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Sonia Balassanian

Sonia Balassanian born in 1942 in Iran, is a multimedia artist based in New York and Armenia. She holds a BFA from the joint program of Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an MFA from Pratt Institute in New York. Balassanian has exhibited widely, including MOMA and the Armenian pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2007 and is perhaps best known for her work focussed on identity and human rights activism. 

Her works vary from video arts to installations, drawings and paintings. Her drawings and paintings demonstrate a more lyrical side of her work, referencing both the vast landscapes of her Iranian birthplace and her practice as a writer and poet. These serene works have a kind of inner rhythmic choreography - of latent motion viewed from a quiet, stand-still place of contemplation.

“I turned to abstraction of textures and masonry-works of olden structures, semi-visible obscured arabesques and architectural forms. These compositions are mystical and convey an aura of stand-still quiet and feeling of awe and reverence.” – Sonia Balassanian

Image 1: Sonia Balassanian, Untitled, 1987, AB ANBAR Gallery

Image 2: Sonia Balassanian, Untitled, 2000, AB ANBAR Gallery

Image 3: Sonia Balassanian, Untitled, 2018, AB ANBAR Gallery

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