
CHALK SILHOUETTE

05 — LATEST INITIATIVE

ART BARTER COFFEE TOUR SUMMER 2026 · 6 COUNTRIES · 13 BARTERS

A hand-made rebellion. I travel across Europe to trade artworks for a physical piece of your creative world — over a cup of coffee. No money. No algorithm. Just two humans and their hands.

A

Art

I bring an artwork for you. You bring one in exchange — drawing, ceramics, a poem, embroidery. Whatever you make.

B

Barter

We exchange our handcrafted pieces. No money is involved — a non-transactional experiment between creatives.

C

Coffee

We get to know each other for 30–60 minutes in a local café. Maybe we create something new together alongside.

THE 13-STOP ROUTE — SUMMER 2026 — scroll

  1. 01

    Yerevan

    JUN 1–5

  2. 02

    Prague

    JUN 15–19

  3. 03

    Dresden

    JUN 20

  4. 04

    Frankfurt

    JUN 22–23

  5. 05

    Como / Milano

    JUN 27–29

  6. 06

    Monaco

    JUN 30

  7. 07

    Nice / Cannes

    JUL 1–2

  8. 08

    Bordeaux

    JUL 2–4

  9. 09

    Paris

    JUL 5

  10. 10

    Brussels

    JUL 6

  11. 11

    Antwerp / Utrecht

    JUL 7

  12. 12

    Düsseldorf

    JUL 8

  13. 13

    Hamburg

    JUL 10–11

SIGNUPS FOR 2026 ARE CLOSED — but if an art barter calls to you, write me anyway.