Raffi Kalenderian

b. 1981, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Raffi Kalenderian is a Los Angeles-based artist who paints disaffected portraits of his young, ambivalent-looking friends against an ultra-flat two-dimensional space, the patterns on clothing and furniture forming elaborate abstractions. His work attempts to capture a total moment, not merely the sitter in isolation from their environment but the complete psychological framework in which they exist. (Courtesy of Artsy).