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    Nairy Baghramian

    Iranian artist

    Nairy Baghramian (born ) is an Iranian-born German visual artist, of Armenian ethnicity.[1] Since , she has lived and worked in Berlin.[1][2] When the Solomon R.

    Guggenheim Museum selected Baghramian as a finalist for the Hugo Boss Prize, they described Baghramian’s statues as: "[Exploring] the workings of the body, gender, and public and private space."[3]

    Early life and education

    Baghramian was born in , in Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran (now Iran),[1] the youngest child in an Armenian Iranian family.[4] She and her mother flew to East Berlin in , when she was 13,[5] and later reunited in West Berlin with their family.[1][6] She attended Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin).[6][7]

    In addition to her artistic practice, Baghramian worked at the women’s shelter that her sister Louise co-founded.[8]