the nail always stays in thesame place - Limited Edition 1 of 1 Print

My journey into this wild bizarre world starts out in the year 1975 New York/Manhattan, United States of America. After my Jewish father Marc Alpert and my Armenian mother Ani plopped me out into this world (which is a miracle!:) three years after my sister Natacha was born, we stayed in New York until I was three years old. Then my mother my sister and I headed to London, where my mother bellydanced for a living where we would end up staying for 7 years. We were walking on the streets of London about to go to the cinema on a rainy day, my mother turned to me and my sister and asked us what we thought if we were to pack up our things and head to Istanbul. For me going to an all boy's catholic school in London where their were masters who wore black cloaks and used to spank my bottom with a slipper , I did not even hesitate and replied " yes mummy I would like that very much". Even though I did not know how to speak Turkish it was all good for me. So in 1985 the 3 of us moved to Istanbul. After spending a week or two in a hotel my mother ended up renting a small place on the princess Islands called Kınılıada. Just imagine living in London where it rains cats n frogs and finding yourself on an island with just horse carriages for transportation and not speaking a word of Turkish!. It was all good. So my first 5 years I went to an International school called IICS which is affiliated with Robert Collage. It was a school that was filled with spoiled consulate kids which I did not really get along with. I then went to a private turkish school called Özel Dost Lisesi , where I made some good life long friends. As soon as I completed high school I moved to Boston to find an an art school. As my sister had already moved there it was more convenient to pick Boston. I ended up getting into The School of the Museum of Fine Arts. While going to Art school I was telemarketing in evenings to support my daily cash flow. By the time I had completed the Museum school I had progressed at my night job and ended up becoming a telefundraiser manager for Stephen Dunn & Assoc. I ended up becoming a campaign manager for non profit art organizations such as The New York Philharmonic, Boston Lyric Opera, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Huntington Theater Company and the list goes on and on. So while studying fine arts I found myself working in a completey different area making a bunch of money.