BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

 

Zareh Maranian graduated from the American University of Beirut, where, his academic studies spanned the humanities with a focus on the visual arts. His graduate work was done in the Painting and Printmaking Department of the School of The Art Institute of Chicago, and in 1969 was granted the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree. In the interim, Maranian taught in various community art schools and organizations and worked as an interior and commercial graphic designer. Subsequently, his professional career as an artist intertwined with faculty positions as professor of art at universities in Mississippi and Colorado, teaching courses in painting, design and art history.

His works have been exhibited nationally and abroad and are included in many public and private collections. He has been awarded numerous grants, fellowships and prizes and included in art books and art magazines. He has participated in art forums as a panelist,

and acted as Trustee Member of  "Acquisition Committee" and "Accessions and Collections Committee" at the Mississippi Museum of Art. He has curated and coordinated various professional and scholastic exhibitions at cultural and educational institutions, and served as juror for compatitive art exhibitions.  

 

   SELECT LIST OF EXHIBITED PLACES

 

   - The Art Institute of Chicago Museum, Chicago, Illinois; 

   - National Academy of Design, New York, NY;
   - National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC; 

   - Paris Convention Center, Paris, France; 

   - Charles A. Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin;
   - Lakeview Museum, Peoria, Illinois; 

   - Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois;  

   - National Endowment for the Arts sponsored invitational traveling group exhibition,     

                                                              in the states of Illinois, Missouri & Wisconsin.

   - Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee;
   - Municipal Art Gallery, Jackson, MS; 

   - Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, Louisiana;

   - Ditmar Memorial Gallery, Evanston, Illinois; 

   - Quincy Society of Fine Arts and Quincy Art Club, Quincy, Illinois;

   - University Museum, Carbondale, Illinois;

   - Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois;

   - Columbia University, New York, NY;

   - Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina;

   - Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; 

   - Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center / Museum,  Colorado Springs, Colorado;                 

   - UCCS Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, Colorado;

   - Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens, Nashville, Tennessee;        

   - Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS; 

   - The Old Capitol Museum, Jackson, MS; 

   - Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS; 

   - UNESCO Center "Salon d'Automne", (national) Beirut, Lebanon;

   - Musee Soursok "Salon de Printemps", (national) Beirut, Lebanon;

 

                                                                                            AND AT

 

-  Art Galleries of Universities and Colleges, Commercial Galleries and Cultural Centers In United States and Abroad.