Anna Boghiguian
Anna Boghiguian (born 1946) is an Egyptian contemporary artist. One of Egypt's foremost contemporary artists, her work investigates various historical events in a political context, such as the history of the cotton trade, the salt trade and the life of Egyptian Greek poet Constantine P. Her work frequently takes the form of vast installations composed of painted figures that are arranged to fill rooms.
Anna Boghiguian
- Name
- Anna Boghiguian
- Born
- 1946
- Birthplace
- Cairo, Egypt
- Education
- * Political science
- Nationality
- Egypt · Canada
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Languages
- English
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Anna Boghiguian (born 1946) is an Egyptian contemporary artist. One of Egypt's foremost contemporary artists, her work investigates various historical events in a political context, such as the history of the cotton trade, the salt trade and the life of Egyptian Greek poet Constantine P. Her work frequently takes the form of vast installations composed of painted figures that are arranged to fill rooms.
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Anna Boghiguian (born 1946) is a draftsperson and painter, of Canadian and Egyptian nationality. The draftsperson was born in Cairo. Anna Boghiguian worked in Cairo.
Languages used include English. Works are held at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, among others.
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The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Cairo. Work by Anna Boghiguian is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Van Abbemuseum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst.
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Key facts
• Name — Anna Boghiguian • Born — 1946 • Birthplace — Cairo, Egypt • Education — * Political science • Arts and Music • Alma Mater — * The American University in Cairo • Concordia University
Early life and education
Early life and education
Anna Boghiguian was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 and has Armenian roots. She studied political and social science at the American University in Cairo, Egypt and holds a BFA in fine arts and music from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She is a traveling artist and has constantly moved between different cities across the globe.
Career
Career
After a showing at the 2012 edition of Documenta, Boghiguian won the Golden Lion for her Armenian Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale. In 2017, she had solo exhibitions at Castello di Rivoli and Index—The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm. She has been nominated for the 8th edition of the Artes Mundi award, one of the largest contemporary art prize in the UK. In 2023, Boghiguian was awarded the Wolfgang Hahn Prize, granted by the Museum Ludwig. Boghiguian was the subject of a solo show at the Power Plant in Toronto in October 2023.
Works
Works
Her works have been part of several international group exhibitions, including: • Guggenheim, Abu Dhabi • The Art Institute of Chicago • Documenta 13, Kassel (2012) • New Museum, New York (2014) • São Paulo Biennial (2014) • Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2015) • The Armenian Pavilion at the Venice Biennial (2015) • Istanbul Biennial (2015) • Centro dos de Mayo, Madrid (2016) • MoMA (2017) • Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino (2019) Solo exhibitions: • Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven • Carré d'Art (2016) • Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation (2017) • Museum der Moderne Salzburg (2018) • New Museum (2018) • Tate St. Ives (2019) • SMAK (2020)
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Anna Boghiguian is recorded as painter and draftsperson.
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Life and career
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1946
Anna Boghiguian was born in 1946 at Cairo.
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- 1.Anna Boghiguian. The Power Plant.
- 2.Boghiguian Sfeir-Semler Gallery. www.sfeir-semler.com.
- 3.Anna Boghiguian: WOVEN WINDS – Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation. indexfoundation.se.
- 4.Anna Boghiguian - Artes Mundi 8.
- 5.Alex Greenberger. Anna Boghiguian to Take Home $106,000 After Receiving One of the World’s Biggest Art Prizes. ARTNews. September 29, 2023.
- 6.ANNA BOGHIGUIAN WINS 2024 WOLFGANG HAHN PRIZE. Art Forum. September 28, 2023.
- 7.Anna Boghiguian. Sharjah Art Foundation.
- 8.documenta13. dOCUMENTA (13) - dOCUMENTA (13). d13.documenta.de.
- 9.Anna Boghiguian MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
- 10.Anna Boghiguian - Castello di Rivoli. Castello di Rivoli.
- 11.Anna Boghiguian - Van Abbemuseum. Van Abbemuseum.
- 12.Anna Boghiguian. Sfeir-Semler Gallery.
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