Curator:
Nairi Khatchadourian

We are pleased to invite you to the opening of “Weaving Culture,” the first solo exhibition of internationally-renowned Armenian-Egyptian-Canadian artist Anna Boghiguian opening on May 15, 2026, at the National Gallery of Armenia. The exhibition follows the “Weaving Culture” residency program conceived by the curatorial practice AHA collective, which welcomed Anna Boghiguian to Armenia for a one-month residency in July 2025.

During her residency, the artist visited carpet workshops, met with displaced women weavers from Karabagh, traveled through southern Armenia to the border city of Meghri, creating a rich body of work on paper. Over the course of nine months, a paper to carpet translation process took place. Six displaced weavers, together with local dyers, translated the diasporic artist’s vision into a rich woven language, using local wool and more than two hundred dyes. Anna Boghiguian’s 'Weaving Culture' emerges as a contemporary epic in which the carpet becomes the narrative voice, speaking from both Armenia’s pastoral and mythological past and its present geopolitical condition.

The exhibition features a series of original drawings, thirty seven handmade carpets and tapestries, photographic and video documentation, as well as other materials from the artist’s residency, the weavers, and the weaving process. The exhibition will be on view from May 15 to August 15, 2026. A series of public programs will accompany the exhibition, along with the launch of a bilingual Armenian–English catalogue, published by AHA collective.

The "Weaving Culture" project is supported by the Delegation of the European Union in Armenia within the framework of the “Rapid Response Mechanism.”

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Anna Boghiguian (b. 1946, Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian-Canadian artist of Armenian origin whose multidisciplinary practice spans drawing, sculpture, artist books, and large-scale installations. After studying political science and economics at the American University in Cairo, she continued her education in music and visual arts in Canada at Concordia University. Her work explores material cultures and histories of trade, migration, and political violence through layered visual narratives. Boghiguian has exhibited internationally at major institutions and biennials, including Venice Biennale, documenta 13, Sharjah Biennial, and Sydney Biennale. In 2024, she was awarded the prestigious Wolfgang Hahn Prize by the Ludwig Museum in Cologne. Her works are held in numerous private and public collections, including Tate, Centre Pompidou, and the Museum of Modern Art.