Andronik Khachiian
Artist, Performer, Curator, Art Entrepreneur
Founder of culto colecta
37 y.o.
Mexico City, Berlin
Contacts
+52 55 2186 9567 — WhatsApp
+371 2 8766718 — Cellphone
@andronikh — Telegram
About
“I work at the intersection of improvisation, process, and participatory art. Growing up in a residency built by graphic artists Vladimir Favorsky and animal sculptor Ivan Efimov, creativity has been part of my life from the very start. Before fully committing to my art, I spent 15 years in graphic design, where I developed a real love for detail, which I’ve carried into my artistic practice. I also studied acting, performed in theater, and earned a degree in directing and filming movies. Around that time, I started my photography project Usual Routes, which now includes over 6,000 photos taken in 30 countries. Today, I bring all these experiences into my work, combining drawing, performance, and video.”
BIOGRAPHY
Andronik Khachiian is an artist whose work navigates the intersection of improvisation, process, and participatory art. Raised in the house built by Russian artists Vladimir Favorsky and Ivan Efimov, Andronik was immersed in creativity from an early age. Before fully dedicating himself to art, he spent 15 years in graphic design, where his love for detail transitioned into his artistic practice. He also studied acting and performed in theater while concurrently completing a degree in directing and filming movies. During this time, he worked on his photography project Usual Routes, which consists of over 6,000 photographs taken across 30 countries. Now, Andronik draws on all his accumulated experiences in his art practice, incorporating drawing, performance, and video.
Andronik’s work navigates the intersection of improvisation, process, and participatory art, exploring themes of time, memory vs. imagination, and curiosity. He is particularly interested in the emotional landscape, using spontaneous creativity as a way to connect with raw feelings. His projects often reject conventional logic, patterns, and color theory, instead focusing on improvisation and free expression. Through his work, he encourages others to engage in the creative process, fostering an environment where shared experiences and personal exploration can emerge.
Andronik’s projects Somewhere Over the Rainbow (SOR) and Death of a Hero (DOH) exemplify the interplay between improvisation and meticulous attention to micro-details. In SOR, a black-and-white series, he sublimates his broken heart into landscapes with emotions born in darkness, symbolizing a journey toward the light, from which color later emerges in his subsequent project. From the first work to the last, one can observe the healing process as color comes into DOH, where the landscapes serve as a refuge from grief. This second project began after a series of personal losses and the death of Alexey Navalny in early 2024.
His project Flags of Destinies, initiated at the start of the war in Ukraine, consists of over 300 flags. Each flag represents an individual fate, with each stripe symbolizing an emotional period. This project is his attempt at reclaiming the subjectivity of war victims who have been reduced to numbers.
In Relationships With Light, Andronik uses backlit foam board to explore dual narratives, illuminating the reverse side to reveal both sides of the artwork simultaneously. This technique allows him to delve into various relationships, including those between past and present, different energies, and the self.
Additionally, his participatory art project Empty Space helps individuals overcome the fear of a blank page and the intimidation of not being able to draw. Through gamification, Andronik provides tools such as drills with markers and museum walls for drawing, helping participants engage with their raw emotions and confront their creative barriers.
In 2022, Andronik relocated to Mexico, where he participated in launching the AYARKUT foundation, which invests in social projects within contemporary art. He also initiated Culto Colecta, organizing pop-up exhibitions of Latin American artists with the goal of cultivating a new generation of collectors, offering favorable conditions for artists, and popularizing contemporary art among those who are not yet interested in or feel intimidated by it. The project has garnered significant media attention, with features in Vogue Latin America, Mexico’s leading art magazine La Tempestad, and the American magazine BmoreArt. Andronik currently splits his time between Mexico and Berlin.
FOUNDER
culto colecta
Pop-up exhibition project in Mexico
Producer, art director, curator, filmmaker
2023 – Present
www.cultocolecta.com
hodíla ízba
Experimental folk band
Producer, art director, filmmaker
2019 – 2022
www.hodilaizba.com
EXHIBITIONS
Death of a Hero
Notes of Nature
Solo Exhibition / Artist & Performer
Art Week, Mexico City / 2025
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Talisman
One hand loves the other
Interventional performance / Co-Curator & Performer
Venice Biennale, Italy / 2024
link
Yo sé que te acordarás
Exposición móvil
Collective Exhibition / Head Curator
Art Week, Mexico City / 2024
link
Endémica
Notes of Nature
Collective Exhibition / Curator & Artist
Mexico City / 2023
link
Empty Space
Participatory Performance
Solo Exhibition / Artist
Moscow / 2022
Usual Routes
Worldwide photo project
Solo Exhibition / Artist
Moscow / 2021
artmoskovia.ru
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Collective Exhibition / Artist (Usual Routes)
2019 / Moscow
iPhuck 10
Experimental Media Art
Collective Exhibition / Artist (Usual Routes)
Moscow / 2018
Discovery Siberia. Scans Around Tobolsk
Art Residency Exhibition
Collective Exhibition / Artist (Usual Routes)
Tobolsk & Moscow / 2018
EUCATION
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Free Workshops / Course
2018-19
Moscow School of New Cinema
Film direction / MFA
2017-18
Academy of Art University
Art Direction in Advertising
San Francisco
2014 – 2015
HASGD (Highest Academical School of Graphic Design)
Master: Boris Trofimov
Graphic Design
Moscow
2005 – 2009
SPECIALIZATIONS
— Art Manager / Curator
Curator, Director, Manager
Experience: Since 2023
— Artist / Performer / Actor
Drawing, Installations, Performances, Direction
Experience: Since 2014
— Entrepreneurship
Founder, Creative Visionary, Manager, Curator, Event Producer
Experience: Since 2019
— Art director / Creative director
Graphic design, Motion, UI/UX
Experience: Since 2005
— Filmmaker
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Video Editing
Experience: Since 2016
EXPERIENCE
Art Director & Curator
hosq
International foundation and Institution
Armenia
2024 – ongoing
www.hosq.co
Art Director
AYARKUT
International foundation in contemporary art
Mexico City
2022 – 2023
www.ayarkut.com
Art Director / Partner
Club «Dom 16»
Moscow art hub mansion
Event producer, Graphic & Web Design, Interior Design
2019 – 2021
www.clubdom16.ru
Art Director / Partner
DOS
Music Production School
All visual content
2017 – ongoing
www.dos.school
Lecturer
«Experimental Film Findings. XX century»
Institute of Business and Design Moscow
Moscow
2018
Creative Producer
Rambler&Co
Video Production Department
Creative platforms. Video production and directing
2017
Art Director
TV Rain (tvrain.ru/strana)
UI/UX, Web, motion and graphic design
2016
Art Director
Young & Hungry | A Creative Co-op
San Francisco
Creative platforms, copyright, naming
Graphic and web design, UI/UX
2014 – 2015
Creative & Art Director
SVOY
svoy.ru – Music, video, books, game, soft
Moscow
2011 – 14
Professor of Branding
HAShGD
Moscow
2010 – 11
Head of Design Department
Boodoo
Kids Browser & Portal
Moscow
2009 – 11
Art Director
MORE! Design Studio
Moscow
2009
Storefront Designer
Yakimanka Kids Galler
Moscow
2008 – 09
Layout Designer
Harper’s Bazaa
Moscow
2007
Web Designer
Extreme Street Sports Company
Moscow
2005