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Varujan Boghosian (American, 1926)
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Varujan Boghosian
Untitled 1978
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Biography |
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1926 |
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Born in New Britain, Connecticut |
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1946 - 1948 |
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Central Connecticut Teachers College, New Britain, CT |
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1948 - 1950 |
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Vesper George School of Art, Boston, MA |
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1956 - 1959 |
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Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven, CT; (B.F.A. 1957, M.F.A. 1959) |
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1958 - 1959 |
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University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Instructor in Drawing and Painting, School of Architecture |
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1961 |
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Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; Instructor in Foundation Courses |
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1959 - 1964 |
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Cooper Union, New York; Assistant Professor, Advanced Drawing, Two- and Three-Dimensional Design |
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1962 - 1964 |
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Yale University, New Haven, CT; Instructor in Drawing, School of Art and Architecture |
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1964 - 1968 |
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Brown University, Providence, RI; Associate Professor, Department of Art History |
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1968 |
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Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; Professor of Art (appointed George Frederick Jewitt Professor of Art, 1982) |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 |
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Anniversary: Ten Years of Gallery Art and Artists, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York |
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2006 |
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Works on Paper, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York (with Paul Resika) (solo) |
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2002 |
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Anniversary: Ten Years of Gallery Art and Artists, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York |
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2002 |
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Five in Collage, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York |
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1997 - 1999 |
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Berry Hill Galleries, New York (solo) |
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1992 |
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David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI (solo) |
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1992 |
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Norton Gallery of Art, Palm Beach, FL (solo) |
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1991 |
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Claude Bernard Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1988 |
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Hopkins Center 25th Anniversary Exhibition: Artists-in-Residence at Dartmouth, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH |
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1986 |
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Exhibition of Work by Newly elected Members and Recipients of Awards, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York |
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1976 - 1977 |
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Boites, Musee d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris and Maison de la Culture de Rennes, France |
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1975 |
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21 American Fulbright Artists, The Institute of International Education, New York |
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1968 |
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The Door Show, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York |
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1966 |
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The Box Show, Byron Gallery, New York |
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1966 |
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The Poetic Image, Hanover Gallery, London, England |
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1964 |
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The Artist’s Reality: An International Sculpture Exhibition, The New School Art Gallery, New York |
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1956 |
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Painters and Sculptors of Promise, Alan Gallery, New York |
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1953 |
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Group Show, Obelisco Gallery, Rome, Italy |
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Selected Collections Public
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Albright – Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
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Awards and Prizes
1991 Saint Botolph Club Foundation Award
1986 Elected member, American Academy & Institute of Arts/Letters
1985 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
1975 Sculptor in Residence, American Academy in Rome
1972 National Institute of Arts and Letters Award
1968 Artist in Residence, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1966-67 Sculptor in Residence, American Academy in Rome
1967 First Prize, Drawing Category, Providence Art Club
1966 Howard Foundation Fellowship
1961 United States Department Specialists Grant
1961 Watercolor Prize, Boston Arts Festival
1958 Watercolor Prize, Portland Arts Festival
1958 First Prize, Drawing Category, New Haven, CT
1953 Fulbright Grant for Painting, Italy |
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Publications 1968 Orpheus, A Collection of Ten Woodcuts
1951 Orpheus, A Portfolio of Woodcuts, Reprinted with Additional Blocks and Poems in 1959 |
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