Lia Bekyan is a self-taught fine art, portrait and advertisement photographer, born in Armenia and based in New York. Using natural instincts her work is investigative and sculptural, responsive to the zeitgeist of the world.

She received her Bachelor's degree in fashion and interior design from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Armenia in 2005 and pursued a graduate degree at the Hyper Island digital media school in Sweden. Driven by a quest for connection and identity, she never stopped photographing those around her, eventually finding the camera as her main excavation tool into the deeper realms of existence.

Her professional collaborations include work with inspiring artists and tech innovators such as John Maeda, Sebastian Errazuriz, YACH, Moon Ribas, Devin Morrison. Her personal work is featured in publications including Fotografiska, British Journal of Photography, New Yorker Photo, The Independent Photographer, Fotoroom, Museé Magazine, Booooooom.

She has recently partnered with Artspace where you can find a selection of her limited edition fine art prints.

Say hi at liabekyan@gmail.com • Instagram

All photos © Lia Bekyan

Selected Publications

2024 Fresh Eyes, Book publication by Goup Magazine

2021 Featured, Noise Magazine

2020 Stop Motion theme, Still life Fotografiska, NYC

2020 Portrait of Humanity editor’s pick, British Journal of Photography

2020 Curated selects, VSCO Collection

2019 Halloween in New York editor’s pick,
New Yorker Photo

2019 Portrait Photography Award editor’s Pick,
The Independent Photographer

2018 Kiosk Edition shortlisted, Fotoroom

2018 Weekend Portfolio, Musée Magazine

2017 Featured still life series, Booooooom

2017 Artist interview, WuKa

2015 Fuji Film instant photo series and artist interview, Lomography Magazine