Curators
Christopher Atamian is a noted critic and multi-platform storyteller who has written for leading publications, including The New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Brooklyn Rail, and Hyperallergic. He is the former Dance critic for The New York Press and Co-Editor and Publisher of KGB Magazine.
Christopher has curated both art and film, including 12 exhibitions for the non-profit Nor Alik, which he also founded. He co-created Atamian Hovsepian Curatorial Practice (AHCP) with a focus on experimental and conceptual art by underrepresented voices, including women, LGBTQ+, SWANA, and BIPOC’s. Most recently, as the co-curator of AHCP, he presented two exhibitions: The Future of Things Passed featuring four leading Armenian women artists and Art to Learn, Art to Live at Lebanese American University, featuring 53 leading artists from Lebanon; James Gortner Terra Incognita; David Kareyan New Locality; Osheen Harruthoonyan, Uchronie Fragments; Tsolak Topchyan Universal Pink.
Christopher has published six books, and edited art catalogues and books for curators such as Adelina von Furstenberg and the late Neery Melkonian. An alumnus of Harvard University, USC Film School and Columbia Business School, he has been the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship at the ETH Zürich, a Bronfman Scholarship in Democratic Enterprise, two Tölölyan Literary Prizes and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. He has ben nominated for a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize.
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Before dedicating himself to the arts Atamian worked for twenty years in senior positions at leading advertising and communications agencies, including Ogilvy lnteractive, KX Associates, Group SJR/Hill + Knowlton Consulting and as Vice President of Branding Globally at J.P. Morgan l-Bank.
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Tamar Hovsepian is a writer and curator with expertise in Armenian and contemporary art. She has curated exhibitions in New York City and co-created Atamian Hovsepian Curatorial Practice (AHCP), with a focus on experimental and conceptual art by underrepresented voices. Her groundbreaking 2007 exhibition featuring 23 women artists of Armenian descent at Artist's Loft in Tribeca was a stepping stone that led to collaborations with various galleries and curators, including Endless Inspiration: Flowers in Works of Five LIC Artists in 2008 at Art-o-Mat Gallery, and the 2013 Juxtaposition: Contemporary Armenian Artists at Denise Bibro Fine Arts.
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As the curator of AHCP, she has presented several exhibitions: The Future of Things Passed, featuring four leading NYC-based women artists of Armenian descent; Art to Learn, Art to Live at the Lebanese American University, featuring contemporary artists from Lebanon; James Gortner: Terra Incognita; David Kareyan: New Locality; Tsolak Topchyan: Universal Pink; Carol Peligian: Shift and Lift; and, most recently, Karen Ohanyan: Icons of the Future, Teni Vardanyan: Out of Body, and Armenak Grigoryan: Being Inside/ Resistance at the AHCP galleries in NYC.
Born in Yerevan, Tamar graduated from the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts with a BA/MA in Theory and History of Art. She has twenty years of experience working as a writer for Armenian publications and has also worked as a television reporter.
In 2012, she earned a second MA in Urban Affairs from Queens College in New York. She subsequently worked in communications and development for various museums, galleries, and municipal agencies, including Microcosm Gallery, Stephen Haller Gallery, and the Queens Museum of Art in New York City. Tamar is a member at the Ashot Johannissyan Research Institute in the Humanities.
In 2022, she established the AHCP Artist Residency Program, aiming to support and foster the artistic practices of Armenian artists.​
