Garnik Der Hacopian is a well known Iranian graphic designer, architect and modernist painter due to his still life paintings. After a period of experimenting with geometric abstraction, Der Hacopian turned to figurative painting. Using motifs inspired by Iranian miniature painting and a special way of performing the work- engraving on a concrete bed, he gave a decorative effect to his painting."

Garnik Der Hacopian began his artistic career while studying at the Academy of Fine Arts and then went on to study painting at the Faculty of  Fine Arts in the University of Tehran. In the 1960s Der Hacopian, together with Ruyin Pakbaz, Mansour Ghandriz, Mohammad Reza Judat, Mir Hossein Mousavi and others, established one of the most active and influential private art institutions in Tehran. After joining the group of Ghandriz Hall painters, Garnik followed a new path in his career. His first solo exhibition was held in Seyhoun Gallery in 1975, and two years later, a number of his works were exhibited at the Basel International Exhibition in Switzerland. This artist has also worked in architecture and interior design after the Revolution in 1971.

Hacopian used a variety of techniques in his Still life paintings, including oil painting and cement work, and blended the centuries-old Armenian artistic tradition with European Cubism, eventually acquiring a special visual language. Ruyin Pakbaz writes in this regard: "Garnik underlies various sources such as modern Western art, traditional Iranian art, and Armenian cultural heritage. "Particularly the methods of cubist geometric setting and expressionistic exaggeration of shape and color, as well as old Iranian figurative and Armenian decorative motifs." Some of his still life paintings are the result of hundreds of small and large surfaces lined with decorative motifs.