ARAM ATAMIAN


Education

2019         

MFA, Performance, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2008       

BFA, magna cum laude, Syracuse University/Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

2005       

BA credit certificate, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London

Performances, Screenings & Exhibitions

2022    

In One of the Seven, Relay: Freedom, Goethe Institut, Chicago, IL

2021     

Necessary Preparations, Links Hall, Chicago Takes Ten, Walder Foundation, Chicago, IL
            
“another time; once more”, group exhibition, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL

2020    

two flags, screened at: Old Ways, New Tools, SAIC; Otherland, international conference; Art, Culture and Community for Armenia, aywa.chi.                           
               
badland, Experimental Shorts, PO Box Collective, Chicago.

Problems, virtual exhibition, Roman Susan; Mana Contemporary; Chicago.

2019       

The 13th Pillar: August 31st, 1997, 12:20am, Paris. High Concept Labs, Chicago.

Never Again This Time: composition for 6 lamps after Alex Forrest, Mana Contemporary, High Concept Labs, Chicago                                                                                                                                                                                           
An American Wins in Russia, Extase Gallery, Chicago

“Bodies in Exile” (group exhibition) GEARY Contemporary, NYC

Under One Roof, Gray Center, University of Chicago

‘Tonight on Panorama, The Princess of Wales’, Dfbrl8r Gallery, Chicago

Oda[r]isque, HAYP Pop Up Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia

2018       

‘Tonight on Panorama, The Princess of Wales’, Ohklahomo!, Chicago

auto-eviction #4: Heirlooms or Clearing a Circle from the Dust, Links Hall, Chicago; No Nation Gallery, Chicago

                           
2017         

auto-eviction #3: Safe Space or All That Is I See, forApichatpong Weerasethakul The Serenity of Madness”, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
           
By(r)0n1k, 57th Venice Biennale, Arts & Globalization Pavilion, Venice, Italy

“Insatiable touch, touch endless”, Tethys Gallery, Florence, Italy

2016         

WHO WILL PAY FOR THIS WALL?, HAYP Pop Up Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia

FADE-OUT,Dorchester Art Project, Boston, MA

in her plenty, Dorchester Art Project, Boston, MA

2015         

in her plenty, HAYP Pop Up Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia

2012         

Imitation of Christ, Maysles Film Institute, NYC

Collaborative Projects


2019       

 goat island archive – we have discovered the performance by making it, Chicago Cultural Center.                                                                           
 New Normal, Jonas Becker, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

2018         

Name Announcer, Pierre Huyghe (lead), Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL

Carved to Flow, Otobong Nkanga (lead), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

Keep Walking Intently, Lori Waxman, Graham Foundation, Chicago, IL

Rainbow Collapse, w/ Smolnikova + Williams, Boston Center of the Arts, MA

Withers, Marie Ségolène (lead), Congruent Space, Chicago, IL

2017         

5 Things I Know To Be True, w/ Sophie Leddick, Kyra Lehman, Nanna Rosenfeldt Olsen & Naoki Nakatani, New Blood XI, Links Hall, Chicago, IL

Other Magics, Aram & Silvia[1], Institute of Contemporary Art, Yerevan, Armenia

Ինչ կա-չկա / ne var ne yok, Duygu Bostanci (lead), Hrant Dink Foundation, Çıplak Ayaklar, Istanbul, Turkey; METU, Ankara, Turkey; Berlin Art Hotel, Gyumri, Armenia; NPAK, Yerevan, Armenia
                              
2016         

Oru and the Bone Dolls at The Museum of the Ancient Future, Rebecca Sylvia Posner (lead), Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
                          
2015         

where to start, w/ Brian Postalian & Apo Yaghmourian, Depi Hayk, Yerevan, Armenia

“the ballet is set in eternity”, Aram & Silvia, PIMA Institute, NYC;Hotel Shirak,  Yerevan, Armenia

2014         

Meadows Underground, Aram & Silvia, Chashama, NYC

2013         

The Waves Project, Aram & Silvia, American Can Factory, Brooklyn, NY

2012         

Follicle Mirror, Rebecca Sylvia Posner (lead), Light Space, Brooklyn, NY

Selected Theater/Dance


2016         

Who Left This Fork Here? (research), Daniel Fish, Baryshnikov Art Center, NYC

2015         

Names, MIHR Theater, Tsolak Galstyan, HIGH FEST, Yerevan, Armenia

2014         

As You Like It, Quintessence Theatre Group, Alex Burns, Philadelphia, PA

2013         

Hamlet, Quintessence Theatre Group, Alex Burns, Philadelphia, PA

Our Town, Theatre At Monmouth, Davis Robinson, Monmouth, ME

Knight of the Burning Pestle, Theatre At Monmouth, Patrick Flick, Monmouth, ME

2012         

Dreams of a Common Housefly, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Katherine Partington, NYC

Othello,Quintessence Theatre Group, Alex Burns, Philadelphia, PA

The Seagull, Quintessence Theatre Group, Alex Burns, Philadelphia, PA

2011         

The Merchant of Venice, Quintessence Theatre Group, Alex Burns, Philadelphia, PA

2010         

Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Theatre Row/YSC, Seth Duerr, NYC

Henry V, Quintessence Theatre Group, Alex Burns, Philadelphia, PA

2009         

King Lear, Balloon Heaven, Julia Meltzer, NYC

2008         

Doubt, Syracuse Stage, M. Burke Walker, Syracuse, NY

Residencies

2021

ACRE, Steuben, WI

2020

Roman Susan, Anette Residency, Chicago, IL

2019         

High Concept Labs, Artist in Residence, Chicago, IL

Ox-Bow, Fall Artists’ Residency, Saugatuck, MI

2018         

Boston Center for the Arts, Run of the Mills Residency, Boston, MA

2017         

Institute of Contemporary Art, Nest Residency, Yerevan, Armenia       

Grants/Awards

2021

Chicago Takes 10, Project Grant, Walder Foundation, Chicago, IL

2019         

Departmental nomination for SAIC Graduate Fellowship Awards

2018         

Arts, Science + Culture Initiative, University of Chicago, IL

Graduate Dean Professional Development Grant, SAIC, Chicago, IL   

Speaking/Visiting Engagements

2020

Lion’s Jaw Festival, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA

2019         

Ox-Bow School of Art

Logan Center, University of Chicago

2018         

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Guest Lecturer, Photography Dept.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Graduate Lecture Series.

Bibliography

2021
International Society of the Learning Sciences, U.C. Irvine, “Learning to be Open: Expansive Family Networks and Emotional Support as Connection Pathways,” by Maggie Dahn et al.

2017

European Cultural Center, Personal Structures: Open Borders, Italy: GAA Foundation, 2017.

Curatorial Projects/Festival Programming


2019           

New Blood XII,  Co-coordinator, Links Hall/SAIC, Chicago, IL

2015-16       

High Fest Int. Performing Arts Festival, Co-coordinator, Yerevan, Armenia

2012           
Off With Her Head, w/ Anya Smolnikova, Sedgwick Theater Gallery, Phila., PA



























 







[1]a collaborative duo with artist Rebecca Sylvia Posner