Sonia Balassanian: Five Decades in the Making, a landmark survey exhibition of the iconic Iranian Armenian American artist’s art at the Pavilion Gallery, Cromwell Place, curated in close dialogue with Dr. Omar Kholeif (EG/SU/UK), author, curator, and broadcaster. The exhibition marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom.
The exhibition coincides with Ab-Anbar’s solo presentation of Hostages: A Diary(1980)—exhibited in Great Britain for the first time as part of Frieze Masters in Regent’s Park, London.
The project launches Imagine Otherwise—Volume 1: Sonia Balassanian, a new book series, which focuses on the life and work of Sonia Balassanian, authored by Dr. Omar Kholeif, and published by Sternberg Press.
On October 11, 2022, from 5-6 PM at the Pavilion Gallery, Cromwell Place, London, Sonia Balassanian, the artist, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries will be in a live conversation, moderated by Dr. Omar Kholeif, Director of Collections and Senior Curator, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE. The talk will be followed by a book-signing by the artist of Imagine Otherwise: Sonia Balassanian, the first in a major new book series from Sternberg Press focusing on the lives of queer, non-binary, and female artists, who do not currently have a book in print.