Karine Matsakian
Karine Matsakian was born in Leninakan –Armenia and studied at the Yerevan art and theatre institute. Matsakian describes her art as being “against the Neo patriarchal tendency in our world.” Using advertising images— from magazine cover pages, wallpaper, and other disposal materials—Matsakian questions the lifestyle choices of modern society, and the illusions that the surfaces of modernity present. She lives and works in Armenia.