Andranik Avetisyan (Armenian: ???????? ?????????? ?????????; born 28 December 1968, in Gyumri) is an Armenian artist.
The main subjects of his work include life, human relations, energy, space, and beginning.He noticed a cobweb in the corner of the window in his studio.
Then he had the idea to create a picture of a cobweb, and began to study the life of spiders, and the structure of their cobwebs.
Afterwards, he began to breed spiders in order to use their cobwebs to create pictures.
Avetisyan's works are made of real cobweb and this brought him fame almost instantly.
He is the first artist who uses cobwebs for pictures (Cobweb art).
Andranik Avetisyan was awarded the "New Talent and Creative Thought" prize at the Cannes International Exhibition of Modern Art, which was held in 2017.Andranik Avetisyan says: "a cobweb in nature is a picture of energy making a connection among all the objects the universe".