Education
2001 - 2005: B.A (Bachelor’s of Art) – Yerevan State University, Faculty of History, Department of History of Art
2005 - 2007: M.A (Master’s of Art) – Yerevan State University, Yerevan State University, Faculty of History, Department of History of Art
2007 - 2010: PhD Student, Yerevan State University, Yerevan State University, Faculty of History, Department of History of Art
09/2008 - 12/2008: Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy; Faculty of Letters and Philosophy

Professional experience
2018- Present National Gallery of Armenia Head of Decorative-Applied Art department
2007 - Present Yerevan State University Chair of Armenian Art History
Lecturer – “Armenian Art of 11-13th centuries”, “Art of Armenian Diaspora”, “Landscape in Armenian art”, “Byzantine-Armenian artistic relations”, ''Ornament decoration'', “Armenian traditional costumes”
2015- 2018 Yerevan State University Chair of Armenian Studies, Lecturer –“Armenian culture”
2010 -2016 Yerevan State University Chair of Diaspora Studies Lecturer –“Art of Armenian Diaspora”
2007 - 2008 National Gallery of Armenia Museum of Gevorg Grigorian( Jotto) – Guide

Academic courses
Armenian Art of 11-13th centuries
Art of Armenian Diaspora
History of Armenian-Byzantine artistic ties
The art of Armenian costume

Scale of professional interests
Medieval Armenian art
Byzantine art
Islamic Art
Armenian art of 19-20th centuries
Armenian

Fellowships and grants
2018-2020- The artworks of Armenian art and Applied Arts in New Julfa (Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran)- Scientific and technical grant from Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport RA Science Committee.
07.08.2017- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Short Term Conference and Travel Grants program, for participation at International Conference IV. Forum Kunst des Mittelalters, Berlin und Brandenburg an der Havel Berlin, Germany 2017-09-20 | 2017-09-23.
04.07.2012-16.07.2012 - Summer school “Tools in Byzantium. Tools for Byzantium” held in Thessaloniki (Greece), organized by the Municipality of Thessaloniki and South-Eastern European Studies of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris).
22.08.2011-27.08.2011 - Congress Awards For Students - 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies Organized by the Bulgarian Association of Byzantinists and Medievists, a collective member of the Association Internationale des Études Byzantines.
08.02.2011- 11.02.2011 - 2011 Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies, UCLA, Los Angeles.
05.07.2010-13.07.2010 – “The Byzantine Palace”- Summer school in Drama (Greece), organized by the Center of Byzantine Studies of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and the Center of Byzantine Studies of the University of Salonica.
01/2010-01/2011 The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence (Max-Planck-Institute)-
"Art, Space and Mobility in the Early Ages of Globalization: The Mediterranean, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent (MeCAIS) 400-1650", sponsored by the Getty Foundation.
09/2008 – 12/2008 Ca' Foscari University of Venice,Venice, Italy; Faculty of Letters and

Professional membership
2012 – Member of Armenian National Committee of Byzantine Studies
2017- Member of ICOM (international council of museums)

Languages
Armenian, Russian, English, Italian, French, Old Armenian (Grabar)