talin megherian
b. 1962, Queens, NY
                                   

education
1985
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting
 
1984-85
European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy

1980-82
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Freshman Foundation, Painting


solo exhibitions
2016
Armenian Museum of America, Watertown, MA, Interlace

2014
Thompson Gallery, Weston, MA, Kiss the Ground

1991
Gallery in the Square, Pittsburgh, PA, Talin Megherian


selected group exhibitions
2023
Fine Arts Academy, Kolkata, India, Unconnected Yet

2021
Stockton University Gallery, Galloway, NJ, Before, After, in conjunction with the UN Refugee Conference 

2020
Zoryan Institute Virtual Galley, Toronto, ON, Forces and Factors

2020
Grimshaw Gudewicz Art Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River MA, Histories: Lived, Learned, and Inherited

2019
Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, MA, Unfoldingobject—The Art of Collage

2018
Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA, Resiliency and Resistance

2017
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, Inspired Views

2016
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, Inspired Views

2015
Whistler House Museum, Lowell, MA, Pursuing Justice Through Art: 2015, A Multi-Cultural Genocide Symposium and Exhibition
 
2014
Armenian Museum and Library of America, Watertown, MA, Kiss the Ground—A New Armenia Part 1

Callahan Center, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY, Fractured Landscape

Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, RISD in Rome, European Honors Program

2013
Whistler House Museum, Lowell, MA, Pursuing Justice Through Art: A Multi-Cultural Genocide Symposium and Exhibition

2012
The George Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Accomplished

2001
Manhattanville College Library, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, The Art of Illuminated Manuscript: Medieval to Modern

1999-2001
Ernest Simons Building, Port Chester, NY, Annual Open Studios, Artists of Landmark Lofts

2000
Visions Gallery, Troy, NY, Saints and Martyrs: Holy Fools and Perfect Rejects

1996
PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY, Small Works Benefit Raffle, benefit to support Emerging Artists Programs
Chappaqua Gallery, Chappaqua, NY, Recent Paintings, Drawings and Boxed Constructions

1995 
Artspace, New Haven, CT, Gifts For The 21st Century, Invitational

1995
Gallery In The Square, Pittsburgh, PA, Water, Earth, Clay, Two Person 
Exhibition

1993-1994
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Johnstown; Wood Street Galleries, 
Pittsburgh; Foundation For Today’s Art/Nexus, Philadelphia; Sordoni Art 
Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre; State Museum of Pennsylvania, 
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 1991-92 Crafts, Visual Arts and Art Criticism Fellowship Recipients

1994
Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, Exquisite Drawing: Lines of Correspondence


selected juried exhibitions
2016
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI, Color

2007
Gallerie Icosahedron, Tribeca, NY, Armenian Student Association 58th Annual Artist’s Ball

The Village Quill, Tribeca, NY, 1st Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition

1995
Artspace, New Haven, CT, Splendid Spirit

1989
Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, 12 x 12, Rhode Island School of Design Alumni

The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, New Haven Paint and Clay Club


awards and grants
2023
Massachusetts Cultral Council, Cultral Sector Recovery Grant

2019
Creative Armenia, Spark Grant

1992
Gloria Fitzgibbons Award, The Greater Pittsburgh Commission for Women, Pittsburgh, PA, Purchase Award, Juried Competition

1991
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Fellowship in Visual Arts


collections
Armenian Museum of America, Watertown, MA