Sheree Hovsepian

Sheree Hovsepian (born 1974) is an Iranian-born American artist, she primarily works in photography and collage.[1][2] She is based in New York City, with houses in the Gramercy Park neighborhood and in Bridgehampton in the Hamptons.[3][4][5]

Sheree Hovsepian
Born1974 (age 46–47)
Isfahan, Iran
Alma materUniversity of Toledo, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Known forcollage, photography
Spouse(s)Rashid Johnson
Children1

Biography

Sheree Hovsepian was born in 1974 in Isfahan, Iran.[3] In 1976, her family immigrated to the United States, when she was 2 years old and she was raised in Toledo, Ohio.[6] Hovsepian attended University of Toledo for her undergraduate degree, graduating in 1999.[7] Later she continued her studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), where she received her Master of Fine Arts degree in 2002.[8] She met her future husband, artist Rashid Johnson while at SAIC.[2] Together with Johnson, they have one son.[9]

Hovsepian's work often is collage, has a photograph of the human body, and mirroring geometric shapes.[10][11]

Her work is in various public museum collections including at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,[12] the Bronx Museum of the Arts,[1] the Art Institute of Chicago,[1] the Studio Museum in Harlem,[1] among others.

See also

References
  1. "Sheree Hovsepian Exhibition". New York Art Beat. 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  2. Kazanjian, Dodie. ""These Are Challenging Times": Rashid Johnson's New Work Is a Powerful Response to Modern Anxieties". Vogue. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  3. "Sheree Hovsepian". International Center of Photography. 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  4. Chen, Joyce. "Art World Superstar Rashid Johnson Buys Manhattan Town House for $9 Million". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2021-02-15. Gramercy Park neighborhood...Sheree Hovsepian, currently own a smaller Manhattan town house that they bought for $3.7 million in 2013; they have been spending much of quarantine in the Hamptons, at a property they bought in 2015
  5. Gassmann, Gay. "Glimpse Inside Superstar Artist Rashid Johnson's Enchanting Hamptons Oasis". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2021-02-15. Bridgehampton
  6. Mellin, Haley (2020-08-21). "The Musings of Sheree Hovsepian". Garage. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  7. "Alumna to Discuss Mixed-Media Work Feb. 5". UToledo News. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  8. "Winter Experiment: SAIC at MMG". The Visualist. 2016. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  9. "Inside Artist Power Couple Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian's Home". W Magazine | Women's Fashion & Celebrity News. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  10. Rodney, Seph (2019-06-21). "The Arcs, Lines, and Body of Sheree Hovsepian's Studio Photography". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  11. Rawles, Erica (2018). "Sheree Hovsepian". Artforum.com. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  12. "Moody Center for the Arts Names Two New Associate Curators". ArtfixDaily. Retrieved 2021-02-15. Guggenheim permanent collection through acquisitions of emerging artists such as Mounira Al Solh, Meriem Bennani, Sheree Hovsepian
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