Shushanik
Karapetyan

Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Shushanik Karapetyan is a New York based artist. Her work has been showcased at the Irish Arts Center, Governors Island, BRIC, Hovnanian School, La Bodega Gallery, and various group exhibitions at LIC Arts Open. Her art has appeared in numerous publications including Driftwood Press, HyeBred, Storm Cellar, and The Sonder Review.

Shushanik's paintings are informed by her work as a psychotherapist, placing significance on the process. While paintings begin with some form of structure (i.e., a seascape or a landscape), this structure is tentative and flexible and is often guided by moment-to-moment decisions, whether it’s the choice of brush, color, texture, or movement in the painting. There is often a repetitive piece to her work such as pointillist strokes with a filbert brush or sweeping long strokes with a flat brush. She is inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe, often communicating femininity, sensuality and organic motifs, as well as impressionist artists like Georges Seurat and Claude Monet, tapping into the ability of the human eye to blend points of colors on their own.