The papers analyze the new and newest periods of Armenian visual arts, the history of theoretical and critical thought, as well as the issues of artistic relationships and the specifics of national art

Graduate of M. Lomonosov Moscow State University (1978); Doctor of Arts, Professor (2007); Corresponding Member of NAS RA (2014)

Director of NAS RA Institute of Arts (2003 to date)

Presidium Member of the Academy of the Problems of Humanism (2007);Corresponding Member of Saint-Petersburg Peter the Great Academy of Sciences and Arts (2009); Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Philosophy (2011)

NAS RA Institute of Arts: Researcher (1978-85), Senior Researcher (1985-91), Academic Secretary (1991-2003). RA Honored Art Worker (2008), RA State Prize Winner (2009); Presidium Member of RA Union of Artists (2009 to date)