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Anna Boghigiuan was born in Cairo in 1946 to
Armenian/Egyptian parents. She graduated in 1969
from the American University in Cairo in
Economics and Political Science. She studied art
under the patronage of the great artist Fouad
Kamel.
Anna Boghigiuan obtained her BFA in visual art and music from Concordia
University in Montreal, Canada. She held
exhibitions in Egypt, Yemen, Greece, Canada and
France and has illustrated many books including
editions of Ungaretti, Cavafy and for the Nobel
laureate Naguib Mahfouz.
Anna Boghigiuan is a very renowned contemporary
Egyptian painter whose work is extremely
appreciated among the foreign and local
community.
Her capturing the essence of a city as vibrant
and chaotic as Cairo is a daunting task for any
painter. It requires a deep understanding of its
soul as well as a sharp eye to pick up on the
continuous metamorphosis of movement against a
background that is both timeless and undergoing
constant renewal.
Her depictions of bridges, buildings and other
architectural sites we see them squeezed or
elongated because she is a master of
deconstruction loved by architects for her
intrinsic understanding of form and structure.
Anna Boghigiuan’s selected public collection
found all over the world are:
- Biblotheque National ‘Livre Arabe’, Paris,
France.
- Vanier CEGEP, Montreal, Canada.
- FRAC des Pay de Loire, Nantes, France.
- Institut du Monde Arabes, Paris, France. |