Artiste sculptor

Saint Mesrop

Bronze of art - 80 x 80 x 60 cm - 40 000 €

Bronze Prints Numbered out of 8 | Location : Square place of l’Europe, Alfortville 94140

* The Meeting *

This artwork carries a deeply spiritual story (for me). One day in 2015, while driving past the square of Europe-Charles-Aznavour in Alfortville, which was undergoing renovation, a thought crossed my mind:
“What a beautiful place to install a sculpture!”

A week later, as if by some strange coincidence, I received a call from Mr. Philippe Car, Deputy Mayor of Alfortville in charge of Culture and Community Life, inviting me to a meeting to discuss a sculpture project. On the appointed day, I went to the City Hall and met Mr. Philippe Car. During our conversation, I introduced my work using my Press-Book to give him a glimpse of my artistic world.

Shortly after, a second meeting was organized to delve deeper into the idea. This time, Mr. Philippe Car was accompanied by Mr. Richard Ananian, Deputy Mayor in charge of Urban Planning. A proposal was made to me: to create a bust of Saint Mesrop Mashtots for the square of Europe-Charles-Aznavour .

At those words, a wave of emotion came over me, sending shivers down my spine, as it echoed the exact thought I had had a week earlier while driving past that very square. My first reaction was to point out that a life-size bust might be lost in the vastness of the space; it needed to be created at a larger scale — at least twice its normal size — in order to be truly visible.

Mr. Philippe Car then informed me that the budget might not allow for such a project. Instinctively, I replied that this was not a problem: I would be happy to offer part of my work as a contribution. At that very moment, the faces of the city officials lit up. And it was then that I had a vision of the bust of Saint Mesrop, just as it stands today in the square of Europe-Charles-Aznavour.

I then suggested an alternative: instead of a bust twice as large, we could opt for a 1.30 scale version, showing a torso in motion, with both arms visible. And so began this adventure, blending intuition, personal commitment, and spiritual inspiration.

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* The Search for the Face of Saint Mesrop *

After our agreement, one essential question arose:
“What did Saint Mesrop Mashtots actually look like?”

I undertook thorough research, exploring various archives, eventually reaching “The Matenadaran”, the largest library of ancient manuscripts in Armenia. There, I received a crucial confirmation:
There exists no physical description or representation of Saint Mesrop Mashtots.

Even Koriun, his disciple, who wrote his biography in 405 AD, elaborates at length on his work, commitment, and legacy — but never once mentions his physical appearance or personality.

Faced with this complete absence of representation, I chose to embody my own vision of Saint Mesrop Mashtots — a vision born during my meeting at the City Hall, deeply rooted in my intuition and the symbolic nature of the location where his bust would be installed.

Thus, I created the Armenian face of my vision at the crossroads of East and West — a harmonious synthesis of both influences. For a piece destined to be installed in a square named “Europe-Charles-Aznavour” this approach seemed not only relevant but perfectly in line with the spirit of the place.

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* The Creation *

First, I sculpted a preliminary model of Saint Mesrop Mashtots’ torso to present to the Alfortville City Council. This time, the meeting included Mr. Luc Carvounas, the Mayor of Alfortville, who initiated the project.

This initiative carried deep symbolism, as explained by the Mayor: the city of Alfortville is twinned with the city of Oshakan in Armenia, where Saint Mesrop Mashtots is buried. After our exchange, the City Hall officially gave its approval for the creation of the work.

I then began my work, which required no less than 280 kg of clay to model the saint’s torso.

The journey, both magical and spiritual, did not stop there. During the creative process, extraordinary events occurred — what I like to call:
“The Gifts”

Every morning, while sharing an oriental coffee with my mother, incredible surprises would appear. Without even turning over the coffee cup (as is sometimes done), simply by observing the patterns left by the grounds on the inner walls, fascinating images would emerge: Mount Ararat, Armenian churches, and one day — the silhouette of the very torso I was sculpting.

To me, this was both marvelous and deeply moving.

And so, the magic continued, day after day…

Saint Mesrop, emerging from Armenian soil, faces his parchment laid on an oak log, drawing inspiration from Mount Ararat, which stands behind him, for the creation of the Armenian alphabet. His head turns to the left, while his raised hand points toward Mount Ararat, symbolizing his spiritual and intellectual connection to this emblematic Armenian symbol. His right hand transcribes the letters of the Armenian alphabet. Since Mount Ararat isn’t physically present in the square, an idea came to me spontaneously: I integrated it directly into the forehead of Saint Mesrop Mashtots, as a symbolic wrinkle. In the days that followed, further symbolic inspirations emerged. I decided to evoke Mount Ararat again — this time on his chest, near the heart — by inscribing the name Mesrop Mashtots. In the Western alphabet, the letter “M” resembles the silhouette of Mount Ararat, whose two peaks naturally form that iconic shape.

Saint Mesrop Mashtots was born on the western side of Mount Ararat (formerly Great Armenia) and died in eastern Armenia, on the other side of the mountain. This is why the two “M”s in his name appear as mirrored forms of Mount Ararat: one peak higher than the other, symbolizing historic Armenia, divided between East and West.

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* References *

L’Inauguration
You can watch the 2015 video of the inauguration of the bust of Saint Mesrop Mashtots in the square of Europe-Charles-Aznavour in Alfortville here

Press Coverage:
• Le MAG
• Val-de-Marne-Infos
• Nouvelles d’Arménie magazine

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* Word of gratitude *

I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the Mayor of Alfortville, Mr. Luc Carvounas, for his initiative, which enabled such an extraordinary project to come to life. I also warmly thank Mr. Philippe Car, Mr. Richard Ananian, and the entire municipal team for their support and contribution.

Love and Resilience

Bronze of art - 80 x 60 x 50 cm - Offered

Bronze Prints Numbered out of 8 | Location : Square Gabriel Meynet, Alfortville town hall 94140

Ar’home

Siliceous pink marble from Portugal - 130 x 70 x 50 cm - 50 000 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand | Location: Chem. Lateral, 94140 Alfortville

Mystery

Stone - 30 x 30 x 30 cm - 8 500 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

A photophore that represents life and the union of human beings, all cultures and religions combined!

It is a work of creation in a unique piece with a theme. Sculpture made in direct and freehand carving in a cut stone. It is possible to reproduce it in stone in a unique piece, in numbered art bronze, in resin, in plaster, etc.

This work reveals, in its upper part with the “M”, the absolute mystery of existence, an enigma forever, in my opinion.

One of its faces suggests a shell, recalling water, the primordial source of life.

Another surface evokes the tree of life, symbol of oxygen and vitality.

Another dimension of the work celebrates the strength of the living through the figure of a mother, surrounded by waves, her legs rooted like a tree bearing fruit. Her body, of a dazzling femininity, reveals her undulating hair, her nourishing chest. She carries within her the promise of the future: a baby in the shape of a fetus hung on her breast.

Finally, the last side explores the deep connection between human beings through the spiritual prism. Since the troglodyte, and surely well before, rises the cycle of the evolution of beliefs and spirituality. The sun, the tablets of the Ten Commandments, a church, a mosque, a pagoda, etc … symbols of religions.

“Mystery” is a hymn to life!

Irresistible

Marble - 30 x 18 x 18 cm - 5 500 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Questioning

Stone - 25 x 15 x 8 cm - 8 500 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Interrogation is a themed creative artwork, in a unique piece, semi figurative in abstraction. Sculpture made from a beautiful cut stone Lavoux. Directly carved, freehand, sculpted entirely by hand using scissors, rifflers, chisels, etc. This piece of art can be reproduced in numbered art bronze, resin, plaster etc.

It represents the painful theme of divorce, the separation of a couple despite all the love they had for one another! On this art piece there is the number 2, which also represents a question mark, however, it signifies the body of a man. The woman seen from behind is snuggled up against the chest of the man who is brooding over her. The woman’s body seen from behind also represents the rump of a horse with its saddle. This time it is the man who is carried by the woman.

God

Self hardening modeling clay - 30 x 20 x 15 cm - Reserved

Low Relief Unique Piece

Dialogue

Stone - 30 x 30 x 20 cm - 2 500 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Femininity

Stone - 20 x 30 x 30 cm - 1 800 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Brutus

Siliceous Carrara marble - 45 x 25 x 25 cm - 40 000 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

The Foot of Alexander in terracotta

Terracotta - 35 x 12 x 25 cm - 4 000 €

Unique Piece

The eye of the master in stone

Stone - 30 x 14 x 10 cm - 5 500 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

This work represents Michelangelo Buonarroti, my Master in sculpture.

Here, only the left eye is visible.

A little wink — it’s my dominant eye, the aiming eye.

The Hand of the Master

Stone - 25 x 15 x 15 cm - 5 500 €

Unique Piece

Aznavour

Reproduction in Plaster - 13 x 10 cm - 250 €

Low Relief Plaster Prints Numbered out of 8

The Well of Life

Terracotta - 20 x 30 x 20 cm - 3 500 €

Unique Piece

the Citadel

Old Oak Wood - 50 x 40 x 20 cm - 9 000 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Stephanie

Terracotta - 15 x 10 x 10 cm - 3 500 €

Unique Piece

Sun tanning

Terracotta - 20 x 10 x 10 cm - 500 €

Unique Piece

Arabian Thoroughbred

Linden Wood - 20 x 20 x 10 cm - 10 000 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

The Veteran Boxer

Terracotta - 30 x 20 x 20 cm - 3 500 €

Unique Piece

The Businessman

Terracotta - 30 x 20 x 12 cm - 2 500 €

Unique Piece

The Madonna

Terracotta - 30 x 30 x 20 cm - 2 500 €

Unique Piece

Mr Faivre

Copy in Plaster - 45 x 40 x 30 cm - Reserved

Plaster Prints Numbered out of 8

Henri Mondor

Patinated Terracotta - 45 x 30 x 20 cm - 10 000 €

Unique Piece

The Survivor Mom

Copy in Numbered Plaster - 45 x 35 x 30 cm - 3 000 €

Plaster Prints Numbered out of 8

The Athlete

Stone - 20 x 15 x 15 cm - Reserved

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

The Female Trunk

Stone - 20 x 10 x 8 cm - 1 800 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Friend and Guide

Terracotta - 20 x 15 x 10 cm - 4 500 €

Unique Piece

Elephant

Copy in Plaster - 30 x 30 x 15 cm - Reserved

Plaster Prints Numbered out of 8

Toraja Buffalo Sacrifice

Patinated Terracotta - 35 x 18 cm - 2 200 €

Low Relief Unique Piece

House of the Toraja ethnic group

Terracotta - 40 x 18 cm - 2 000 €

Low Relief Unique Piece

An Indonesian Fisherman

Patinated Terracotta - 35 x 20 cm - 1 500 €

Low Relief Unique Piece

The Indonesian Pipe Smoker

Patinated Terracotta - 35 x 20 cm - 2 500 €

Low Relief Unique Piece

The Indonesian Woman with ovals

Patinated Terracotta - 35 x 20 cm - 2 500 €

Low Relief Unique Piece

Woman with Umbrella

Patinated Terracotta - 35 x 20 cm - 3 500 €

Low Relief Unique Piece

Mary

Plaster - 45 x 40 x 10 cm - 600 €

Low Relief Plaster Prints Numbered out of 8

Rosy

Plaster - 20 x 15 x 5 cm - 500 €

Low Relief Plaster Prints Numbered out of 8

Argentine Tango

A Single Uncut Brass Wire - 45 x 30 x 15 cm - Reserved

Unique Piece

Maya the Bee

A Single Uncut Brass Wire - 20 x 30 x 20 cm - Reserved

Unique Piece

Deir Ezzor The Exodus

Plaster - 60 x 45 x 10 cm - 1 200 €

Low Relief Plaster Prints Numbered out of 8

This powerful and poignant work evokes the tragic exodus of Armenians during the 1914 genocide, across the vast arid expanses of the Deir Ezzor desert. It is an imprint of memory, a testimony sculpted in pain and resilience.

On each side, the desert stretches out, implacable and silent, a mute witness to wandering and suffering. In its center, the Euphrates, bearer of life, here becomes a funereal river, carrying the bodies of thirsty and hungry martyrs, and some massacred. Its impassive current carries the weight of the drama, mixing water with the memory of the blood shed.

On the upper right bank, a cemetery emerges, a sanctuary for departed souls. This is where the victims rest, deposited one by one after crossing the bridge of the exodus. At the bottom right, a funeral cart, a frail vehicle of destiny, transports the bodies beyond the threshold of life, in a silent procession towards eternity.

At the heart of the work, a symbol emerges: the cross, a figure of Armenian Christianity, erected as a final landmark in the tumult of disappearance. From its side flows a drop of blood, a tear frozen in matter, a vibrant reminder of sacrifice and martyrdom.

Giraffe Woman

Patinated Terracotta - 35 x 20 cm - 2 500 €

Low Relief Unique Piece

Tuareg Woman

Patinated Terracotta - 10 x 7 x 7 cm - 400 €

Unique Piece

Horse

Patinated Terracotta - 12 x 7 x 7 cm - 300 €

Unique Piece

White Bear

Northern fir - 15 x 10 x 10 cm - 900 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Slavic Princess

Terracotta - 13 x 8 x 7 cm - 700 €

Unique Piece

After Bath

Terracotta - 10 x 7 x 7 cm - 400 €

Unique Piece

The Wait

Terracotta - 30 x 20 x 15 cm - 900 €

Unique Piece

The 3 graces in patinated terracotta

Patinated Terracotta - 35 x 25 x 20 cm - 3 300 €

Unique Piece

The desert rose

Stone - 18 x 15 x 15 cm - 2 200 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Tealight holder

Stone - 20 x 20 x 10 cm - Offered

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

The 3 graces in terracotta

Terracotta - 35 x 25 x 20 cm - 1 200 €

Unique Piece

The beauty of the Vth

Stone - 20 x 25 x 10 cm - Offered to M. Tibéri

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Parrot

Stone - 35 x 25 x 15 cm - Reserved

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Hearth

Stone - 35 x 15 x 15 cm - 3 500 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Hearth – The Soul of the Family

Hearth is an abstract work. Each side reveals an essential facet of human and emotional structure.

On one side, the keyhole to home, a symbolic door of belonging and inner warmth. Then, at the corner, the slender figure embodying the mother, the heart of the home, a silent pillar that supports and envelops.

Another side represents the child, the round opening suggests its head and also the interior of the home (the soul), while the rest of the shape evokes the body.

Waiting

Stone - 30 x 10 x 13 cm - Sold

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Arc Couple

Stone - 18 x 10 x 10 cm - 900 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Pride and Humility

Stone - 45 x 25 x 20 cm - 7 500 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Pride and Humility is a unique piece of creative artwork: stylized, design, aesthetic, semi-figurative and in abstraction. The sculpture is directly carved and freehand in cut stone. This piece of art can be reproduced in stone as a unique piece, numbered art bronze, resin, plaster etc.
The woman straightens her torso and at the same time lowers her head. The man just behind her stands proudly like a protective cobra, but lowers his head into the woman’s breasts.

The Armenian

Stone - 35 x 25 x 16 cm - 3 800 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Venice

Stone - 25 x 20 x 10 cm - 3 300 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Mermaid

Stone - 35 x 30 x 12 cm - 4 200 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Portrait of Varoujan

Wood - 35 x 20 x 15 cm - Reserved

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Directly carved in an old peice of oak wood

Alexander’s foot in marble

Marble - 35 x 12 x 25 cm - 60 000 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Pure White Carrara Marble

Freehand reproduction, with chisels, of a fragment of the fresco “Visit of Alexander to Diogenes” by P. Puget

Laury

Terracotta - 30 x 30 x 20 cm - 2 800 €

Unique Piece / Portrait of Laury

Laury is a dancer.

Here, like a goddess, she meditates after her bath.

Important note: this is a full-body sculptural portrait, created from a live model posing.

The eye of the master in bronze

Bronze of art - 30 x 14 x 10 cm - 2 400 €

Bronze Prints Numbered out of 8

This work represents Michelangelo Buonarroti, my Master in sculpture.

Here, only the left eye is visible.

A little wink — it’s my dominant eye, the aiming eye.

Dive

Stone - 5 x 20 x 10 cm cm - Sold

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Dive – A Tribute to Love and Balance

In Dive, love is embodied in a sculptural dance where two souls face each other, united in perfect harmony. The feminine figure, all curves and delicacy, expresses the aesthetics of grace and sensitivity. In opposition, the side of the dive embodies the strength and momentum of the masculine, a powerful movement that resonates like a vital breath.

Both observe each other, respond to each other, complement each other. They form only a visual dialogue where elegance meets impulse, where softness balances with energy, in a moment suspended between momentum and contemplation FOR UNION.

Dance

Stone - 18 x 10 x 8 cm - 800 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

An abstract work full of movement and curves.

I love when my sculptures dance and manage to stir the hearts , delight the eyes, and awaken the senses.

Exotic couple

Stone - 12 x 14 x 4 cm - Sold

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Love, tenderness, and exoticism in pure lines.

Rockers

Stone - 12 x 14 x 4 cm - 1 600 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

The couple is in the dynamic of LOVE. Here, there is a contrast between the man and the woman.

The man has long hair, and the woman is like a faceted jewel — a diamond for her Beloved.

Romantic couple

Stone - 12 x 14 x 4 cm - 2 500 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

The romantic couple represents modernity and design, yet remains rooted in respect, love, and gentleness.

Freedom

Stone - 35 x 40 x 12 cm - 6 500 €

Unique Piece / Direct Carving / Freehand

Freedom is an artwork of themed creation, in a unique stylized piece: design, aesthetic, semi-figurative and in abstraction. The sculpture is made from a beautiful fine grained stone. Directly carved, freehand, sculpted entirely by hand using scissors, rifflers, chisels, etc. It can be reproduced in numbered bronze of art, plaster, resin, etc.