New York-based painter Tigran Tsitoghdzyan has separated from his wife and muse, the Russian American model Nadia Kazakova.
Sources confirmed the split to UPI claiming the couple, who share a son, remain on good terms. The reason for the separation was not disclosed.
"It has been extremely unexpected! Nadia has been also a very important inspiration source for Tigranʼs art," said filmmaker and family friend Artur Balder. "If you look at the Madonnas from the Milennium series, or the first Mirror series, you find Nadiaʼs presence everywhere. It is sad, but life must go on for both."
Tsitoghdzyan, who is Armenian, arrived in NYC in 2009 and has been a growing presence in the Big Apple's art scene ever since. His work was shown and sold out at Art Miami earlier this month and he plans to show a retrospective solo exhibit at the National Gallery of Armenia in the spring.