Anna Boghiguian (born 1946) is an Egyptian contemporary artist. One of Egypt's foremost contemporary artists, her work investigates various historical events in a political context, such as the history of the cotton trade, the salt trade and the life of Egyptian Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy.^[1] Her work frequently takes the form of vast installations composed of painted figures that are arranged to fill rooms.^[1]

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Anna Boghiguian
Born	1946 (age 77–78)
Nationality	Egyptian of Armenian heritage. Egyptian/Canadian citizen. Armenian
Education	Political science Arts and Music
Alma mater	The American University in Cairo Concordia University

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Anna Boghiguian was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 and has Armenian roots.^[1][2] She studied political and social science at the American University in Cairo, Egypt and holds a BFA in fine arts and music from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.^[2] She is a traveling artist and has constantly moved between different cities across the globe.^[2]

After a showing at the 2012 edition of Documenta, Boghiguian won the Golden Lion for her Armenian Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale.^[1]

In 2017, she had solo exhibitions at Castello di Rivoli and Index—The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm.^[3][4] She has been nominated for the 8th edition of the Artes Mundi award, one of the largest contemporary art prize in the UK.^[5]

In 2023, Boghiguian was awarded the Wolfgang Hahn Prize, granted by the Museum Ludwig.^[1][6]

Boghiguian will be the subject of a solo show at the Power Plant in Toronto in October 2023.^[1]

Her works have been part of several international group exhibitions, including:

• Guggenheim, Abu Dhabi^[7]
• The Art Institute of Chicago^[8]
• Documenta 13, Kassel (2012)^[9]
• New Museum, New York (2014)^[8]
• São Paulo Biennial (2014)^[8]
• Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2015)^[8]
• The Armenian Pavilion at the Venice Biennial (2015)^[8]
• Istanbul Biennial (2015)^[8]
• Centro dos de Mayo, Madrid (2016)^[8]
• MoMA (2017)^[2][10]
• Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino (2019)^[11]

Solo exhibitions:

• Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven^[12]
• Carré d'Art (2016)^[8]
• Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation (2017)^[8]
• Museum der Moderne Salzburg (2018)^[2]
• New Museum (2018)^[2]
• Tate St. Ives (2019)^[2]
• SMAK (2020)^[2]