Anna Boghiguian

Anna Boghiguian was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 and has Armenian roots.[1][2] 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.[2] She is a traveling artist and has constantly moved between different cities across the globe.[2]

After a showing at the 2012 edition of Documenta, Boghiguian won the Golden Lion for her Armenian Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale.[1]

In 2017, she had solo exhibitions at Castello di Rivoli and Index—The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm.[3][4] She has been nominated for the 8th edition of the Artes Mundi award, one of the largest contemporary art prize in the UK.[5]

In 2023, Boghiguian was awarded the Wolfgang Hahn Prize, granted by the Museum Ludwig.[1][6]

Boghiguian will be the subject of a solo show at the Power Plant in Toronto in October 2023.[1]

Her works have been part of several international group exhibitions, including:

• Guggenheim, Abu Dhabi[7]
• The Art Institute of Chicago[8]
• Documenta 13, Kassel (2012)[9]
• New Museum, New York (2014)[8]
• São Paulo Biennial (2014)[8]
• Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2015)[8]
• The Armenian Pavilion at the Venice Biennial (2015)[8]
• Istanbul Biennial (2015)[8]
• Centro dos de Mayo, Madrid (2016)[8]
• MoMA (2017)[2][10]
• Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino (2019)[11]

Solo exhibitions:

• Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven[12]
• Carré d'Art (2016)[8]
• Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation (2017)[8]
• Museum der Moderne Salzburg (2018)[2]
• New Museum (2018)[2]
• Tate St. Ives (2019)[2]
• SMAK (2020)[2]