Draft:Hrair Sarkissian

Hrair Sarkissian (born 1973) is a Syrian-Armenian photographer and visual artist based between London and the Hague.

Early life and education
Sarkissian was born in Damascus and is of Armenian descent. Sarkissian would spend his school holidays helping out at his father Vartan's photography studio and colour lab. After finishing high school and working at the lab for a number of years, Sarkissian became an apprentice to European photographers. He went on to study at the École nationale supérieure de la photographie in Arles, France in 2003 and later completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam in 2010 before moving to London.

Career
When the war started, Sarkissian was initially opposed to the idea of creating any art related to it and avoided the topic altogether. However, the anxiety and fear of losing his parents and the apartment building he grew up in weighed on his mind. To confront the fear, he created a replica of it to destroy and photograph in a piece titled Homesick (2014).

Horizon Kaş

Last Seen commissioned by the Sharjah Art Foundation.

Sweet and Sour village in Sasoun