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Artist Statement

My passion is with the ocean, and I am inspired by the millions of ways, through the exploration of materials and processes that it may be portrayed. I grew up seeing the ocean from my bedroom window, and the horizon line was my hope for the future. I explore the ocean through film, clay and plaster to create three-dimensional representations. I am enthralled by the patterns in the sand at low-tide created by ocean waves. Through careful research following the moon phases, the tide and weather patterns, I cast the sand patterns with ceramic plaster with a layer of burlap to reinforce and strengthen them. I experiment with size, shape and desirable patterns. In the plaster casts, one is able to see tiny shells and stones, and the pathways created by snails and shrimp. I capture the ocean in a moment in time. They are like wave and current fossils. I will continue to follow the sand patterns at low tide, expanding my horizons and seeing what I will discover in the process. The ocean is the artist making the marks in the sand, and I am trying to be like her.

Biography

Armené lives in Greenfield, Massachusetts with her husband, Ted Hinman, and their kitten, Sphinxy. Armené received her Bachelor in Art and Film from Hampshire College in 2025. Her work is influenced by Agnès Varda, Rothko, Van Gogh, Opalka, Kusama, Alice Adams, and Selva Aparicio. She presently is plaster casting the sand patterns at the ocean at low-tide, accompanied by photographing and filming the sand patterns and creatures she finds at the ocean. When not at the ocean, she is drawing vast universes composed of tiny circles on paper. She works in clay, wood, cardboard, fibers, watercolor and acrylic painting to create multimedia and collage artworks. When she experiences the ocean, it offers healing from years of trauma. She believes through her artwork others will be able to connect to the ocean and experience its healing properties.

Artist CV

 Armené Margosian

186 Petty Plain Road, Greenfield, MA. 01301

413-636-9079

   armenemargosian@gmail.com     www.armenemargosian.com

                                                                                             YouTube Channel

 

SUMMARY   

Passionate multimedia artist inspired by the millions of ways the ocean may be portrayed through the exploration of materials and processes.  Motivated by the power of art to deepen viewers’ connection to our natural world and to  evoke healing of humanity and our life-giving waters.

 

EDUCATION​                      Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

                                                Bachelor of Arts,  May 2025

                                                Concentration: Multimedia Arts blending film, collage and sculpture

                                                Thesis: Current Memories explores the sand patterns at the ocean at low tide, documenting 

                                                             through film, photography and plaster casting

                                                   

EXPERIENCE                        Business Manager/Co-collaborator, September 2003 - present

                                                 Theodore Hinman, World Building Artist and Teacher, Greenfield, MA

                                                         Interface with customers

                                                         Schedule events and festivals

                                                         Manage and supervise all commissions and projects

                                                         Organize and file financial documents including tax preparation

                                                         Produce and document all projects

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                                                  Recovery Worker/ Med Supervisor /Group Facilitator, February 2014 -  February 2015

                                                  The Watershed Recovery Center for Women (CHD), Greenfield, MA 

                                                           Organize, supervise and administer  all medications for residents

                                                           Facilitated and organized art groups with art projects to promote healing

                                                           Supported pregnant mothers through positive parenting guidance and self-care

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                                                  Office Manager and Tax Professional, January 2011- March 2015

                                                  H&R Block, Hadley, MA

                                                           Schedule and Prepare taxes

                                                           Speak with customers to elicit information important to tax preparation

                                                           IRS licensed with special IRS certification to assist undocumented workers

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS:  Conversational Fluency in Spanish, French, and Armenian

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS

 

2024 Artist Capacity-Building Grant, Mass MoCA’s Assets for Artists, Massachusetts

 

2024 Pope Foundation for Div III Projects, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts

 

2024 Ethics and Common Good Grant, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

Group Exhibitions

​2025 Current Memories, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Amherst, MA Exhibit Video

2018 “Pas de Deux,”  The Elusie Gallery, Easthampton, MA

2017 “The 7th Annual Small Works Show,” (1 Multimedia wall piece), Hope & Feathers Framing and Printing, Amherst, MA

2017 “The 9th Annual Small Works Show,” (3 paintings), Easthampton City Arts, Easthampton, MA

2016 Rube Goldberg Contraption representing western Massachusetts, Cambridge Science Festival,

Cambridge, MA

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Clinical Support Options

2019 “Where the Water Meets the Land,” (etching prints) Greenfield, MA

2018 “From the Heart,” (Sculpture), Greenfield, MA

2018 “What is the Ripple Effect of Kindness,” (3 paintings), Greenfield, MA

2017 “Introspection: Finding the light within ourselves,” (3 paintings), Greenfield, MA

2017 “Community and Connection,” (3 paintings), Greenfield, MA

2016 “Healing,” (collage), Greenfield, MA

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COLLECTIONS

​Public

​2018–20 Town of Greenfield, MA, Painted parking meters. Great Wave 1 Great Wave 2 Great Wave 3 

                                         Great Wave 4 Starry Night 1 Starry Night 2 Starry Night 3 Starry Night 4

 

LEADERSHIP

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  • Founded the Purple Heart Fund charitable organization to benefit survivors of Domestic Violence

  • Created a resource center for the Battered Women’s Fund


 

SELECTED TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATIONS

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  • Institute for Health and Recovery                                                                                                                                                  2014

      Certified Co-Facilitator of the Nurturing Program for Families in Substance Abuse Treatment and Recovery

      Cambridge, MA

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  • Center for Human Development                                                                                                                                                    2014

      Certified in Basic Motivational Interviewing, Springfield, MA

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  • Art & Science of Resilience Certificate with Dr. Maria Sirois                                                                                                         2014

      Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT), Northampton, MA

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  • MotherWoman Facilitator Training                                                                                                                                                  2014

       Hadley, MA

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  • Spiritworks Healing Arts, Reiki I and II                                                                                                                                           2013

      Reiki Master, Brighid Murphy, Easthampton, MA

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  • Community Crisis Response Team Volunteer Training                                                                                                                   2013

      Greenfield, MA

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  • Massachusetts Dept of Mental Health                                                                                                                                           2013

      Certified Peer Specialist

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  • Massachusetts  Leadership Academy                                                                                                                                          2013

      Transformation Center, Boston, MA

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  • Peace and Conflict Transformation Training (CONTACT) and Certification, School of International Training (SIT), Brattleboro, VT – Grant Writing and Fundraising Workshops


 

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Disability Rights Advocate

Advocate for children with learning differences

Diversity Committee Member, PVPA Charter High School

Independent Case Manager and Advocate for battered women and children

Administrative and Group-Oriented Support, PeaceJam Conference

Fundraising Committee Chair, The Bement School, Deerfield, MA

Assistant/ Bookkeeper for Katie George, Children’s Clay Workshops and Fundraisers for Jones Library, Amherst, MA

Membership Committee, YMCA, Greenfield, MA

Advocate, Necessities/Necesidades

Chapter Leader, the Association for Children for the Enforcement of Support

This website was created by Armené to share with you her love of the ocean. There will be more artwork added regularly. Please visit www.armenemargosian.com often to see what is new. 

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