“All I ever wanted my paintings to say to the viewer in that given moment of contact is for them to feel the deepest part of their own sacred heart”
Ani
Ani was born into an Armenian family in Marseilles France.
Her family came to America, when she was very young. She grew up among artists and loved her ethnic Armenian music, delicious foods and loving family which was the first muse into her passage for the passion of painting.
She studied at the High School of Music and Art, where she received many awards, The Art Students League in New York, where she received the Nessa Cohen Grant to study at The New York Studio School, with painter and mentor Nicholas Carone.
Today she lives, paints and enjoys her family in Duchess County New York, with her husband Steven, and their daughter Maia.
When visiting Ani and her paintings, Robert Bly compared her archetypal women to the women adored in Hafiz’s and Rumi’s love poems.
One of my greatest pleasures as a young artist was to meet one of my favorite painters Arshile Gorky’s sister, at a family reunion and to learn she is related through my Aunt Margaret Tashjian. We spoke for hours sharing thoughts on life and art and was touched deeply in my heart when told how closely they resembled conversations she had with her brother.
Remembrance
Armenia April 24, 1915
Gallery, Hudson Valley International Voice Festival
Featuring Ani Tashjian
with painters Sarkis Simonian, Iris Tatian, Steven Weiss and Laura Zarougian
April 30 2023 – May 2024
“The human spirit reflects in all art thru individual expression the mirrors of the mystery and beauty of the soul, thru truth and understanding of our connection to one another. My goal to curate this exhibition was to partake in sharing with the public a time of remembrance in Armenian history, the date April 1915.
I wanted to share this Armenian lineage with fellow Armenian artists. My purpose is to show that art sings with life thru individual expressions and is the opposite of destruction that comes with hate. In all times of world drama it is in peace that we find the gift for all humanity to live together in harmony.
The beauty and all creation of life reflects in all our hearts and we share with you our pieces in the exhibition.”
Ani