Anna Boghiguian

Anna Boghiguian
Born	1946 (age 71–72)
Residence	Cairo
Nationality	Armenian
Education	Political science Arts and Music
Alma mater	The American University in Cairo Concordia University

Anna Boghiguian was born in 1946, an Armenian in Cairo. Living a nomadic life, the artist 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 Concordia University 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 Constantine P. Cavafy.

In 2017, she had solo exhibitions at Castello di Rivoli and Index—The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm.^[1][2] She has been nominated for the 8th edition of the Artes Mundi award, one of the largest contemporary art prize in the UK.^[3]

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

• Centro dos de Mayo, Madrid (2016)
• Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2015)
• The Armenian Pavilion at the Venice Biennial (2015)
• Istanbul Biennial (2015)
• New Museum, New York (2014)
• São Paolo Biennial (2014)
• Documenta 13, Kassel (2012)^[4]

Her works are in the collections of:

• MoMA, New York^[5]
• Guggenheim, Abu Dhab
• The Art Institute of Chicago
• Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino^[6]

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