Robert Kamoyan (1937-2014) was an Armenian artist and theater director, born in Kapan, a city in Armenian SSR. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leningrad (1959-1960) but had to return to Armenia because of his father’s illness. In 1961, he enrolled at the Yerevan Institute of Art and Theater, in two departments –theater direction and painting. He graduated in 1966 and worked at Yerevan’s Russian Theatre and Tumanyan Theatre as a stage director and set designer. From 1968 to 1998 he worked at the Zangezur State Drama Theatre as a stage director and set designer. Since 1968, participated in many international and national exhibitions. His works were exhibited in St. Petersburg, Riga, Jurmala, Vilnius, Yerevan, and Kapan. Robert Kamoyan’s paintings are in many private collections around the world.