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Curriculum Vitae Anita ToutikianPersonal Born in Beirut in 1961 Nationality 1 Lebanese Nationality 2 Greek Ethnic Armenian Home Address Address Youness Jbeily Street – Imp. 122, Mobayed - Al Salam Building, 7th floor Achrafieh - Jeitawi Beirut 2078 1209 Lebanon Mobile Phone 961-3-711131 E-mail toutikian@hotmail.com Homepage http://www.artonaute.com Education 2001-2004 Haigazian University – Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology 1992-1995 Toross Rosslin Fine Arts Academy – Drawing, Painting and Sculpture 1992-1993 Artist Paul Guiragossian Studio for Fine Arts – 1990-1991 Haigazian University – Art Appreciation & Art History 1988-1991 Haigazian University – Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration 1987-1989 Académie Michel-Ange de Beaux Arts – Art & Design Awards 1998 First Prize for Young Artists, Sursock Museum • Beirut, Lebanon 1997 Honorary Mention of the Jury, Sursock Museum • Beirut, Lebanon Languages Armenian – Arabic – English – French – Turkish – Greek Occupations Artist – Writer – Psychologist – Instructor of Art and Psychology International Collective Exhibitions 2004 Lebanon, The Artist’s View II – Gallery 27 on Cork street • London, Great Britain 2002 ARTSUD – Representing Espace SD – Le Palais Des Congrès De Paris • Paris, France 2001 Lebanese Artists in Jordan – Darat Al Founoun • Amman, Jordan 2000 The Festival of Alternative Art: Metropolitan Frenzy – The Armenian Center For Contemporary Experimental Art • Yerevan, Armenia. 1999 The Great Atrophy – The Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art • Yerevan, Armenia. 1998 TEXT – Doumanian Museum • Yerevan, Armenia. Individual Exhibitions 2003 Citoyen du Monde – Public Interactive Installation – Jounieh Municipality • Jounieh, Lebanon 2003 Camera Obscura – Public Interactive Installation – Jounieh Municipality • Jounieh, Lebanon 2002 Dévernissage – Video projection & Awards for Best Visitors – Espace SD • Beirut, Lebanon 2002 The Non-Visitor – Street Happening – Place de L’Etoile • Beirut, Lebanon 2002 Maison de vertu – Painting and Installation – E space SD • Beirut, Lebanon 2002 The Best Visitor – Laboratoire Espace SD • Beirut, Lebanon 2002 Woodhenge – Corniche of El Mina • Tripoli, Lebanon Selected Group Exhibitions in Lebanon 2004 EXPOFF – Byblos OFF Festival – Place de L’UNESCO • Byblost, Lebanon 2004 Alive For Freedom – Glass Hall of Ministry of Tourism • Beirut, Lebanon 2003 Quand Les Artistes s’Amusent – Gallerie Epreuve D’Artistes • Beirut Lebanon 2003 LAYAC Artists – UNESCO Palace • Beirut Lebanon 2003 Salon Des Artistes Independents – Biel • Beyrouth, Liban 2003 By The Catalogue – Artsud & Ardeco – Biel • Beyrouth, Liban 2003 Women by Women – The Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World • Beirut, Lebanon 2003 From Scratch to Crafts – Photography – Sursock Museum • Beirut, Lebanon 2002 The Wounded – Lebanese Artists’ Association • Beirut, Lebanon 2002 Lebanese-Armenian Women – Vasbouragan Hall • Beirut, Lebanon 2002 Insolites Mondes d’Artistes – Expo Beirut • Beirut, Lebanon 2002 Across Lebanon – UNESCO Palace • Beirut, Lebanon 2001 Facts of Art – Art & Multimedia Happening – Le Dôme • Beirut, Lebanon 2001 Artefacts – Espace SD • Beirut, Lebanon 2001 Les Artistes Libanais Dans Les Collections du Musée Sursock et du Ministère de la Culture au Liban – Sursock Museum• Beirut, Lebanon 2001 Dialogue des Cultures – Espace SD • Beirut, Lebanon 2001 Francophonie – Lebanese Artists’ Association - Maarad Street • Beirut, Lebanon 2000 ARTUEL 2000 – (Special Invitation Artist) – Beirut Hall • Beirut, Lebanon 1999 The Dispensary – The Red Cross • Aynjar, Lebanon 1999 50 years of Armenian Artists in Lebanon – The Fabrika • Beirut, Lebanon 1998 Fight Aids – French Cultural Center • Beirut, Lebanon 1998 ARTUEL 1998 – International Salon of Contemporary Art • Beirut, Lebanon 1998 Youth for one Lebanon – Dar El Nadwa • Beirut, Lebanon 1996 HARVEST – Place des Martyrs • Beirut, Lebanon 1995 Salon de Printemps – Place des Martyrs • Beirut, Lebanon 1994 Young Generation of Armenian Artists – A.G.B.U. Hall • Beirut, Lebanon 1994 – 2003 Regular yearly participation at the Salon d’Automne of Sursock Museum • Beirut, Lebanon 1993 – 2000 Participations in collective youth exhibitions as “Artist Unknown” Selected Bibliography Art Against Art– By Vagram Agassian To Karoun Cultural Magazine October Issue 1998 – Yerevan, Armenia Machines Esperantes– By Joe Tarrab To Artsud Exhibition Catalogue April 2002 – Paris, France L’artiste Comme Medium– By Anita Toutikian To Le Journal De L’Espace, No. 2 – Octobre 2002, Beyrouth, Liban Anita Toutikian : « Maison de vertu », peintures et installations Le meilleur Spectateur– By Joe Tarrab To L’orient Le Jour Daily Newspaper Novembre 15 2002, Beyrouth, Liban Anita Toutikian : Une Oeuvre Provocante et Une Femme Hors du Commun By Nadine Abou Zaki To Alhasnaa Magazine– February 2003, Beirut Lebanese Art Exhibition Turns Heads In London– By Ali Jaafar For The Daily Star March 11, 2004 – Beirut, Lebanon |
http://www.howtoenjoy.co.uk/archives/2004_03/lebanese.htm :
March 6 2004, Saturday, 10am-5.30pmLEBANESE ART POST 1974 PLUS TWO OF H.R.H. PRINCE CHARLES' ITALIAN WATERCOLOURS ON VIEW AT LEBANON: THE ARTISTS VIEW EXHIBITION HOSTED AT TWO NEIGHBOURING ART GALLERIES IN MAYFAIRLast Monday - virtually minutes before the Lebanese flautist, Wissam Boustany, accompanied by the pianist, Nigel Clayton, were about to give a 75-minute concert - we came across a very interesting selection of essentially Lebanese art being displayed at two neighbouring art galleries in London's Mayfair. We say, 'essentially,' as two of the works on display at the smaller of the two galleries, were by H.R.H Prince Charles. Yes, the organisers are fortunate to have the loan of two of Prince Charles' watercolours, both of which feature differing and expansive views from Casa Bosci, near Siena in Florence, Italy. Looking at the Lebanese artists that have a couple of works on show, we counted ten: Rima Amyuni; Youmna Asseily; Rached Bohsali; Fadia Haddad; Rafic Majzoub; Romanos Moukarzel; Raouf Rifai; Ghada Saghieh; Hanibal Srouji and Anita Toutikian. The latter, from Beirut, we were fortunate to meet just before the concert. As well as being an artist, Anita Toutikian (Artonaute.com) is also a psychologist and writer. Her two works on show are: "Inter subjectivity" (180cm x 120cm, £1,587.30/$3,000) which is an acrylic on canvas and - our favourite - "Cast the first tone,"listed as an interactive intersubjective painting installation (100cm x 100cm x 7.5cm, £2,116.40/$4,000). Our other favourite is Nada Akl's oil on canvas, "Baskinta," (£2,679.08/$4,976.39) which is one of the few - if not the only - Lebanese geographical scene on show. But, it should be noted, as curator, Nadine Majdalani Begdache (from Galerie Janine Rubeiz) informed us, that the exhibition is not just about painted scenes of Lebanon but it encompasses all type of art, both figurative and more abstract. Prices for the works on show, which have mostly been produced within the last three or four years, range from £370.37/$700 for two of Joseph Chahfe's mixed media on canvas works up to £15,873.02/$30,000 for Nada Sehnaoui's sole-work-on-show, "Portrait of the Azouri family" - a mixed media work, on ten wooden panels. Several of the artists are fortunate to have as many as either three or four works on show. These are Nadim Karam, Joseph Harb and the already-mentioned, Joseph Chahfe. Go along and discover more, as today is the last day for the current exhibition. Unfortunately, we ran out of time on the day we visited and did not have a £30 ticket for the classical music concert, which was just about to get under way, so we slipped away - into the night, and visited a botanical art exhibition in another gallery in Shepherd's Market... A: Free E: (see websites) L: Gallery 27 & The Gallery in Cork Street, 27 & 28 Cork Street, London, W1 N: 020 7794 7595 T: Green Park (Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria lines) W: http://www.artonaute.com/ http://www.britishlebanese.org/ http://www.galeriejaninerubeiz.com/ http://www.galleryincorkstreet.com/ |
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Lebanese Art Exhibition Turns Heads In London
For all the emotional resonance of many of the paintings on display, it was also refreshing to see a keen sense of humor traversing through a number of the artists’ work. One work by Anita Toutikian featured assorted colored pencils stuck on a board which the audience could move around as suited them. Explaining the piece, Toutikian told the Daily Star: lately I’ve discovered a new term to describe my work – Intersubjectivity, which means that the flow of ideas should not stop. They’re not one way like when the father speaks and the son listens. Or when the priest speaks and the people listen. It should flow both ways. Whenever you have authority figures like the father, the priest, or the artist there should be an opportunity for the ideas to mix. “The pigment I provide is loose, so the viewer can decide where each color should go. Every time a viewer changes a pencil it becomes a different work so they become the author and the work changes perpetually,” Toutikian said. |
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Ali Jaafar
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