Leo Leo Vardanyan

Yerevan, Armenia

Leo Leo Vardanyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1971. From the age of ten, he started attending various painting clubs and studios. Until the end of the academy, his works were mainly figurative and semi-figurative. During his studies at the academy, he became interested in Eastern philosophy, particularly yoga and various meditative practices. Later this became crucial for Leo in art. Figurative art did not coincide with his internal experiences for full self-expression, and after the Academy the search for a personal style began. His first solo exhibition in 1998 already had an abstract direction. After many attempts in art and meditative discipline, he came to the conclusion that art can completely replace meditation. After 2010, Leo's art as a whole is meditative in nature. Painting is at the center of Leo's art, along with which it manifests itself in other formats, as photography, video art, and performance. The artist is sure that if there is no contradiction inside, each format of self-expression will generalize and not divide the process.