"Each person belongs to the environment, in his own person, as himself”

William Saroyan

Ashot N Grigoryan (born in 1983, Armenia) is a visual artist based in Armenia graduated from Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts. Inspired by Architecture, Design and Nature, Ashot is interested in ways a small creative freedom in the environment can contribute to human values. In 2017 he was awarded STEP grant from ECF (European Cultural foundation) for his project realization in Green Urbanism and completed artist-in-residency in Switzerland (recently in the USA and upcoming in Norway).

Through figurative art and landscapes, he aims to develop a system to integrate a combination of specific architectural elements, new materials and forms from nature to reconnect human with existence of their surroundings. Ashot’s passion is to experiment, to find new situations and achieve unexpected results. His works have been featured in exhibitions in Armenia, Estonia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and USA.