Arman Kupelyan is an Armenian actor, clown, theatre maker, and pedagogue based in Prague. He combines contemporary clowning with butō dance in his artistic practice, and has created solo butō-clown performances with his team: Playground of the Unconscious Self (2021) and Chuck My Life (2024). He has collaborated with theatre groups such as BodyVoiceBand, Wariot Ideal, and Dočasná Company, and since 2025 he has been a member of Špatné Divadlo.Since 2022 he is working as a hospital clown with the organization Zdravotní Klaun. From 2025 he also teaches at the Prague Conservatory. Graduated from HAMU Nonverbal Theatre, he developed his craft through numerous workshops and masterclasses with leading international artists, where he explored different styles of clowning and physical comedy, studying with teachers such as Aitor Basauri, Jos Houben, Peter Shub, Ami Hattab, Thomas Monckton and others.
