Andi  Ipaktchi

Andi Ipaktchi’s artistic practice begins with attention. She is drawn to things that are at risk of being overlooked.

She has spent much of her life moving between cultures, languages, and points of view. Born in Pennsylvania, Ipaktchi earned her BFA from Parsons School of Design. She has lived in France for over thirty years with her French-Iranian 

 

Her love of process and layered techniques leads her to printmaking and encaustic painting. She is equally passionate about digital technology and comedy.

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She is currently developing a picture book featuring the gargoyles and the fire of Notre-Dame.
 

She co-wrote Retreat Comedy with Irish writer Aoibheann McCann. The series reached number one on Spotify’s Comedy Fiction charts and aired on Flirt FM. A spin-off of  was shortlisted for the Hammond House Publishing Prize for Comedy.

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She lives by the conviction that curiosity should always outweigh certainty. We’ll see how that pans out.