Exhibitions & Press

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Exhibitions
Blurred Repositories
Blurred Repositories

Showing until January 31st, 2026 at the VAV Gallery.

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Grieving Reveries
Grieving Reveries

On until February 20th at the FOFA Gallery, Concordia University.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

2026

Art Matters Festival (Facilitator)
Concordia University, March 2026
Details to come.

Artist Residency, ICA Yerevan
Institute of Contemporary Art, Yerevan, June 2026
Research-creation residency; more information forthcoming.

Past Events

2025

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Exposition de résidence d’été
Exposition de résidence d’été

VAV Gallery, Montreal, Qc, juried exhibition

September 2025

Held in September of 2025, the Summer Residency Show was an exhibition to show the work that the 6 reisdent artists produced during their residencies over the course of the summer of 2025. In two cohorts, a group of 3 artists were given access to the gallery space and facilities to develop reserach-creation projects.

Marie Khediguian's Beneath The Surface Series (Isolation Part I, Part II & Part III).

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Summer Residency Show
Summer Residency Show

VAV Gallery, Montreal, Qc, juried exhibition

September 2025

Held in September of 2025, the Summer Residency Show was an exhibition to show the work that the 6 reisdent artists produced during their residencies over the course of the summer of 2025. In two cohorts, a group of 3 artists were given access to the gallery space and facilities to develop reserach-creation projects.

Marie Khediguian's Beneath The Surface Series (Isolation Part I, Part II & Part III).

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UnFamiliar Spaces
UnFamiliar Spaces

(Un)Familiar Spaces was a juried student exhibition that brings together emerging artists exploring the fluid boundary between memory and place. Hosted at WIP Works, the show invites viewers into spaces both intimate and uncanny—where nostalgia, displacement, and personal history converge.

Marie Khediguian’s The Barber of Alexandria was selected to be shown alongside a dynamic lineup of talented artists. Her work contributes to the exhibition’s reflection on how memory transforms the spaces we once knew—be they homes, shops, or interior landscapes—into layered, sometimes surreal reconstructions.

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Topographies of Longing
Topographies of Longing

Topographies of Longing | SWANA Group Exhibition at VAV Gallery, Montreal (May 2025)

Topographies of Longing, a juried May 2025 exhibition at VAV Gallery in Montreal, showcased artists of SWANA (South West Asian and North African) descent. Featuring Marie Khediguian’s Between Then & Now and Nairi & Ara, the show centered voices often marginalized or misrepresented in mainstream art spaces.

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The Weight of Fragments
The Weight of Fragments

was a group show that highlighted artists of SWANA (South West Asian and North African) descent. These voices are often underrepresented, marginalized or fetishized and this show along with Topographies of Longing aim to amplify the voices of artists from this background.

Marie Khediguian's the barber of Alexandria was shown alongside 5 other artists.

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Glue
Glue

January 2025

Ada X, Montreal, Qc

Held January 2025, Glue was the debut group exhibition curated and facilitated by the MUD collective at Ada X, featuring 14 women or non-binary artists. Marie Khediguian’s Alexandria, Egypt in the 1950s was chosen to be part of this show.

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Art Matters: Anchor
Art Matters: Anchor

March 2025

VAV Gallery, Montreal, Qc

Anchor was a group exhibition part of Art Matters Festival: North America’s largest student-run festival held in galleries all over Montreal that takes place in March. Anchor invites viewers to reflect on their own anchors and the ways art can illuminate paths to stability and hope. Featuring works by nine artists, including the first piece of the Armenian Goddess series, Anahid, Goddess of Fertility by Marie Khediguian.

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Love & Loss Symposium
Love & Loss Symposium

In conjunction with the Milieux Institute, 4th Space and Concordia Univeristy, Nostagain is a day-long symposium and research creation showcase featuring works by students, scholars, and artists. I presented three of my paintings: Bear Witness, The Barber of Alexandria, and Alexandria, Egypt in the 1950s. The event brought together artists and scholars exploring themes of memory, migration, and intergenerational legacy. My work contributed a visual narrative rooted in Armenian diasporic experience and family history, offering intimate reflections on survival, place, and cultural continuity.

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2024

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Ballads of Displacement
Ballads of Displacement

October 2024

VAV Gallery, Montreal, Qc

A group exhibition exploring themes of dislocation, identity, and memory. Featuring works by seven artists, including three pieces by Marie Khediguian (Anchored in Time, Alexandria, Egypt, 1950s, andBearing Witness), the show examined displacement as both isolating and transformative. Curated by Emitees Tajdari, the exhibition invited reflections on survival, heritage, and belonging. An artist talk led by India-Lynn, as part of the IUNGO Talks program, deepened the dialogue on personal and collective narratives.

Complete Overview

Education

2022–2027 — BFA, Painting and Drawing, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2005–2007 — Master of Architecture (M.Arch), McGill University, Montréal, QC
2002–2005 — Bachelor of Science (Architecture), McGill University, Montréal, QC

Residencies & Awards

2026 — Artist Residency, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Yerevan, Armenia
2025 — Summer Artist Residency, VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC
2025 — Nominee, Cecil Buller – John J.A. Murphy Award in Drawing
2025 — Nominee, Lise-Hélène Larin Scholarship in Drawing

Professional Experience

2025–present — Member, Public Art Advisory Committee, Concordia University
2025–present — Member, Curatorial Sub-Committee, Concordia University
2026 (March) — Facilitator, Art Matters Festival, Concordia University
2020–present — Independent visual art practice in painting, drawing, and watercolor; research-creation focused on family archives, intergenerational memory, and the Armenian diaspora
2021–present — Guest Lecturer (high schools), presenting family history and Armenian Genocide survival through art
2024 — Minute Taker, VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC
2005–2016 — Architectural design and teaching, Montréal, QC and New York

Exhibitions & Presentations

2026 — upcoming Painted Everyday: Women, Care, and the Living Archive of Armenia, Exhibition of residency works, ICA Yerevan, Armenia
2026 — upcoming FOFA Annual Undergraduate Student Exhibition (USE 2026), Juried Group Show, Galerie FOFA, Montréal, QC

2025 — VAV Residency Show, Featured work by six resident artists, VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC
2025 — The Weight of Fragments, Juried Group Exhibition, VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC
2025 — Topographies of Longing, Juried Group Exhibition, VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC
2025 — Inkblot, Print Exchange and Exhibition, MFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2025 — Anchor, Juried Exhibition, Art Matters Festival, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2025 — LOVE & LOSS Symposium and Exhibition, Presentation and Artist Talk, 4th Space, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2025 — Glue, Juried Group Exhibition, Ada X, Montréal, QC

2024 — Greenwashing Genocide, Performance with Aghmoog Collective, Montréal, QC
2024 — IUNGO, Artist Talk and Presentation, VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC
2024 — Ballads of Displacement, Juried Group Exhibition, VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC

Publications & Writing

2026 — forthcoming FOFA USE 2026 Catalogue, includes artwork and essay by Chloe Marchal, Galerie FOFA, Montréal, QC
2025 — AZAD Archives, “Remnants, Reclamation, and Resistance…”
2025 — Catalogue of the (UN)Familiar Spaces Exhibition, Artist Statement and painting The Barber of Alexandria
2006 — Catalogue of Student Work 2005–2006, School of Architecture, McGill University, Montréal, QC
2003 — Architecture, Landscape and Myth, Article and photograph, School of Architecture, McGill University, Montréal, QC

Media Coverage

2024 — Le Devoir, Front-page coverage of Greenwashing Genocide
2024 — CBC Montreal, Televised segment on Greenwashing Genocide with Aghmoog Collective
2022 — CBC News, Interview on Armenian Genocide and artistic practice

Affiliations

Aghmoog Collective — Active Member
RAAV — Professional Member
ELAN — Artist Member

Collections

Private Collections — Montréal, New York, Paris, Vancouver

Languages

English | French | Western Armenian

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