ANI JILLIAN-WEISS
AKA Ani Tachdjian-Weiss

Education;
High School Of Music and Arts, N.Y.C.
Fashion Institute Of Technology, Associate degree N.Y.C
Art Students League, N.Y.C
New York Studio School, N.Y.C

Scholarships, Grants & Awards;
1979 Award High Achievement in the Arts, High School of Music and Art
1980 The Art Students League Merit Scholarship
1981 The Art Students League Merit Scholarship
1982 Honoree Art Award, in memory of Martin Luther King
1983 Eloped in Paris and married artist Steven Weiss
1983 McDowell Scholarship, Art Studies in Paris France
1983 Nessa Cohen Grant; to study with Nicholas Carone at The New York Studio School with full one year paid NYC living expenses.

Exhibitions;
1979 The One World Festival, Armenian Artists Exhibition, St. Vartan Cathedral N.Y.C.
1991 “Women Against War” Featured Artist, Woodstock Town Hall, Woodstock N.Y.
1992 Mural, Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso Jazz Concerts
1992 – 1994 Group Exhibitions, Walter Petrucci Gallery, Saugerties N.Y.
1992- 1993 Group Exhibitions, The Button Hole Gallery, Saugerties N.Y.
1992 Group Exhibitions, Susan Cooper Gallery, Woodstock N.Y.
1993 Group Exhibitions, Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, N.Y.
1994 Installation Murals, Renaissance Fair, Woodstock, N.Y.
1994 Murals 32′ x 10′ Woodstock 94 Music Festival
1994 Murals 8′ x 10′ Amnesty International, Woodstock 94 Music Festival, commissioned for Peter Gabriel concert finale
1996 Four Chosen Artists Group Exhibition, Woodstock Artist Association and Museum
1997 Solo Exhibition, Woodstock Artist Association and Museum
2000 Mural, Woman in Red Dress, collaboration with Poet Robert Bly, Poem by Hafiz, 12′ x 10′
2000 Lincoln Center Cork Gallery, N.Y.C. group exhibitions
2000 Dream Festival, The Deep Listening Space, Kingston N.Y. curated by Whitney Museum director
2000 Mural The Festival in Celebration of Pauline Oliveros, Lincoln Center N.Y.C.
2001 Solo Exhibition, The Deep Listening Space, Kingston N.Y.
2009 Solo Exhibition BSP Gallery and Theater, “Love is Wider Than Snow” Uptown Kingston N.Y.
2009 The Poets Gallery Group Exhibition BSP Gallery and Theater, Uptown Kingston N.Y.
2010 Three Consecutive Exhibitions, The Reformed Church Of Saugerties, Saugerties N.Y.
2012 Solo Exhibition “Remembering” from the Pomegranate Series dedicated to my grandmother, Bank of America, Woodstock N. Y.
2013 Allure Gallery, “Pomegranates” Rhinebeck N.Y.
2015 Artist Remembering Armenian Genocide, “Pomegranates” Woodstock Museum Woodstock N.Y.
2016 Gallery of The Festival Of The Voice, Exhibition with Steven Weiss
2017-2023. Exhibitions at The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice
April 30 2023: “Remembrance” April 24 1915 Armenia. Curated by Ani Tashjian artistic director of the NY Upstate Artist Collective with painters Sarkis Simonian, Ani Tashjian, Iris Tatian, and Laura Zarougian at The Cultural Arts Building of the International Festival of the Voice, 24 Main
2023 Painting Exhibition with Bruce Murphy, Ani Tashjian & Steven Weiss, at @24 Main, International Festival of the Voice

Artistic Director and Curator
1992 to present: Artistic Director of The Woodstock Artist Space, The Woodstock Artist Collective and The Upstate Artist Collective, presenting Art in Public Spaces by The Hudson Valley Festival of the Arts.
1992-2002 Curator Group Exhibitions, The Bread Alone Café and Gallery, Woodstock N.Y.
2000-2001 Lincoln Center Cork Gallery, N.Y.C. curator, 2 group exhibitions
2010 Curated Art Festival, The Reformed Church Of Saugerties N.Y.
2012-2013 Curator Art Exhibitions, Allure Gallery, Rhinebeck N.Y.
2017-2019 Curator Art Exhibitions, Young Artist Gallery at The International Festival of the Voice, Phoenicia N.Y.
2019 Curator, Young Artists Exhibition celebrating tenth year anniversary of The International Festival of the Voice, The Enchanted Cafe Gallery, Red Hook N.Y.
2022-2023 Solo Exhibition, International Festival of the Voice
2023 Curator Group Exhibition with Bruce Murphy, Ani Tashjian & Steven Weiss,The Upstate Artist Collective presents a Festival of the Arts hosted at The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice
2023 Curator Remembrance of Armenian history April 1915 with Armenian painters Sarkis Simonian, Iris Tatian, Ani Tashjian and Laura Zarougian The Upstate Artist Collective presents a Festival of the Arts hosted at The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice

Media;
CD Music Covers, 3 Albums for Jazz Artist Marilyn Crispell, Titles; For Coltrane, Destiny & Cancer Moon
2013 Painting Featured in Most Beautiful Homes magazine 2 pages, Austria
1991- 1998 Poets Gallery Publication, featured in numerous publications