Moushegh Karavartanian is a Lebanese Armenian artist, born in Beirut in 1992. His work focuses on canvas paintings using acrylic and oil paint. He has created many murals of various sizes as commissions as well as volunteer work and participated in several local and international collective exhibitions including “Heritage of Emotions” at Gallerie Nikki Diana Marquardt in Paris, France in 2016, “Project Proletkult” at AUB Byblos Bank Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon in 2016, and “Provoking the Aesthetic Experience in the Quotidian” at Sole Insight in Beirut, Lebanon in 2016 and 2017, “Protect ARTsakh” Online Charity Art Auction in 2020 on www.artscoops.com. Moushegh holds a BA in Fine Arts from Lebanese University, Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture (2015), and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Fine Arts at the aforementioned institute. He attended a private workshop at "Atelier d'art" for over 6 years during childhood. Moushegh Karavartanian lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon.

Moushegh Karavartanian sites the visionary works of classical masters of the Renaissance and Baroque Era as major influences for his artistic style, mannerism, and subject matter. He is constantly fascinated by the use of coded language and symbolism in art and painting to communicate intricate concepts, ideologies, emotions, and mythology (Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Tibetan, Hindu). Moushegh believes that the divine speaks to us in metaphors, and as such, finds refuge in expressing his understanding and experiences of the divine through symbolism.

Although the subject matter of Moushegh’s works does not abide by reality and the laws of physics, his style in rendering is nevertheless grounded in realistic figuration, much like the surrealists and visionary artists of the past.

Moushegh initiates his artistic endeavors with an instinctive urge to express intricate spiritual subjects with their underlying concepts and emotions according to his perception and understanding of reality, and layers his work with realistic depictions of the protagonists and the surreal mythical atmosphere to render it more comprehensible. He does not restrict his palette to a specific range of colors, as life is limitless, and art is an immaculate reflection of life through an individualized lens. His works are evidences of cathartic experimentation.

In his most recent works he explores new avenues to express his individuality in artform by contrasting instances of highly individualized western art to the total negation of the individual in eastern art. He explores diverse artistic expressions of esoteric knowledge and spirituality by bridging different schools of thought in Western visual art (Iconography, Expressionism, and Symbolism) and Eastern visual art (Hindu religious paintings, Tibetan esoteric thangkas) through the creation of acrylic portrait paintings on canvas, as a means of expressing the sacred and the ineffable, to establish a specialized codification for his artistic process. In codifying these concepts, he has narrowed his palette to three colors: black, white, and gold.

Moushegh has created a compendium of his dearest friends as models for his works. The intention of these artworks is to take “ordinary” beings and empower them by portraying them as deities and enlightened beings, forcing us to reflect on our underlying greatness and become aware of our true limitless nature, and to portray inspirational characters infused with a symbolic language to convey an atmosphere of enlightenment and total spiritual liberation. As the portraitist, he is fairly inspired by the presence and mere mention of these characters in his life and throughout his spiritual journey toward self-realization.