Susanna Gyulamiryan | |
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Born | Yerevan, Armenia | February 20, 1961
Occupation(s) | curator art critic feminist scholar |
Employer(s) | “Art and Cultural Studies Laboratory” “Art Commune” Armenian Open University Yerevan State University |
Known for | Gender Studies Feminist Art |
Susanna Gyulamiryan (Armenian: Սուսաննա Գյուլամիրյան; born February 20, 1961, in Yerevan, Armenian SSR), Armenian curator, art critic and feminist scholar. She is the appointed curator of the Pavilion of the Republic of Armenia at 58th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia (2019). Gyulamiryan is co-founder and the president of the non-governmental organization “Art and Cultural Studies Laboratory” (ACSL), and artistic director of the “Art Commune” International Artist-in-Residence Program. The “Art Commune” is a general member of the Res Artis worldwide network of artist residencies (resartis.org).[1] Gyulamiryan is a (board) member of AICA-Armenia (International Association of Art Critics). She has led courses in Gender Studies and Feminist Art [Theory and Practice] at the Department of Fine Arts, Armenian Open University (International Academy of Education), and has also carried out MA course in Gender Studies at Yerevan State University, Department of Cultural Studies. She worked as a contributing editor and leader of the monthly columns “The Name of Art” and “Art Situations” at “CinemArt” –the journal on cinematography and contemporary art. The circle of Gyulamiryan's professional interests and studies embraced feminist art, participatory /community art and art of social and political engagement in conjunction with civil and political activism.[2]