ARAM ATAMIAN
Education
2019MFA, 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
2022In 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, for “Apichatpong 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
2021ACRE, 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
2021Chicago 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
2020Lion’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
2021International 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