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CHANT AVEDISSIAN
Painter, photographer and textile designer Chant Avedissian was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1951 where he lives and works today.
He studied Fine Art at the School of Art and Design, Montreal, Canada and printmaking at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. On his return to Egypt, he worked closely with the architect Hassan Fathy, whose philosophies would be a lasting influence and for whom he created a vast photographic archive.
He has exhibited extensively internationally, with solo shows at Art Dubai (2010); the Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales (2010); the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC (2000); Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (1998); Leighton House Museum, London (1995); and Institut Du Monde Arabe, Paris (1990).
He has also appeared in several group shows, most recently "Arabicity", curated by Rose Issa Projects at the Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut and the Bluecoat Art Centre, Liverpool (2010); “Taswir: Pictorial Mappings of Islam and Modernity”, Martin Gropius Bau Museum, Berlin (2009); “Re-Orientations: Contemporary Arab Representations”, European Parliament, Brussels (2008) and “Pictorial Mappings of Islam and Modernity”, Martin Gropius Bau Museum, Berlin (2009).
His work is collected by several public and private institutions worldwide, including the British Museum, London; the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of African Art, both in Washington DC; and the National Gallery of Jordan, Amman.
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