Anna Boghiguian (Cairo, 1946) is one of Egypt's foremost contemporary artists. Of Armenian origin, she has constantly moved between different cities across the globe, from Egypt to Canada and India to France. She studied political science at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, and Arts and Music at

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in Montreal, Canada. The artist investigates subjects such as the history of the cotton trade, the salt trade and the life of Egyptian Greek poet

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. In 2017, she had solo exhibitions at

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and

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—The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm. She has been nominated for the 8th edition of the

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award, one of the largest contemporary art prize in the UK. Her works have been part of several international group exhibitions, including: * Centro dos de Mayo, Madrid (2016) *

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, Eindhoven (2015) * The Armenian Pavilion at the

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(2015) *

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(2015) *

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, New York (2014) *

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(2014) * Documenta 13, Kassel (2012) Her works are in the collections of: *

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, New York * Guggenheim, Abu Dhab *

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* Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino *

, Eindhoven

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