ARTAVAZD PAPIKYAN (b.1936 Leninakan-Armenia), listed Armenian modern artist. Graduated the Yerevan Art & Theatrical Institute in 1966, his art has been exhibited in Yerevan, Los Angeles, Paris and Beirut. Some of his paintings are kept in The Tretyakov Art Museum in Moscow, Armenian State Art Gallery and Armenian Contemporary Art Museum in Yerevan. References are Armenian Artists concise Dictionary, 1977, The Armenian Encyclopedia, 2003.