Lia Bekyan
Lia Bekyan is an Armenian art director and photographer based in Brooklyn. She is primarily interested in visual storytelling through portraiture, landscapes, and still life exploring the topics of existentialism and identity, often inspired by the urgency of healing and liberation.
Painting, music, and photography are the main driving forces in her life. Since 4 years old she has been experimenting with these mediums to identify and express her perception of self and the world around her. In 2005, Bekyan received her Bachelor's in fashion and interior design from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Yerevan, following up with a graduate degree from the Hyper Island digital media school in Sweden. Yet, in search of belonging, she never stopped photographing those around her, eventually finding the camera as her main excavation tool into the deeper realms of existence.
Her professional collaborations include work with inspiring artists and tech innovators such as John Maeda, Sebastian Errazuriz, YACH, Moon Ribas, Devin Morrison. Her personal work is seen in Fotografiska, British Journal of Photography, New Yorker Photo, Museé Magazine, The Independent Photographer, Fotoroom, Lomography Magazine. In 2016, Bekyan was invited to design and lead a fine art photography class at the TUMO Center for creative technologies in Armenia.
At the moment, …
Lia Bekyan is an Armenian art director and photographer based in Brooklyn. She is primarily interested in visual storytelling through portraiture, landscapes, and still life exploring the topics of existentialism and identity, often inspired by the urgency of healing and liberation.
Painting, music, and photography are the main driving forces in her life. Since 4 years old she has been experimenting with these mediums to identify and express her perception of self and the world around her. In 2005, Bekyan received her Bachelor's in fashion and interior design from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Yerevan, following up with a graduate degree from the Hyper Island digital media school in Sweden. Yet, in search of belonging, she never stopped photographing those around her, eventually finding the camera as her main excavation tool into the deeper realms of existence.
Her professional collaborations include work with inspiring artists and tech innovators such as John Maeda, Sebastian Errazuriz, YACH, Moon Ribas, Devin Morrison. Her personal work is seen in Fotografiska, British Journal of Photography, New Yorker Photo, Museé Magazine, The Independent Photographer, Fotoroom, Lomography Magazine. In 2016, Bekyan was invited to design and lead a fine art photography class at the TUMO Center for creative technologies in Armenia.
At the moment, Bekyan is focusing on long-term projects and fine art prints. This practice involves work with archives inspired by new awareness and new photographic experiments that help to expose the new depths of her and collective consciousness.