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ANET ABNOUS

anet@anetabnous.com

 

EDUCATION

2006           
B.F.A, Studio Art, Queens College (Magna cum laude)

1995           
B.A, Fashion Designing, Tehran, Iran (Alzahra University)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005           
Secrets, Queens College. N.Y

2003           
Nine Months, Queens College. N.Y

1995           
Western Hejab, Mah Art Gallery. Tehran, Iran

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
1st Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition, Juried, Village Quill, N.Y
Color Your Enthusiasm, Broadway gallery. Juried. Soho, N.Y
Summer Nudes, Antreasian Gallery, Juried, Baltimore, MD
AGBU FOCUS, Art Auction, Grant Gallery, Soho, N.Y
The Circular Exhibition, Gallery Ho, Juried, Korea
The Circular Exhibition, Hun Gallery ,Juried, N.Y
Original Face, Microcosm Gallery. Chelsea, N.Y
Freehold Public Library. Freehold, N.J
Art Alliance, In the Mirror, Juried. Red Bank, N.J           
Brookdale Community College. Freehold, NJ                       
37th Annual Monmouth festival, Juried. Monmouth, N.J
22nd Annual Jean Townsend Award, Juried. Art Alliance, N.J
International Women’s Day, Juried. Brecht Forum, N.Y                       
Freehold Public Library .Freehold, N.J
Guild of Creative Art .Shrewsbury, N.J

2006
Guild of Creative Art. Shrewsbury, N.J
Art Auction/ SICA. Long Branch, N.J
Freehold Art Society. Belmar, N.J
Original Art, Juried. Art Alliance, N.J
New Works, Juried. Art Alliance, N.J
Creative Collective Art Show, Juried. Queens College, N.Y
Women Society Art Show, Juried. Queens College, N.Y
Open Studio. Long Island City, N.Y
Perusal of friends, Juried. Queens College, N.Y

2005
Multiples, Juried. Queens College, N.Y
Open Studio. Long Island City, N.Y
Altered, Identity House/ I- Gallery, N.Y
Creative Collective Art Show, Juried. Queens College, N.Y
It is personal, Juried,  CB’s 313 Gallery, N.Y

2004
Creative Collective Art Show. Queens College, N.Y

2002
Show of figures. QCC, N.Y

2001
Utopia. QCC, N.Y

1995
Roya, Khaneh Honarmandan, House of Artists, Iran
Persian Costumes, Niavaran Farhangsara, Iran

1994
Cultural week, Elaheh Gallery, Iran

COLLECTIONS

Armenian Diocese, NY
Elaheh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Niavaran Farhangsara, Tehran, Iran
MOCIA, Tehran, Iran

PUBLICATIONS

NY Art Magazine, September, 2007 (Picks & Tips section)

The Armenian Reporter Art and Culture, June,23,2007
“1st Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition”.

Yerkir (Armenian weekly newspaper) January,19.2007
“Armenian Woman of New York” by Tamar Gasparyan Chester

Asbury Park Press, January, 6,2007
“Local artist explores Iranian society in new exhibit” by Nick Petruncio

Featured Artist of the month in Issue 15 of: October 4, 2006
Original Art and Photography Newsletter

MEDIA
           
Radio Interview by Anush Ter Taulian at WBAI 99.5 FM on April,20,2007
About two of her pieces about violence against women

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Gallery Z, RI. Exhibiting since 2006
Art Teacher at Inspired Mind Art School, Lincroft, N.J
Contemporary Artist Network
Cambridge Who’s Who
City without walls
Art Alliance of Monmouth County
Armenian International Women Artist, AIWA
Beyond Persia
Contemporary Art Network (CAN)