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Sonia Balassanian
Sonia Balassanian (, ; born 1942) née Sonia Amirian, is an Iranian-born painter, sculptor, and curator, of Armenian ethnicity. She co-founded the Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art. Balassanian lives in New York City and Yerevan. Biography Sonia Balassanian was born in 1942 in Arak, Pahlavi Iran. In 1966, she emigrated to the United States. Balassanian attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she received a BA degree (1970); and Pratt Institute, where she received a MFA degree (1978). In her early career she worked in installation art with sculptural elements, and later she worked in video art. She also worked on theater set design in New York City. In 1983, she was in the group exhibition, "Seven Women–Image Impact" at MoMA PS1, other artists included in the exhibition were Ana Mendieta, Anne Pitrone, Judy Rifka, Dena Shottenkirk, Susan Rothenberg, and Mimi Smith. In 1992, she and her husband Edward Balassanian co-founded the Armenian Cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arak, Iran
Arak ( fa, اراک, ''Arâk''; ) is the capital of Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 526,182, in 160,761 families. The city is nicknamed the "Industrial Capital of Iran". As a major industrial city, Arak hosts several industrial factories inside and within a few kilometers outside the city, including the factory of Machine Sazi Arak and the Iranian Aluminium Company. These factories produce nearly half of the needs of the country in steel, petrochemical, and locomotive industries. As an industrial city in a developing country, Arak suffers from air pollution. Etymology Arâk The term ''Arâk'' remains from a name given to the region since the medieval period. It derives from Arabic '' al-ʿIrāq'', meaning "root", itself derived possibly from Akkadian ''Uruk'' ( he, אֶרֶךְ, ''Erech''). But new research has shown that the word Arak has the same roots with the words Iran and Arran, and the name Iraq is an Arabicized Persian word. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Iranian Women Artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in Iran or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. A *Panteha Abareshi (born 1999), multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California *Golnar Adili (born 1976), artist based in Brooklyn, New York *Shahla Aghapour, painter, sculptor, performance art, author, gallery director *Shiva Ahmadi (born 1975), painter, video artist, and installation artist, based in the San Francisco Bay Area * Shirin Aliabadi (1973–2018), visual artist, previously based in Tehran * Samira Alikhanzadeh (born 1967), painter *Morehshin Allahyari (born 1985), artist active since 2007, educator, based in Brooklyn *Afruz Amighi (born 1974), sculptor, installation art, based in Brooklyn *Nazgol Ansarinia (born 1979), painter * Shahla Arbabi (born 1945), mixed media artist, based in Washington D.C. * Akram Monfared Arya (born 1946), painter late in life, but best known as the second licensed female aircraft pilot of Iran B *Nairy Baghramian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Women Curators
Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the world * Armenian language, the Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people ** Armenian alphabet, the alphabetic script used to write Armenian ** Armenian (Unicode block) * Armenian Apostolic Church * Armenian Catholic Church People * Armenyan, or in Western Armenian, an Armenian surname **Haroutune Armenian (born 1942), Lebanon-born Armenian-American academic, physician, doctor of public health (1974), Professor, President of the American University of Armenia **Gohar Armenyan (born 1995), Armenian footballer **Raffi Armenian (born 1942), Armenian-Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher Others * SS ''Armenian'', a ship torpedoed in 1915 See also * * Armenia (other) * Lists of Armenians This is a list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Armenian Women Artists
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Pratt Institute Alumni
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Pennsylvania Academy Of The Fine Arts Alumni
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Artists From Yerevan
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Artists From New York City
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the term is also often used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers (although less often for actors). "Artiste" (French for artist) is a variant used in English in this context, but this use has become rare. Use of the term "artist" to describe writers is valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts like used in criticism. Dictionary definitions The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines the older broad meanings of the term "artist": * A learned person or Master of Arts. * One who pursues a practical science, traditionally medicine, astrology, alchemy, chemistry. * A follower of a pursuit in which skill comes by study or practice. * A follower of a manual art, such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Arak, Iran
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Living People
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1942 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Armenian Women Artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in Armenia or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. A * Lusik Aguletsi (1946–2018), Soviet Armenian painter *Maide Arel (1907–1997) Turkish-born Armenian cubist painter * Mariam Aslamazyan (1907–2006), painter *Eranuhi Aslamazyan (1910–1998), painter B * Sonia Balassanian (born 1942), painter, sculptor, installation artist, curator * Zabelle C. Boyajian (1873–1957), painter, writer * Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (1922–2005), Soviet-Armenian painter * Zuleika Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (born 1939), painter * Zabelle C. Boyajian (1873–1957), painter and writer C * Tatev Chakhian (born 1992), Armenian-born Polish visual artist, poet D * Nelly Danielyan (born 1978), painter G *Ada Gabrielyan (born 1941), painter * Nona Gabrielyan (born 1944), Armenian-born German sculptor and educator * Mari Gerekmezyan (1913–1947), Armenian-Turkish sculptor *Regina Ghazaryan (1915–1999), painter *Stella Grigoryan (born 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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