Biography
Haig Papazian is an artist and architect with an interdisciplinary practice, utilising video, installations, illustrations and other media to explore the intersections between city-making, cultural productions and undocumented historical narratives. He received a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon in 2009. In 2008, he assisted with the preliminary design of the Louvre Abu Dhabi project (UAE) while interning with Ateliers Jean Nouvel (Paris, France), and later collaborated with Bernard Khoury DW5 architects, the Beirut-based design studio, from 2009 until 2012. Papazian is Co-Founder of Lebanon-based band Mashrou’ Leila and participated in the inaugural 2011-12 edition of the Home Workspace Program, Ashkal Alwan: Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, Beirut.